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By Ridge Mahoney American keeper Tim Howard has made the same determination as American teammate Kenny Cooper: Manchester United is one of the world's greatest clubs, but it isn't the right place for him. Everton has reached an agreement to convert Howard's loan from Manchester United into a transfer, effective in the summer. The club's […]

The USA will face Argentina June 28 in its opening game at the 2007 Copa America. It will learn its other two group opponents when the draw for the the South American championship is staged Wednesday at 6 pm ET in Caracas. The first phase of the tournament consists of three groups of four teams […]

Panama claimed the fourth spot from Central America in the 2007 Gold Cup when the Canaleros beat Costa Rica, 1-0, on Tuesday night and took first place in Group 2 at the UNCAF Digicel Cup being played in San Salvador, El Salvador. Alberto Blanco scored the late goal to give Panama the win over Costa […]

Taylor Twellman, who re-signed Monday with the New England Revolution for four years, has been MLS's leading goalscorer (regular season) since entering the league in 2002 from German club 1860 Munich's amateur team. Twellman shared the scoring title in 2005 and won it outright in 2005. PLAYER (GOALS) 1. Taylor Twellman (75) 2. Carlos Ruiz […]

Contenders in several major league races will be in action this week as European action resumes with the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. Defending UEFA Cup champion Sevilla, which is in second place in Spain's La Liga, travels to Steaua Bucharest, and Werder Bremen, which is second in the German Bundesliga, faces Dutch […]

Last Wednesday's USA-Mexico game was the most-watched U.S. game in the team's history on ESPN2, outside of the World Cup and World Cup qualifiers. The game earned a 0.7 household rating on ESPN2, which translates to 1.1 million viewers, and averaged a 1.0 rating during the final 15 minutes. On Univision, the match also set […]

The U.S. women's national team returns to training on Wednesday with 28 players in camp Feb. 14-21 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., to prepare for next month's Algarve Cup. Following the camp, U.S. head coach Greg Ryan will name 20 players who will travel to the tournament to be played from March […]

In a sign of the times, China's 30 million English Premier League fans will have to pay $24 a month if they want to watch EPL games, beginning next season. Tiny WinTV (40,000 subscribers) won EPL broadcasting, Internet and mobile rights. Previously, fans could watch for free on ESPN-Star via local cable. ''The fans will […]

The U.S. U-17 national team will get a taste of what they should expect to see in CONCACAF qualifying this spring when they travel to Jamaica to face an all-star team on Friday. Along with the match, the four-day trip will be beneficial for the U-17s, who will have the chance to practice in Kingston's […]

Two days after the USA's 2-0 victory over Mexico, Bob Bradley was back to work — this time with the U.S. under-23 national team. Bradley, the interim national team head coach and under-23 head coach, called 20 players into training camp that began Friday at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., in preparation for […]

David Beckham's storied career took a dramatic turn when he celebrated his return to the Real Madrid lineup with a goal on a free kick to help the Merengues beat Real Sociedad, 2-1, in La Liga on Saturday night. The win probably saved the job of Real coach Fabio Capello, who had banished Beckham from […]

Play resumed in Italy with four games played behind closed doors and Sunday's match between AC Milan and Livoro at the famous San Siro stadium restricted to only Milan season-ticket holders. The return came amid tight security measures all across Italy following the death of a policeman in rioting Feb. 2 outside Catania's Massimino Stadium. […]

(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings and soccerTV.com) MONDAY, Feb. 12 GALAVISION CONCACAF/UNCAF Copa de Naciones NICARAGUA-BELIZE, Group A (live), 6 pm ET/PT. CONCACAF/UNCAF Copa de Naciones EL SALVADOR-GUATEMALA, Group A (live), 8:30 pm. TUESDAY, Feb. 13 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL England MIDDLESBROUGH-BRISTOL CITY, 4th Round […]

