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In response to comments printed by the Daily Mail on Friday, the United States Soccer Federation called comments reportedly made by national team manager Bruce Arena as “completely mischaracterized” and taken from a dated interview. The Daily Mail quoted Arena regarding Tim Howard’s current struggles at Manchester United, saying Sir Alex Ferguson considered Howard “a … Read moreUSSF questions Arena article
First came a team, then a game – but not in the normal circumstances. In the middle of its first season in Major League Soccer, Real Salt Lake and Rice-Eccles Stadium will host the U.S. national team. Several sources have confirmed reports in the Salt Lake Tribune and the Associated Press that Salt Lake City … Read moreSalt Lake ready to host Nats
The remaking of the Colorado Rapids has continued under new manager Fernando Clavijo, as the side dealt attacker Jordan Cila to Real Salt Lake while defender Gary Sullivan left the team. Neither was part of the side’s trip through Ecuador, ended with a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Emelec on Tuesday evening. Clavijo has … Read moreRapids drop two, end trip with loss
Bruce Arena has called 22 players, all from Major League Soccer, into a training camp for two friendlies prior to the doubleheader of World Cup qualifiers late next month. The camp, set to begin at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles but also to see time in both Colorado Springs and Albuquerque, will go … Read moreAll-MLS camp called by Arena
FC Dallas striker Eddie Johnson has set his sights on the World Cup, as a stage for where he can evaluate his European options – but noted his loyalty to MLS in the interim. The 20 year-old US international has raised many an eyebrow overseas, as his national team performances of late have earned him … Read moreEurope is a future option – Johnson
FC Dallas has passed on signing goalkeeper Henry Ring as two of their players are set to go under the knife, while the Los Angeles Galaxy has put an eye on signing a pair of foreign midfielders to strengthen their side before the Major League Soccer season begins in a little more than a month. … Read moreDallas loses Ring – LA closes in on pair
One of this season’s most worrying problems in Major League Soccer has been the ownership of the Kansas City Wizards – but a new group to take over may be in the making. The Kansas City Star reported that a viable investor group has been certified by the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission, and that … Read moreWizards on path in hunt for new owner?
Jemal Johnson has signed a new two and-a-half year deal with Blackburn Rovers, ensuring that the young American has a future with the club The diminutive yet talented striker has signed a new contract that will see him tied to the Ewood Park side through the end of the 2006-07 season. It has been a … Read moreJohnson continues stay with Blackburn Rovers
As the history of Major League Soccer has shown in its early days, nothing is easy when it comes to a stadium – and one of its newest franchises, Real Salt Lake, is starting to find this reality out the hard way. The cities of downtown Salt Lake and the suburb of Murray have been … Read moreReal obstacles facing stadium hopes
In the world of soccer, there’s nothing quite like the FA Cup, England’s season-long, all-comers knockout tournament.Launched during the 1871-72 season, it’s the oldest domestic cup competition of its kind in the world – March Madness times ten – and with more than 600 teams taking part, it creates some of the best storylines in … Read moreFA Cup clash gets the American treatment