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“We are in a very much more volatile position, in which debt is not only a problem in terms of volume, it’s a problem because those who own the debt are themselves now often in serious problems.” English FA Chairman Lord Triesman warns that English clubs are $5.3 billion in debt, and that clubs could […]

“Traveling is physically tiring. Mentally the guys were sharp all the way through, which is really what carried us. Their attitude was the reason why we were successful during this road trip.” Houston Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear praises his team for achieving three ties and a win in four games over 11 days in four […]

“The biggest thing for me is to get sharp. I think we’ve gotten over the fatigue of the crazy stretch that we had. We’ve kind of got our legs back, but the one thing we’re still missing is the sharpness that we had early in the season and in SuperLiga.” Steve Nicol on what the […]

“It’s still a game played on a green surface — grass, in this case — with white lines, and the ball’s still round and the same size. So we’ve got to control our emotions and keep them in check.” Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis needs his side to concentrate on the game and forget […]

It’s fall, which in New Jersey usually means two things: red and golden leaves on the trees, and the Red Bulls are struggling. Despite its habitual failure during this season, writes Frank Giase, the players in the New York locker room after Saturday’s defeat at home to Toronto FC seemed surprisingly stunned, with most of […]

Juergen Klinsmann has been coach of Bayern Munich for 100 days, with decidedly mixed results so far from his California-influenced reforms. But despite the German giant’s mid-standings position and ropey league form (nine points from seven games), including a 5-2 home shellacking by Werder Bremen, Klinsmann’s job has been guaranteed until the end of the […]

The generous playoff format of Major League Soccer can keep the worst of teams hanging in there until the season's very end, but surely not even the most optimistic D.C. United fans can think their team still has a chance this season after Saturday's dismal 3-0 home defeat by Chivas USA. Step forward United coach […]

New York is another Eastern Conference team failing to produce at a crucial point in the season. For the second week running, writes Frank Giase, it “played host to a desperate team fighting for its playoff life, and for the second game in a row they failed to match their opponent’s intensity and drive for […]

There will be plenty of pressure on players and coaches when Real Salt Lake plays its first game Thursday at the team’s new soccer specific stadium in the suburb of Sandy, writes Michael Lewis. But this will be nothing compared with the pressure on what team owner-operator Dave Checketts calls the “heroes” who used their […]

The former goalkeeper of English Championship side Plymouth Argyle, Luke McCormick, was jailed for seven years Monday for killing two young brothers while driving drunk. The 25-year-old was returning from a teammate’s wedding in the early hours of the morning last June with more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his blood when […]

Goalkeeper Tim Howard’s anger when he thought Trinidad & Tobago had scored in last month’s World Cup qualifier in Chicago illustrates how badly the U.S. defense takes conceding a goal, writes Frank Dell’Apa. Even with the side leading 3-0, Howard punched the ground and then started shouting at his teammates until he realized the goal […]