Soccer America Archives

Manchester United hopes to hang on to its six-point lead at the top of the Premier League when it hosts Blackburn on Saturday (TV: Setanta Sports USA, live, 10 am ET). Second-place Chelsea visits last-place Wigan (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, live, noon ET). United has a shot at repeating its 1999 treble. It’s through to […]

Back in June of 2005, a Franz Beckenbauer was caught by a speed camera driving 45 mph in a 20 mph zone. But three officials in the traffic police department decided the man who won World Cups for Germany as a captain and coach should get a break. So they claimed the car was an […]

New York product Gabriel Ferrari and Freddy Adu again provided the goals as the U.S. U-20 national team beat Haiti, 2-1, on Wednesday in Frisco, Texas. Three days earlier, Ferrari, who joined Italian Serie A club Sampdoria in January, had scored twice and Adu struck once in the U-20s’ 3-2 win over SMU. Against Haiti, […]

On Wednesday, Mexico beat Ecuador in Oakland, Calif., in a game that was sold out two weeks before kickoff while on the same day a crowd nearly a fifth smaller attended the USA’s game against Guatemala in Texas. ”We probably could have sold another 50,000 tickets,” said David Alioto, executive vice president for Earthquakes Soccer, […]

By Ridge Mahoney A deal that has been simmering for about three weeks to send Clint Mathis from Colorado to the New York Red Bulls needs only league approval to become official, says Rapids head coach Fernando Clavijo. “Once Clint realized that he was not going to be in my plans for the starting 11, […]

“It was a really ugly moment. I had [Jermain] Defoe’s shirt in my hand to swap for mine. But Terry rammed into me with a really hard shove and snatched it. We were down the tunnel. Terry took the shirt and ordered all the England players into the dressing room.” — Andorra captain Oscar Sonejee, […]

By Ridge Mahoney Hernia surgery for Pat Noonan. A dislocated shoulder suffered while surfing for Michael Parkhurst. Midfield stud Shalrie Joseph demanding a trade after contract talks stalled. Joey Franchino leaving the team during a preseason trip to New Orleans for “personal reasons.” If any good team has struggled through a rough preseason, it’s New […]

USL has terminated its troubled USL-1 club, the Virginia Beach Mariners, releasing all their players and reducing the USL-1 to 12 teams just two weeks before the start of the 2007 season. The fate of the PDL’s Submariners remains to be determined. The Mariners’ demise came after the apparent sale of the team from Norfolk […]

The U.S. women’s national team will welcome 32 players into residency training camp on April 2 at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. for a four-month period that will lead into the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup in China. The USA will break camp at the end […]