Soccer America Archives

According to the Washington Post, citing unnamed sources, the young American prospect Robbie Rogers has signed a contract with MLS and will be assigned a team via a weighted lottery later Tuesday. Both Toronto FC and D.C. United were reportedly keen to sign the player directly, though the league intervened and said he would have […]

Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal played yet more bewitching soccer en route to another failure in a major competition at the Emirates Stadium last night. Unbelievably, the Gunners produced chance after chance with central midfielders Cesc Fabregas and Gilberto Silva pulling the strings, but as usual, no one could score. In fact, it took an own goal […]

“Spellbound” is perhaps the best word we Americans have of describing the look upon the faces of George Gillett and Tom Hicks, Liverpool’s new American owners, as they soaked up the final moments of their first Champions League triumph at Anfield, bathed in the overwhelming drone of the club’s signature anthem “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” […]

As is the norm following every Real Madrid disappointment, the coach’s job has been called into question. Club officials confirmed that Wednesday night’s Champions League second-round defeat to Bayern Munich left it an open question whether Coach Fabio Capello will lead the Merengues out for the “Superclasico” against Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Saturday. […]

The ligament injury that will now keep David Beckham out of Real Madrid’s lineup for more than a month brings to mind an interesting point: is MLS insured? Of course is the answer, though the league wouldn’t reveal the extent of its insurance policy. Incidentally, Becks is also insured, to the tune of $193 million, […]

Tuesday will be remembered as the night when Europe’s giants fell, as the Spanish, Italian, and French champions all failed to do enough to progress to the Champions League quarterfinals. Chelsea was the only reigning domestic champion to buck the trend, though Jose Mourinho’s men made hard work of battling underdog FC Porto, the champion […]

It’s a question that’s been asked before, but Frank Dell’Apa of the Boston Globe gives it a closer look: how will David Beckham be traveling with his new L.A. Galaxy teammates?  That may sound like an odd question, but when you consider that Beckham is a world-class athlete and A-list celebrity, it would be awkward […]

David Winner of the Guardian pronounces Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal the sole heir of Dutch great Johann Cruyff’s vision of “total football.” Winner says no other team in world soccer so accurately reflects what he calls “Holland’s finest contribution to human happiness”: a soccer team that prizes “beauty and creativity above all and [is] compulsively devoted […]

Perennially in John Terry’s shadow, Liverpool center back Jaime Carragher at this point has turned so many imperious performances that it’s time the assumed the mantle as England’s leading defender, says the Guardian’s Rob Smyth. Carragher’s resoluteness this season was punctuated by his performances against Manchester United and Barcelona Tuesday night in the Champions League. […]

Soccer United Marketing, the marketing arm of Major League Soccer, is putting $2 million behind its fan development department in an attempt to attract more Hispanic and youth soccer fans to MLS. According to research from Jay Gladden, an associate professor of sport management at UMass, Hispanic and youth soccer players only “lightly consume” MLS. […]