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Fresh from a 1-0 loss to Sevilla in the first leg of the curtain-raising Spanish Super Cup, Real Madrid on Monday completed the signing of Dutch pair Royston Drenthe and Wesley Sneijder. Drenthe, a left winger, cost $19 million from Feyenoord, while Sneijder cost a hefty $37 million from Ajax. “To play for Real Madrid […]

In the middle of a season, it’s not often that you’ll hear talk about a 16-day layoff as being a good thing for a soccer team, but it certainly looks as though rest and recuperation have done a world of good for Coach Bruce Arena and the New York Red Bulls, who stormed back to […]

L.A. Galaxy midfielder David Beckham made it sound like he might join up with Steve McClaren’s England squad for the friendly with Germany on Aug. 22 even if he can’t play. “I spoke to Steve [McClaren] about my fitness and how it has been over here,” Beckham said. “He said he is looking forward to […]

He was there and yet he wasn’t, says the Boston Globe’s John Powers. David Beckham may have been on the field at Gillette Stadium on Sunday night, but — and many of the 35,000-plus fans who showed up just to see him didn’t know this — his name wasn’t even on the team sheet. Beckham’s […]

Becks is likely to make his first start for the Galaxy against the Eastern Conference-leading New England Revolution on Sunday — that is, if his tender left ankle holds up on the turf. Indeed, the L.A. Galaxy star revealed that he’s no fan of FieldTurf. In fact, Beckham was forced to apologize for his negative […]

The MLS standings don’t accurately reflect the form of the league’s teams, says Bill Urban of USSoccerPlayers, because of the big discrepancy between the number of games each has played. Los Angeles, for instance, may have the second-worst record in the league with 14 points, but it’s only played 14 games, whereas Houston, the league’s […]

New York Red Bulls forward Jozy Altidore is suddenly one of U.S. soccer’s most recognizable young faces. He can now be found in commercials, newspaper articles and on the cover of the new FIFA 2008 video game. But in a recent interview with the North Jersey Herald’s Ives Galarcep, Altidore reveals he may not stick […]

Becks is likely to make his first start for the Galaxy against the Eastern Conference-leading New England Revolution on Sunday — that is, if his tender left ankle holds up on the turf. Indeed, the L.A. Galaxy star revealed that he’s no fan of FieldTurf. In fact, Beckham was forced to apologize for his negative […]

Some NBA players take part of the summer off, some just lift weights in the gym, but Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns, a two-time NBA MVP, spends his summers playing soccer in New York City. “It’s better for me than just running lines,” Nash said. “I don’t want to play a lot of basketball […]