Soccer America Archives

1971 – Bayern Munich 1972 – Schalke 04 1973 – Moenchengladbach 1974 – Eintracht Frankfurt 1975 – Eintracht Frankfurt 1976 – Hamburg SV 1977 – FC Cologne 1978 – FC Cologne 1979 – Fortuna Duesseldorf 1980 – Fortuna Duesseldorf 1981 – Eintracht Frankfurt 1982 – Bayern Munich 1983 – FC Cologne 1984 – Bayern Munich […]

1971 – Kobluhn (Oberhausen) 24 1972 – G.Mueller (Bayern Munich) 40 1973 – G.Mueller (Bayern Munich) 36 1974 — G. Mueller (Bayern Munich), Heynckes (Bor. Moenchengladbach) 30 1975 – Heynckes (Moenchen.) 27 1976 – Fischer (Schalke 04) 29 1977 – D.Mueller (FC Cologne) 34 1978 – G.Mueller (Bayern Munich), D.Mueller (FC Cologne) 24 1979 – […]

1971 – Moenchengladbach 1972 – Bayern Munich 1973 – Bayern Munich 1974 – Bayern Munich 1975 – Moenchengladbach 1976 – Moenchengladbach 1977 – Moenchengladbach 1978 – FC Cologne 1979 – Hamburg SV 1980 – Bayern Munich 1981 – Bayern Munich 1982 – Hamburg SV 1983 – Hamburg SV 1984 – VfB Stuttgart 1985 – Bayern […]

1971 – Boninsegna (Inter Milan) 24 1972 – Boninsegna (Inter Milan) 22 1973 – Savoldi (Bologna), Rivera (AC Milan), Pulici (Torino) 17 1974 – Chinaglia (Lazio) 24 1975 – Pulici (Torino) 18 1976 – Pulici (Torino) 21 1977 – Graziani (Torino) 21 1978 – Rossi (Vicenza) 24 1979 – Giordano (Lazio) 19 1980 – Bettega […]

(Note: Home team is listed first. The Spanish league will shift dates for television, as well as allow teams with European commitments to reschedule matches.) Sept. 3 Rayo VallecanoReal Madrid Real ZaragozaReal Oviedo MeridaReal Betis Real ValladolidBarcelona Deportivo CorunaValencia CeltaCompostela EspanolSalamanca SevillaTenerife Sporting GijonAlbacete Atletico MadridReal Sociedad Athletic BilbaoRacing Santander Sept. 10 Real MadridAthletic Bilbao […]

1971 – Arsenal 1972 – Derby County 1973 – Liverpool 1974 – Leeds United 1975 – Derby County 1976 – Liverpool 1977 – Liverpool 1978 – Nottingham Forest 1979 – Liverpool 1980 – Liverpool 1981 – Aston Villa 1982 – Liverpool 1983 – Liverpool 1984 – Liverpool 1985 – Everton 1986 – Liverpool 1987 – […]

1971 – Rennes 1972 – Marseille 1973 – Lyon 1974 – St. Etienne 1975 – St. Etienne 1976 – Marseille 1977 – St. Etienne 1978 – Nancy 1979 – Nantes 1980 – Monaco 1981 – Bastia 1982 – Paris St. Germain 1983 – Paris St. Germain 1984 – Metz 1985 – Monaco 1986 – Bordeaux […]

1971 – Skoblar (Marseille) 44 1972 – Skoblar (Marseille) 30 1973 – Skoblar (Marseille) 26 1974 – Bianchi (Reims) 30 1975 – Onnis (Monaco) 30 1976 – Bianchi (Reims) 34 1977 – Bianchi (Reims) 28 1978 – Bianchi (Paris St. Germain) 37 1979 – Bianchi (Paris St. Germain) 27 1980 – Kostedde (Laval), Onnis (Monaco) […]

1971 – Brown (West Bromwich) 28 1972 – Lee (Manchester City) 33 1973 – Robson (West Ham U.) 28 1974 – Channon (Southampton) 21 1975 – Macdonald (Newcastle United) 21 1976 – MacDougall (Norwich C.) 23 1977 – Gray (Aston Villa), Macdonald (Arsenal) 25 1978 – Latchford (Everton) 30 1979 – Worthington (Bolton Wanderers) 24 […]

Thomas Rongen, a fixture on the Florida soccer scene since the early 1980s, has been named the head coach of the MLS’s Tampa Bay Mutiny. Rongen, who coaches the APSL’s Ft. Lauderdale Strikers from 1989 until the start of the 1994 season, is the second MLS head coach to be hired. Veteran English coach Ron […]

(Note: Home team is listed first. The Premier League will often shift matches to accommodate television.) Aug. 19 Aston VillaManchester Utd. BlackburnQPR ChelseaEverton LiverpoolSheffield Wed. Manchester CityTottenham NewcastleCoventry SouthamptonNott. Forest West HamLeeds Utd. WimbledonBolton Aug. 20 ArsenalMiddlesbrough Aug. 21 Leeds Utd.Liverpool Aug. 22 BoltonNewcastle MiddlesbroughSouthampton Aug. 23 CoventryManchester City EvertonArsenal Manchester Utd.West Ham Nott. ForestChelsea […]

