Soccer America Archives

July 29 in Frisco, Texas FC Dallas 4 Colorado 1. Goals: Rhine (Thompson, Nunez) 8, Nunez 71, Nunez 74, Cooper 93+; Beckerman 34. FC Dallas – Sala, Rhine, Goodson, Moor (Yi 28), Gbandi, Nunez, Mulrooney, Valakari, Alvarez (Oduro, 64), Cooper, Thompson (Saragosa, 74). Colorado – Cannon, Gargan, Karanka, Petke, Denton, Cooke, Beckerman, Noel (Ben Dayan, […]

Natasha Kai, 23, scored her fifth goal for the USA since debuting for the national team earlier this year to help the USA down Canada, 2-0, in a friendly on Sunday. Kai, a Hawaii product, now has five goals in eight games. She finished a rebound off her own shot for her strike late in […]

Arsenal FC won its third straight national title when it captured the under-17 boys group at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships on Sunday in Des Moines, Iowa. Eclipse SelectÆs bid for a third straight title ended when it was eliminated in a shootout on Friday in the under-18 girls group. So Cal United (U-15 […]

Amy Vermeulen scored a hat to lead the Ottawa Fury to a fourth straight W-League semifinal appearance as it upset the defending champion New Jersey Wildcats 3-2 Sunday to join the host Vancouver Whitecaps, the Central Conference champion Charlotte Lady Eagles and the Seattle Sounders Saints, who won the Western Conference tournament in the W-League […]

By Mike WoitallaExecutive Editor, Soccer America The Germans promised they would deliver a party and exceeded all expectations. The two 30-year-old German men bought replica jerseys of Spain and France. They cut the shirts down the middle and sewed two different halves together. That gave them each a shirt representing both teams. ''We couldn't decide […]

By Ridge MahoneySenior Editor, Soccer America Magazine U.S. Soccer is in the midst of a critical self-examination following the national team's first-round ouster at the World Cup. It has much more to ponder than simply what happened during three games in June. The forlorn faces strewn through the plazas and streets of Nuremberg the night […]

By Paul KennedyManaging Editor, Soccer America There's two ways to look at the impact of the dreary U.S. showing at the World Cup on Major League Soccer. One view is that MLS is strong enough to withstand a big hit because of its huge investment in stadiums and its long-term contracts with commercial partners – […]

By Mike Woitalla, in BerlinExecutive Editor, Soccer America Magazine In the shadow of scandal and amid jeers, Italy lifted the World Cup title. THEY'RE LIKE GOOD HURDLERS goes one assessment of the Italian national team, jumping only as high as necessary to clear the bar. The Italians try to advance through tournaments playing not to […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor, Soccer America ''No-Brainer.'' That's how former U.S. international John Harkes describes his decision to leave the D.C. United Director of Youth Development post to take an assistant coaching position with Red Bull New York. The specifics of his role under Head Coach Bruce Arena have yet to be finalized, yet […]

The powerhouse Dallas Texans Red recovered from their opening game loss to beat the Classic FC Bandolero, 5-2, in the Under-18 boys group at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. The Texans, who are playing without star Jonathan Villanueva, who joined the U.S. U-18s in Northern Ireland after a two-week tryout […]

Aly Wagner will become the 18th women to play 100 or more times for her national team if she plays against Canada on Sunday in Cary, N.C. (live on ESPN2, 1 pm. ET). The USA has won seven of its last eight games against Canada and is 29-3-3 over against the Canadians. U.S. Women's roster […]