Soccer America Archives

“I am the first-, second- and third-best player in the world. There are other good candidates, like Kaka, [Lionel] Messi and [Fernando] Torres. I think that I did everything that is necessary to win and I am going to continue doing more. My goal is to win everything in front of me.” Cristiano Ronaldo half-jokes […]

Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic, still undecided on whether to play for Serbia or the U.S. at international level, was nominated to Eurosport’s Bundesliga team of the week following his two-goal performance against Eintracht Frankfurt Saturday. Kicker magazine also awarded him one of its rare ‘world class’ 1.0 ratings, although he didn’t get MVP — […]

“What could — and should — have been a feverishly anticipated clash between two of football’s grandest foes has become an albatross, a fixture that nobody — from the players, to their club managers, to their fans — wants, or worse, even cares about.” Dan Silver looks forward to Wednesday’s Germany-England game in Berlin.

The English FA has handed Chelsea striker Didier Drogba a three-game ban for throwing a coin back into the crowd during last week’s League Cup tie against Burnley. He will miss forthcoming league games against Arsenal, Newcastle United and Bolton Wanderers.

“Honestly, I have a lot of respect for the team but not the coach. [Denis Hamlett] wasn’t honest with me. I wanted to know why I wasn’t playing but he wouldn’t talk to me about it. He’s a very closed off coach. He never talked to me face-to-face.” Chicago Fire forward Tomasz Frankowski is sour […]

The Uruguayan FA has suspended the national championship until further notice after fans fought a pitched battle following a game between the league’s top two sides. When Danubio beat Nacional 1-0 to overtake its opponent and go top of the Apertura (opening) Championship on Sunday, Nacional fans broke down the fencing at the Jardines del […]

FIFA Vice President Jack Warner has not only accused English clubs of disrespecting the Caribbean game, but also claimed that Caribbean players are born with a “natural talent” for soccer. “African-Caribbean footballers will continue to do better and better because they have natural talent,” said Warner, who is also Concacaf President and “special advisor” to […]

The Seattle Sounders FC will hopefully get more than just another highly paid underwear model with tattoos when its designated player Freddie Ljungberg takes to the field next season. But as Ravi Ubha writes, if you put the player’s name in google “the first thing that pops up is four pictures of the 31-year-old clad […]

The regular season stats of the Columbus Crew and RB New York may not have had much in common, writes Jack Bell, with the Crew superior in every department. But one thing the two MLS Cup finalists shared these past seven months was a light schedule that left them both in good shape to tackle […]

It’s not just the fact that he grew up in California that will make this weekend’s return to the state for MLS Cup so special for Columbus Crew Coach Sigi Schmid. There’s also the fact that the game will be played in Carson at the home stadium of the team — the L.A. Galaxy — […]