Soccer America Archives

“This is not a turf war. We live and breathe soccer. We will go out and try to generate unprecedented interest and support in Miami soccer, whether that team is in USL-1 or MLS.” USL First Division team Miami FC president Aaron Davidson, on recent efforts to solidify its own future in the face of […]

“Really we’re way ahead of where we were last year.  We have that main core coming back this year. We don’t need to get to know each other. We already know each other.”  Real Salt Lake midfielder Kyle Beckerman, counting consistency as one of the keys to the team’s current undefeated preseason record of 3-0-1 […]

According to the Daily Mail, “Chelsea is closer to naming Guus Hiddink as their permanent manager after it emerged Dick Advocaat is being lined up to succeed him as coach of Russia.” While Hiddink has only been at the helm for a handful of matches, two big victories and an outpouring of positive responses from […]

In the increasingly multi-national world that we live in, dual citizenship is intended to allow an individual the opportunity to embrace both countries that have played a part in both birth and life.  But in the soccer world, the issue has recently become considered a double-edged sword, writes ESPN Soccernet’s Ravi Uhba. Take for example […]

Frustrated with how tournaments from the Champions League to the UEFA Cup force teams to play what he disparagingly deems “two-legged football,” SI.com’s Gabriele Marcotti puts the home-and-away series method under the microscope following first leg results from both competitions. “The basic principle that you can lose and be happy (especially when you lose 3-2, […]

In what has become an increasingly popular – and necessary, for some smaller soccer nations that alone lack the proper stadium infrastructure – phenomenon, Sweden and Norway announced a joint bid to host the 2016 European Championship on Thursday, according to the AP.  Pointing out that the two Scandinavian neighbors have organized championships together in […]

In the first of a series heading toward the kickoff of the 2009 MLS season on March 22, Goal.com takes a long hard look at the state of third-year team Toronto FC and gives a preview of what me might expect from a re-tooled team that has more “Canadian feel” with the off-season additions of […]

According to goal.com, the L.A. Galaxy stated Thursday that marquee midfielder and marketing commodity David Beckham is “due to return from AC Milan as originally planned, despite rampant transfer speculation.” While Beckham has said over in over in the media that he prefers to stay playing in Italy in order to increase his chances of […]