Soccer America Daily

[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] More so than previous World Cup teams, the USA’s first team inSouth Africa this summer will consist almost entirely of foreign-based players. You only need to have seen the U.S. performance against Honduras in January to realize that it’s goingnowhere with the core of MLS players who fell to the Catrachos, 3-1. […]

[MLS] Signed to a new contract just last week, forward Kei Kamara celebrated by scoring all three goals as Kansas City beat San Jose, 3-0,during a 120-minute scrimmage in Phoenix, Ariz. Kamara scored all three of his goals in the first of four 30-minute periods. He headed home a Chance Myers cross for thefirst goal, […]

[MLS] A day before meeting Kansas City in its first competitive action of the preseason, San Jose on Tuesday announced the signing of forward EduardoAdelino da Silva. The 30-year-old had been training with San Jose since preseason began in late January. He accompanied the team to Phoenix, Ariz., and played in a 3-0 loss to […]

[MLS] Chivas USA suffered a blow when Maicon Santos has suffered an injury to the medial collateral ligament in his leftknee in a collision at the end of last Thursday’s scrimmage against Loyola Marymount University. The Brazilian will miss roughly six weeks. Maicon Santos joined Chivas in lateAugust 2009 and had one goal in 10 […]

[USA] More bad news for Kevin Alston, one of the most promising young outside backs in MLS. He strained his lefthamstring while training with the New England Revolution, ruling him out of the U.S. national team’s training camp that began Wednesday at the Home Depot Center. A similar injurysidelined Alston, a product of Indiana University, […]

[AMERICANS ABROAD] It was good night for Americans in EPL action. Landon Donovan and Tim Howard were on the winning side for Everton against leader Chelsea, Brad Friedel‘s Aston Villa held second-place Man. United to a 1-1 tie,Marcus Hahnemann picked up a shutout win for Wolves against Tottenham, while Jonathan Spector‘s West Ham beatBirmingham, 2-0. […]

[MLS] The first preseason meeting of MLS teams is Wednesday when San Jose and Kansas City play in Phoenix. The teams also play Saturday. The New York Red Bullshave already returned from Spain, while Chivas USA is off to Guadalajara, Mexico, on Thursday. For all the preseason arrangements announced by the MLS teams … For […]

[WORLD CUP 2018/2022] Former Dutch star Ruud Gullit has been named the president of the bid committee seeking to bring the 2018 or 2022 WorldCup to Belgium and the Netherlands. Gullit, who spent part of the 2008 MLS season as the Los Angeles Galaxy coach, will be a World Cup 2010 commentator for ESPN, whose […]

[DATEBOOK] The U.S. women’s national team will open its 2010 home schedule against Mexico on March 28 at the University of San Diego’s Torero Stadium (TV:Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Espanol, live, 5 pm ET, 2 pm PT) and then play the Tri again three days later at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah […]