Soccer America Archives

On Tuesday, Major League Soccer and the German Bundesliga announced a formal agreement to …meet twice a year to exchange ideas. That’s right, it’s another promotional partnership that doesn’t even go so far as the “coaching exchange” the Colorado Rapids set up with the English club Arsenal. Under this new agreement, the German Bundesliga will […]

The Times has an interesting interview with Colorado Rapids right winger Terry Cooke, a former teammate of David Beckham at Manchester United in the mid-90s. Cooke and, to a greater extent, Beckham both played a part in the famous team of United “kids” that brought the Premier League title back to Manchester in 1996 after […]

This isn’t something Jose Mourinho would merely like to do; rather, it’s something he would “really, really like” to do, the Chelsea coach told reporters on Tuesday: that is, become coach of Real Madrid. Later, of course, he added the obligatory comment, “I would like to go to Madrid when my work at Chelsea is […]

L.A. Soccer News columnist Andrea Canales speaks with L.A. Galaxy’s injury-plagued midfielder Kyle Martino, who has been out for the better part of two seasons with hip injuries. Last May, the 2002 MLS Rookie of the Year was traded from the Columbus Crew, where he played for five seasons, to the Galaxy, where injuries limited […]

Red Bull’s ownership of MLS’s New York franchise passed the one-year anniversary mark last Friday with barely a whisper in the press. In fact, there’s been barely a whisper in the press about New York’s swanky energy drink owner since the acquisition purchase. Ives Galarcep of the North Jersey Herald says Red Bull was supposed […]

As the BBC’s Mandeep Sanghera says, “The only way players usually leave Manchester United is if they have upset manager Sir Alex Ferguson or you are deemed surplus to requirements,” but Celtic, Barcelona and Sweden legend Henrik Larsson decided to leave Old Trafford after a short loan spell that lasted a little under three months. […]

While controversy rages in Utah over its potential new home in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, Real Salt Lake is simply trying to get ready for the 2007 Major League Soccer season. And preparations aren’t going that well, either. On its recent two-week tour of Spain, RSL lost friendlies against Castilla (La Liga […]

For the owners of Real Salt Lake, the ghost of the Sandy stadium just won’t go away. Most Salt Lake County residents, according to a poll conducted by the Deseret Morning News and local broadcaster KSL-TV, are livid that hotel tax dollars are going toward building a soccer stadium. In fact, 65 percent of respondents […]

Indeed, it was a fantastic weekend of soccer: Real-Barcelona in Spain was followed one day later by a classic FA Cup encounter between Chelsea and Tottenham at Stamford Bridge. This was another one that finished, 3-3, a result that certainly does Chelsea no favors, as a replay will only add to the Sky Blues’ already […]

It wasn’t supposed to be that great, really: with both suffering a loss of form and the depression of being dumped out of the Champions League thanks to the away goals rule, and with no real villain on either side to punctuate the pre-match hype, this Barcelona-Real Madrid superclasico was set up to be the […]