(Note: Home team is listed first. The LNF, the French national league, will regularly shift dates to accommodate television and allow teams extra preparation for Euorpean matches.) July 19 BastiaParis SG BordeauxLille CannesLyon GueugnonMetz GuingampMartigues LensLe Havre MonacoRennes MontpellierStrasbourg NantesAuxerre St. EtienneNice July 26 AuxerreGueugnon BordeauxSt. Etienne LilleBastia LyonMontpellier MartiguesNantes MetzLens NiceMonaco Paris SGGuingamp RennesCannes […]

(Note: Home team is listed first. The German league will shift dates to accommodate television. It will release the new dates for the winter-spring season following the fall campaign.) Aug. 11 VfB StuttgartUerdingen Werder BremenF. Duesseldorf B. DortmundKaiserslautern Aug. 12 CologneSchalke 04 B. MunichHamburg E. FrankfurtKarlsruhe St. Pauli1860 Munich Hansa RostockB. Leverkusen Aug. 13 M’gladbachFreiburg […]

Note: Home team is listed first. Aug. 27 AtalantaParma BariNapoli FiorentinaTorino Inter MilanVicenza JuventusCremonese LazioPiacenza PadovaAC Milan SampdoriaRoma UdineseCagliari Sept. 10 CagliariLazio CremoneseSampdoria AC MilanUdinese NapoliPadova ParmaInter Milan PiacenzaJuventus RomaAtalanta TorinoBari VicenzaFiorentina Sept. 17 AtalantaNapoli BariLazio FiorentinaCagliari Inter MilanPiacenza JuventusVicenza PadovaTorino RomaAC Milan SampdoriaParma UdineseCremonese Sept. 24 CagliariJuventus CremoneseRoma LazioUdinese AC MilanAtalanta NapoliInter Milan ParmaFiorentina […]

Intro: Nameless and faceless just three months ago, the Dallas Burn is the third MLS team to announce its head coach. As yet another soccer neophyte who has jumped into the MLS breach, Dallas general manager Billy Hicks is practically devoid of personal experience with the world’s most popular sport. Hicks, a former business manager […]

MLS commissioner Doug Logan sees a great challenge and a rare opportunity in his new job. The new boss of American pro soccer is a near-stranger to the sport, yet he’s already mastered the fine art of blending realistic promises and lofty hopes. Introduced at a press conference in New York City on Nov. 21, […]

At least one more Major League Soccer team will soon name its head coach. The Los Angeles Galaxy has announced a press conference for Nov. 29 at which former U.S. Olympic head coach Lothar Osiander will be named head coach, although neither Osiander nor Galaxy officials would confirm the deal. “No, I don’t know anything,” […]

The search for a commissioner, as hinted during months of interviews and evaluations, has taken Major League Soccer far away from the well-trodden path of pro sports executives and ex-NASL officials. No announcement has been made, but MLS has chosen Doug Logan to assume the position that current league chairman Alan Rothenberg had once envisioned […]

South African national team star Doctor Khumalo is the first player allocated to the Columbus Crew, MLS announced Dec. 21. “It’s a big challenge for me to leave my country to play overseas,” said the 28-year-old midfielder. “But it is what I have yearned for the past couple of years. I will have to prove […]

* unconfirmed. Columbus PlayerCountryLast Club Doctor KhumaloSouth AfricaKaiser Chiefs (South Africa) *Brian MaisonneuveUSAIndiana Univ. Head coach: Timo Liekoski. Assistant coach: Tom Fitzgerald. New England PlayerCountryLast Club Mike BurnsUSAViborg (Denmark) *Giuseppe GalderisiItalyPadova (Italy) Alexi LalasUSAPadova (Italy) Head coach: Frank Stapleton. Assistant coach: Ron McEachen. New York/New Jersey PlayerCountryLast Club Tony MeolaUSALong Island (USISL) Tab RamosUSAUNL (Mexico) […]

A trend can clearly be traced in regards to the head coaching choices made by MLS for its three league-run teams. Tampa Bay searched far and wide before settling on longtime Florida fixture Thomas Rongen. Dallas signed the league’s scouting director Dave Dir, whose wife was born and raised in Big D. And the San […]

“It’s like a jigsaw puzzle; you find the pieces and put the puzzle together.” Former NASL head coach Eddie Firmani spoke those words in talking about building a top team, but much the same philosophy applies in lining up coaches for Major League Soccer. As anticipated, a variety of pieces are being tested for fit. […]

Lothar Osiander and Timo Liekoski have added their names to the Major League Soccer coaching register. They both were born in Europe and came to this country as teenagers. Both played at American colleges, both rose through the U.S. Soccer coaching ranks, both coached the U.S. Olympic team, and both were shoved out by U.S. […]

Two international coaches and two U.S. college coaches make up the short list of candidates as head coach of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars. General manager Charlie Stillitano, who says more than a dozen coaches were contacted and interviewed during the search, has confirmed Carlos Alberto and Eddie Firmani as two of the four finalists. […]

Irishman Frank Stapleton has been named as the MLS’s New England Revolution’s first head coach. Stapleton, a former star with the Irish national team, was presented to the Boston area media Jan. 4 as the club’s choice. Other candidates had included Argentine Ozzie Ardiles and former U.S. national team midfielder Brian Quinn. Stapleton, 39, is […]