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Alan I. Rothenberg, former President of the U.S. Soccer Federation and chairman and chief executive officer of the 1994 World Cup organizing committee, will be inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Rothenberg's induction will take place on Aug. 26 in ceremonies at the Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, N.Y. Rothenberg will be […]

Turkey remained unbeaten and untied in Euro '08 qualifying with a stunning 4-1 victory over archrival Greece, the defending European champion, in Athens on Saturday. The Turks, who went into the game with 12 players injured or suspended, recovered from an early deficit to crush Greece thanks to goals by Tuncay Sanli, Gokhan Unal, Metin […]

By Ridge Mahoney SOCCER AMERICA REPORT CARD (1=low; 5=average; 10-high) RATING PLAYER (CLUB CAPS/GOALS) STARTERS: 6 Tim Howard (Everton ENG 18/0) 6 Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96 GER 39/1) 5 Oguchi Onyewu (Newcastle ENG 18/1) 5 Jim Conrad (Kansas City 20/1) 4 Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham ENG 44/6) 5 Clint Dempsey (Fulham/ENG 25/6) 7 Benny Feilhaber (Hamburg […]

By Mike Woitalla The New York Red Bulls (nee MetroStars) are hands down the most disappointing MLS club over the league's first 11 seasons. Their 157 regular-season losses are a league record in futility and to have trophy-less team in its biggest market must be especially frustrating for MLS. Big-name coaches and an array of […]

Looking to erase memories of a disappointing end to the 2006 season, the Connecticut men's team spent spring break in Florida, where it went 3-1 in a very successful display against strong opposition. The Huskies opened with a 3-1 win over 2006 NCAA Division I semifinalist Virginia. Jamaican O'Brian White scored two goals and Finnish […]

Houston has added sophomore transfer Christine Nieva from Arizona State. Nieva, who has played in midfield an as a forward, is a native of Dallas and represented Mexico at the 2006 Under-20 Women's World Cup. She also has played for Mexico at the senior level, debuting against the USA in the farewell game for Mia […]

Loaded with college stars, the U.S. under-21 women's national team swept all three games on its trip to England, beating FA Women's Premier League teams Blackburn (2-0), Everton (6-2) and Leeds (5-0). The highlight was USC sophomore Amy Rodriguez's hat trick against Everton, second in the FA Women's Premier League. In the win over Leeds, […]

ACC power Virginia confirmed the signing of what is one of the top men's recruiting classes for 2007. Coach George Gelnovatch has brought in four players with experience on the U.S. U-18 national team: T.J. Cyrus (Virginia Rush), Colin Given (VardarStars, Mich.), Danny Louisignau (Baltimore Bays out of Wilmington, Del.) and Jimmy Simpson (PWSI Courage, […]

Sarah Merritt, a 20-year-old member of the Ohio University soccer team, died while on spring break in Hilton Head Island, S.C., after she fell from a fifth-floor balcony at her hotel. According to witnesses, Sarah Merritt was climbing from the exterior balcony of one room to another at the Comfort Inn & Suites when she […]

The NCAA has selected SAS Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. to host the 2008 Women's College Cup and 2009 Men's College Cup, extending its run as a host of the college final fours to seven years in a row. ''Hopefully, the NCAA feels like they've found a semi-permanent home,'' said Charlie Slagle, CASL CEO, co-chair […]

(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings and soccerTV.com) FRIDAY, March 23 FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL CONMEBOL U-17 COLOMBIA-BRAZIL (live), 4 pm. CONMEBOL U-17 ARGENTINA-VENEZUELA (live), 6 pm. SATURDAY, March 24 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL Friendly ENGLAND U-21-ITALY U-21 (live), 8:30 am. Friendly BRAZIL-CHILE (live), 11 am. […]

By Ridge Mahoney Coach Bob Bradley has 24 players available for a friendly against Ecuador Sunday in Tampa (noon ET on ESPN2 & Galavision). He won't have all of them at hand for next Wednesday's match against Guatemala in Dallas, and so will have to weigh the importance of sending out the strongest teams he […]

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Qualifying for the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland continues with games Saturday and next Wednesday, the first of five double dates in 2007. Here's a look at Groups 6 and 7: GROUP 6. Spain faces must-win games against Denmark on Saturday and Iceland next Wednesday after falling into fifth place, nine points behind […]

By Ridge Mahoney What is the end product of adding a three-time MLS All-Star to a midfield the coach had already had rated as one of the best in the league? Richard Mulrooney, Coach Mo Johnston, and the fans of Toronto FC are about to find out. As it prepared for three games at the […]

A pair of Portuguese photographers alleged that they were punched and kicked by two members of the Belgian national team delegation as they tried to take photos of the Belgian players at the Lisbon airport, where the Belgian team arrived for Saturday's European Championship qualifier. The trouble reportedly started when Portuguese journalists tried to approach […]

Phil Wright has been re-elected to a new two-year term as chairman of the U.S. Club Soccer board of directors. In addition, Duke University men's coach John Rennie has been elected as Vice-Chairman. Rounding out the executive committee are Mike Sweeney and Derek Armstrong, who will also serve two-year terms. Wright, the former president and […]

The New York Red Bulls have signed a multi-year television rights extension with MSG Network, which has held the television rights to the Red Bulls/MetroStars for the past 12 years. MSG will telecast approximately 20 select Red Bulls games per season as part of this new deal. Color commentator Shep Messing and play-by-play man JP […]

Norm Jackson helped found AYSO in the mid-1960s and was its Director of Coaching for more than a decade. He became the California Youth Soccer Association-South's first Director of Coaching in 1976 and held the position through 1993. He continued to volunteer for Cal South afterward. Jackson, a member of the Cal South Hall of […]

Qualifying for the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland continues with games Saturday and next Wednesday, the first of five double dates in 2007. Here's a look at Groups 4 and 5: GROUP 4. Germany travels to Prague for its showdown with the Czech Republic for first place without a full squad. Striker Miroslav […]

Ecuador's roster for its friendly against the USA on Sunday (noon ET on ESPN2 & Galavision) includes 11 players from its 2006 World Cup team, which reached the second round with wins over Poland and Costa Rica and lost, 1-0, to England in the round of 16. The USA squad also includes 11 players from […]

Mexico's March 28 friendly in Oakland, Calif., at McAfee Coliseum has already sold out. All 47,416 tickets, priced from $25 to $200, were sold by March 14. ''We probably could have sold another 50,000 tickets,'' David Alioto, executive vice president for Earthquakes Soccer, which is hosting the game, told the Sacramento Bee. ''We had to […]

Mexico's Necaxa beat Sao Paulo, 2-1, on Wednesday in Libertadores Cup play to end the Brazilian champion's 29-game undefeated streak, which included 13 games in last year's Brazilian league play, 14 in this year's Paulista championship and two in Libertadores Cup play. Sao Paulo goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni missed a penalty kick in the loss at […]

This impasse between Shalrie Joseph and the Revs/MLS is about more than money, and Joseph can prove it, or at least so claims his agent, Ron Waxman. ''He will play for any other team in MLS under his current contract,'' says Waxman of a deal that will pay Joseph a base salary of $157,500, plus […]

(Soccer America begins its countdown to the 2007 MLS season, which starts on April 7 with a look at the Colorado Rapids. The Rapids open with a nationally televised game against D.C. United, the first played at their Dick's Sporting Goods Park.) By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Soccer America The next MLS team to play […]