Soccer America Archives

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“Barcelona and Real Madrid both played on US soil last night, but no soccer moment yesterday moved me as much as the footage of Santino Quaranta‘s astonishing left-foot volley just minutes into his LA debut at Houston. Here was one of the country’s most promising young players doing exactly what we’d been hoping for over […]

Beck’s, one of Germany’s top breweries, ran out of beer in July and has announced it will not be able to fill all of its August orders. The shortage has been blamed on increased consumption by German and visiting fans during this summer’s World Cup and extraordinarily hot weather. Beck’s bottling lines are working overtime […]

Larry Monaco has replaced David Messersmith, who reached his term limit, as president of US Youth Soccer, the largest youth sports organization in the country that registers more than 3.2 million players Monaco won the election against current US Youth Soccer vice president, Eveyln Gill and former Oregon Youth Soccer Association president, Steve Baker. Monaco, […]

Winners Four days after the MLS All-Stars beat Chelsea, 1-0, D.C. United provided another impressive showing for MLS when it played Real Madrid to a 1-1 tie in front of 66,830 fans in Seattle. As the All-Stars, also under the direction of Coach Peter Nowak, did against the England champ, D.C. United played attacking soccer […]

"On every corner kick, [Kansas City defender] Nick Garcia should be put up on charges. Every time there is a corner, they are grabbing and holding. We have players with a reputation for kicking people and as soon as they do it, they get a yellow card." — New England goalkeeper Matt Reis after a […]

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Santino Quaranta, a 21-year-old who has been in MLS for six seasons, is leaving from D.C. United for the Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for a partial allocation and a conditional 2008 draft pick. The midfielder has notched 14 goals and 13 assists in his 62 MLS appearances. He has 11 U.S. caps. … Midfielder […]

In the second game of the English second-tier 2006-07 season, American Eddie Lewis scored on a volley for Leeds in a 2-2 tie with Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday. Lewis also forced a good save on a free kick. Leeds won its opener, 1-0, over Norwich on Saturday. Last season, Lewis scored five goals in […]

It may have been a disappointing World Cup year for the world’s greatest soccer power, but Brazil is again dominating the Libertadores Cup. Last year, in the first final that featured two teams from the same nation since the competition’s inception in 1960, Sao Paulo beat Atletico Paranaense. Sao Paulo is back for its sixth […]

Soccer in America floweth over this Wednesday as seven MLS teams take the field in three league games and an exhibition against a world power. In addition, Houston hosts Barcelona’s friendly with Mexico’s Club America, part of a doubleheader with the Dynamo’s match against the Galaxy. WEDNESDAY GAMES D.C. United-Real Madrid (Spain) in Seattle 11 […]

"I’ve done everything I said I would do. I brought the team here, I’ve underwritten all the costs, and now with our team of people, we’ve succeeded in bringing one of the greatest teams [Real Madrid] in the world to play here and be here all week. If that doesn’t demonstrate to everyone involved that […]