Soccer America Archives

Houston Mayor Bill White effectively ruled out the use of the Gus Wortham Golf Course in Houston’s East End as a possible location for a new soccer complex that would serve as the training grounds for defending MLS champ Houston Dynamo. White said he wouldn’t support the move because the East End’s Councilwoman Carol Alvarado […]

England manager Steve McClaren was at the Santiago Bernabeu Tuesday night to watch Owen Hargreaves and Bayern Munich face a resurgent David Beckham and Real Madrid. Beckham, starting his third game in a row since being recalled to the Madrid first team, capped another superb performance by setting up each of Real’s three goals in […]

For the first 60 minutes against Bayern Munich on Tuesday, Real Madrid looked as good as it ever did in the last five years. Up 3-1 at halftime thanks to goals from Raul and Ruud van Nistelrooy and an inspired performance in midfield from David Beckham, Real looked to be cruising. Indeed, a fourth looked […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy could be preparing for yet another blockbuster announcement, this one in regards to team’s jersey sponsor. Mark Ziegler of the San Diego Union-Tribune says sources tell him that the bidding is now down to Citibank and Herbalife. The former, the unnamed sources say, is prepared to offer $49 million over five […]

UEFA, soccer’s European governing body, said it would launch an investigation into Manchester United’s Champions League win against Lille at the Stade Felix Bollaert in Lens on Tuesday. The French police were heavily criticized for their handling of a situation involving Manchester United supporters. Riot police swiped their batons and fired teargas at fans after […]

Javier Mascherano has finally, officially gotten his second chance in the Premiership, after the league Tuesday cleared him to play at Liverpool FC for the remaining three and a half months of the season. The deal has been held up since the transfer deadline expired on Feb. 1. It has taken the league nearly three […]

At a press conference Monday that was supposed to be about Arsenal’s preparation for Tuesday’s second round Champions League clash with PSV Eindhoven, Manager Arsene Wenger expressed a deeper concern for the fact that Chelsea is allowed to operate at a loss of $156 million because it has a billionaire owner. Unfortunately for Wenger, this […]

U.S. Soccer on Tuesday announced that it’s forming an organizing committee to prepare a bid for the 2018 World Cup, for which England is also planning a bid. The host won’t be chosen until 2012. “We showed in 1994 that the U.S. is capable of hosting a terrific event,” U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati […]

Don’t expect changes overnight, New York Red Bulls owner Dietrich Mateschitz tells fans in a New York Daily News interview. He takes the long view instead: “It will take a number of years to build a top team,” Mateschitz told the paper, adding that he doesn’t anticipate bringing in a top foreign player until the […]

Has Major League Soccer’s “designated player” strategy already gone bust? It may be harsh to say so just a month after David Beckham signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy, but Frank Dell’Apa of ESPN Soccernet says there are signs the plan isn’t working. For one thing he says, overtures made to players like Edgar Davids, […]