Soccer America Archives

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor There are no moral victories at D.C. United. Losses are just that, nothing more, yet at the Estadio Jalisco Tuesday night it attained some semblance of triumph for itself, its fans, and its league. A 2-1 decision sent Mexico's Guadalajara into the CONCACAF Champions Cup final, 3-2, on aggregate and […]

Liverpool all but clinched a berth in the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League with a 3-0 win at PSV Tuesday in the first leg of their quarterfinal series. PSV, which upset Arsenal in the round of 16, was no contest for the visiting Reds, who scored on goals by Steven Gerrard in the 27th […]

Bobby Smith, one of the most outstanding American players of the NASL in the 1970s, has been elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame as a Veteran Player. He will be honored at Induction 2007 ceremonies on Aug. 26 in Oneonta, N.Y. Smith started on the 1973 NASL champion Philadelphia Atoms in his rookie […]

The U.S. under-16 national team began a week-long training camp on Saturday in Sunrise, Fla. Kazbek Tambi brought 24 players into the camp as he continues to form a pool from which he will choose a team that will attempt to qualify for the 2008 U-17 Women's World Cup, to be held late next year […]

Americans Jennifer Bennett, Kari Seitz and Sharon Wheeler have been nominated to serve as referees at the 2007 Women's World Cup in China. The FIFA Referees Committee has drawn up a list of 51 women as candidates to referee at China 2007. The list is based on assessments carried out at the 2005, 2006 and […]

WEDNESDAY: UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals CHELSEA-VALENCIA (TV: ESPN Deportes, live, 2:30 pm ET; ESPN Classic, delay, 5 pm ET) Chelsea remains alive in its bid for an unprecedented quadruple — it has already won the English League Cup and is still in contention in the English Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League — […]

With hardly any notice, a crowd of 5,000 fans turned out at the Chicago Fire's Toyota Park Monday night to get a glimpse of Mexican forward Cuauhtemoc Blanco, who arrived in Chicago to sign with the MLS club. Blanco will become the third player to join MLS under its ''designated player rule'' following England's David […]

TUESDAY: UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals PSV-LIVERPOOL (TV: ESPN2, live, 2:30 pm) PSV, the surprise winner over Arsenal in the round of 16, will be a heavy underdog again when it faces another English club, Liverpool, Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League. PSV is riddled with injury problems. Brazilian defender Alex, the hero […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor TUESDAY: CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals GUADALAJARA-D.C. UNITED (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, live, 9:30 pm) D.C. United is counting on a top-notch performance by its rich cast of players and a somewhat subdued one by those of CD Guadalajara Tuesday to reach the CONCACAF Champions Cup finals. The chances are slim, […]

TUESDAY: UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals AC MILAN-BAYERN MUNICH (TV: ESPN Deportes, live, 2:30 pm) Last year, AC Milan thoroughly dominated Bayern Munich, winning 4-1, at the San Siro and going through to the quarterfinals, 5-2, on aggregate when it faced the German club in the UEFA Champions League. This year, Milan has rarely played well. […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor The strengths of D.C. United are many and all too familiar, so how can it fail to win a fifth league title? Past history tells the tale. D.C. was probably the best team in 2005 as well as last year, when it finished 15-7-10. In neither case it reached the […]

Tim Howard had giant Norwegian John Carew's number, but that didn't prevent Aston Villa from coming from behind to earn a 1-1 tie with visiting Everton and deny the Toffees three crucial points in their bid for a spot in the UEFA Cup next season. Everton went ahead on Joleon Lescott's early header and spent […]