Soccer America Archives

“I’m going to a country where they adore me because of the goal against the English.” New Argentina coach Diego Maradona expects a friendly welcome in Scotland, where he will likely be in charge for next month’s Scotland-Argentina exhibition game in Glasgow.

“There are those who will say that instead of condemning the pair [Joey Barton and Wayne Rooney] we should applaud them for engaging in an ancient British tradition that dates all the way back to the 1990s, even though it might have made sounder economic sense for them to kiss their boot manufacturers’ logos or […]

“I think that there’s a possibility still of playing another year. I was finishing the season up well. I’m not in a rush to retire. I continue enjoying things, I’m conscious I need to make sure I’m doing everything on the field, continuing to play on the level that is played here in MLS, and […]

“Insiders say [Sigi] Schmid is asking to become one of the higher-paid coaches in MLS but that he doesn’t want to leave Columbus. There was speculation when he first came from Los Angeles that this was an interim stop, but they say he has grown to love the city, the team he built and the […]

Real Salt Lake is of course proud of its sporting achievement in reaching the Major League Soccer playoffs for the first time at the fourth attempt, writes Michael Lewis. But the economic reasons for reaching the postseason are just as important, and not just for the extra league games. Depending on how the league judges […]

Ex-Poland international Grzegorz Lato, 58, was elected Thursday as the head of Poland’s governing soccer body, the PZPN. “We are determined to change the image of Polish football,” said Lato after his victory. “I am determined to… make it transparent and pure and for this to culminate in the success of Euro 2012.” Before the […]

AC Milan Vice President Adriano Galliani has said that David Beckham's New Year fling in the northern Italian fashion capital will be a dream come true for the club. No doubt the city's high-end retailers are celebrating too. "David's arrival is a dream that becomes a reality," Galliani said. But sadly Milan will have to […]

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has provoked Real Madrid President Ramon Calderon into suggesting he’s senile, and former player Gabriel Heinze has said he’s “mad.” But as Jim White explains, there’s a shrewd reason for Ferguson’s comments in a magazine interview published this week that Real is used to getting its own way because […]

The Boston Globe's headline to New England's Eastern Conference semifinal playoff first leg 0-0 tie with the Chicago Fire was careful not to go over the top: Effort Was Quite Healthy. Monique Walker's introductory paragraph cites the game's "several hard tackles, shoves, calls, and noncalls" that ultimately gave the Revs a "satisfactory" result on Thursday […]