Section 2 Around the Net

Tracy Seipel reports that 10 years after San Jose taxpayers approved funding to build a regional soccer complex,the end may be in sight. A 10-acre parcel of city-owned land adjacent to the new San Jose Earthquakes training field and close to a proposed Earthquakes stadium is the likely location. Next month, the city council is […]

There are only two American MLS teams without teams in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy league, and both of those clubs have plans to join the system soon. So with the introduction ofprofessional clubs to a youth structure that had been around for years, would there be backlash? How would the professional teams do against […]

Germany’s Bundesliga, despite the global financial crisis began in September 2008, has the highest average attendance in the world, nearly 42,000 a game in modern stadiums; revenue that exceeded$2.7 billion (with player costs reduced to 40 percent of gross income); lowest average ticket prices, about $28 (in England the average is nearly $60); every game […]

If the USA is to beat Algeria when they meet June 23 at the World Cup, it will have to get past defender Madjid Bougherra, one of the most sought-afterdefenders in the world. Spanish champion Barcelona and Sevilla are reportedly eyeing the 27-year-old Algerian international who has flourished at Scottish club Rangers and had anexcellent […]

Gianfranco Zola, manager of West Ham United, blasted the club’s new co-owner, David Sullivan, for going public withits plan to slash Zola’s salary and those of his players by 25 percent without letting them know. The Italian is furious that the report in the Sun came before the Hammers’ critical match withBirmingham on Wednesday. “They […]

U.S. striker Jozy Altidore, who was born in the USA to Haitian immigrants and now plays for the English Premier League’s Hull City, has through personal donations and fund-raisingcontribute nearly $160,000 toward scholarships and water stations in Haiti, where the earthquake devastation has claimed more than 200,000 lives and left 1.2 million people homeless. Altidore’sparents, […]

CCTV-5, which owns 85 percent of China’s television sports market, cancelled plans to show the Chinese national team in action against Japan in the East Asian Championship game on Saturday eveningand instead showed a long-running European game show Jeux Sans Frontier. On Sunday’s sports news, CCTV-5 did not even mention the result — a 0-0 […]

Probably the longest of the long shots among the bidders for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups is Indonesia, and its bid could be dead as early as Tuesday, the deadline for each bidder’sgovernment to file a letter of support. Indonesian Football Association deputy secretary general Dali Tahir pleaded with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and […]

Arsenal wants Barcelona to stop its campaign to convince Gunner star Cesc Fabregas to move back to Spain, where he began his career with Barcelona. Barcelona is ready to offer more than $50 million for the 22-year-old Spaniard, and Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis, the former MLS deputy commissioner,has already written to Barcelona, asking it […]

On Feb. 16 in a European Champions League clash, David Beckham, playing on loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy for AC Milan, will face Manchester United for the firsttime since leaving the club in 2003. If he happens to score, “I do not think I would celebrate. I respect the supporters and the club. To […]