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHT/NEWS SHOWS A TODO GOAL (All the Goals from around the world) Gol TV Monday, 1 pm. FOX SOCCER SHOW Fox Soccer Channel Monday-Sunday, 10 pm ET SKY SPORTS NEWS Fox Soccer Channel Monday-Sunday, 7 pm ET FOX SPORTS NOTICIAS Fox Sports en Espanol Monday-Friday, 2 pm ET LEAGUE HIGHLIGHT SHOWS ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE […]

Tim Howard was the only American who started in the 2-0 victory over Mexico on Wednesday and played in weekend English Premier League action. Howard shut out Blackburn, 1-0, to win the battle of the Yank keepers over Brad Friedel. Marcus Hahnemann also picked up a shutout as Reading beat Aston Villa, 2-0, for its […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Soccer America MLS IN THE DESERT. Next week, the Columbus Crew and FC Dallas play their first preseason games. Dozens will be played by MLS teams leading up to the opening day of the season, April 7. But only a few will take place in Arizona. Grand Canyon College in […]

By Ridge Mahoney In Glendale, Ariz. BAD BLOOD. Jimmy Conrad borrowed a page from the Oguchi Oneywu book while preparing to tangle with powerful Mexican striker Jared Borgetti. The two clashed several times during the USA's 2-0 win on Wednesday and an early confrontation sparked a toe-to-toe shouting match that was as much psychological as […]

Host El Salvador and Guatemala won matches Thursday night on the opening night of the 2007 UNCAF Digicel Cup, the Central American championship that doubles as qualifying for the 2007 Gold Cup. In Group A play at San Salvador's Estadio Cuscatlan, El Salvador got goals from Victor Velasquez and former D.C. United player Eliseo Quintanilla […]

The Utah House, with a with 48-24 vote, endorsed a $35 million plan to pay for a parking garage and land for a stadium for Real Salt Lake in Sandy, Utah. The Utah State Senate, with a 20-8 vote, had already approved the measure. Supported by Gov. Jon Huntsman, the approval paves the way for […]

When play resumes this weekend in Italy's Serie A, half of the matches will be played in closed stadiums. Giant AC Milan will host Livorno on Sunday (TV: GolTV, delay, 7:30 pm ET) with no one in the 80,000-seat San Siro stadium. Four other Serie A teams will play their home match behind closed doors, […]

Spanish league leader Barcelona hopes the return of Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi will get it back on the winning track. They will both back for Sunday's La Liga match against Racing Santander (TV: GolTV, live, 1 pm ET). Barca has won only two of six league games since play resumed after the Christmas break. […]

BELIZE GK: Shane Orio, Carlos Slusher, Woodrow West; DF: Andrew Allen, Ian Gaynair, Cristobal Gilharry, Trevor Lennen, Bernard Linarez, Orland Lyons, Vallan Symms, Elroy Smith; MD: Isidro Lara, Selvin De Leon, Mark Leslie, Robert Muschamp, Harrison Roches, Edon Rowley, Ryan Simpson, Harison Tasher; AT: Lennox Castillo, Deon Flowers, Victor Morales, Dian McCauley, Marlon Mesa. TD: […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor, Soccer America in Glendale, Ariz. The players change, the coaches change, the venues change. The result doesn't change. Mexico created more and better chances, again, and again failed to score while losing to the USA, 2-0, before a sellout crowd of 62,462 in the first meeting between the archrivals since […]

Wake Forest assistant Bobby Muuss has been hired to fill the men's head coaching vacancy at Denver following Chad Ashton's decision to leave Denver to become an assistant at D.C. United. Muuss worked closely the last three years with Demon Deacon goalie Brian Edwards, who set school records with 13 shutouts last season and 31 […]

Soccer America first-team All-Freshman picks Kristin Arnold (Texas A&M), Gina DiMartino (Boston College) and Nikki Marshall (Colorado) and second-team selections Emily Beans (Colorado College), Kelly Eagan (Villanova) and Becky Edwards (Florida State) headline the players called into new U.S. under-20 women's national team coach Jillian Ellis' first training camp of the new cycle, running Feb. […]