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By Ridge Mahoney Kevin Nowak (Real Salt Lake) and Jon Busch and Chris Leitch (both Columbus) were among the notable players placed on waivers as MLS teams trimmed their rosters to meet the March 1 compliance date for roster sizes and salary-cap restrictions. Teams are required to carry no more than 18 players on the […]

By Ridge Mahoney More often than not, despite what popular wisdom may indicate, international matches are not decided in midfield or by rugged defending, as important as both elements are. They are won by the team more ruthless in its finishing. So it proved to be in both of the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal series […]

If Colombia’s chances of landing the 2014 World Cup already looked slim, they can’t have been helped by comments of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe toward the organization that will be picking the site. Angered that FIFA President Sepp Blatter called the Andean nation’s bid “more a public relations presentation of the country to say that […]

D.C. United has retained its former playmaker Marco “El Diablo” Etcheverry to serve as Special Consultant to the President. Etcheverry, whom Soccer America named the league’s all-time best player, won three MLS titles with D.C. United (1996, 97 and 99). In his new role, Etcheverry will scout, serve as a liaison to Latin American countries […]

Germany, which in 2006 hosted the men’s World Cup, is bidding to host the 2011 Women’s World Cup. The German soccer federation announced its intentions while revealing a logo and the slogan, “A reunion of friends – See you again.” “After the fantastic men’s World Cup and the summer fairy tale of 2006, it’s our […]

Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, who plays his club ball for Chelsea, was named 2006 African Player of the Year. Besides lifting the English Premier League title last year, Drogba, 28, helped Ivory Coast to a runner-up finish at the African Nations Cup (losing on penalty kicks to host Egypt) and played in the World […]

“People have said we’re going because we’re attracted by the Hollywood glitz but I am not sure that, as a family, we actually enjoy that side of it. The perception is we love the red carpets and parties and being in the limelight but the reality is we don’t.” — David Beckham. (Reuters)

This weekend’s marquee game is Barcelona’s trip on Saturday to Seville’s Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, where second-place Sevilla hosts La Liga leaders (TV: GolTV, live, 4 pm ET). A win would give Barcelona a five-point lead — and a game in hand — and allow it to pull away from Sevilla. Sevilla has challenged Barca all […]

If David Beckham‘s move to Los Angeles was to help his wife Victoria, formerly Posh of the Spice Girls, revive her career – early returns indicate success. NBC has signed a deal with the Beckhams for a six-episode reality show chronicling the Beckham family move to the U.S. that will focus on Victoria. It will […]

Coach Hugo Sanchez, whose debut as Mexico coach was a 2-0 loss to the USA in February, celebrated his first win Wednesday as Mexico downed Venezuela, 3-1, in San Diego. The crowd of 63,328 at Qualcomm Stadium marked the largest crowd to watch a soccer game in San Diego history according to the San Diego […]