Soccer America Daily

[MLS] A three-day visit by Chilean striker Reinaldo Navia and a canceled trip to Brazil have been the major talking points of the Revs’2010 preseason. Confined to indoor activities because of harsh winter weather, Coach Steve Nicol nevertheless set up a few opportunities for Navia, 31, to show some of the talentshe’s displayed for clubs […]

[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Old enemies Japan and South Korea meet Sunday in Tokyo in the East Asian Championship. The game has been billed the “dismissal derby”after poor performances by both teams have put pressure on the coaches of the World Cup finalists. South Korea is coming off a 3-0 defeat to China, its first loss […]

[HALL OF FAME] More than 30 years after Oneonta, N.Y., hosted the first soccer exhibit, the National Soccer Hall of Fame is closing up shop in the upstate NewYork town. Plans are in place to distribute the permanent displays and store the archives. As for its 62-acre campus purchased in 1989, the Hall of Fame […]

[U.S. WOMEN] One of the youngest U.S. women’s national teams ever selected for the Algarve Cup will head to Portugal on Feb. 19. Following a 20-day trainingcamp at the Home Depot Center, Coach Pia Sundhage named five players who have a combined five caps. Sundhage named five players who have a combinedfive caps in Casey […]

[WPS] Saint Louis Athletica captain Lori Chalupny, capped 92 times for the USA, has taken an indefinite leave of absenceto deal with concussion-related issues. She will miss the USA’s trip to the Algarve Cup in Portugal for the first time in six years. Chalupny is expected to miss the start ofAthletica’s training camp, which is […]

[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Landon Donovan‘s meeting with Ashley Cole in Wednesday’sEverton-Chelsea may have been his last. Donovan’s challenge with Cole resulted in the England left back suffering a fractured ankle that may keep him out of the rest of the Premier League season andjeopardize his chances of playing in the World Cup. Chelsea confirmed the […]

[AMERICANS ABROAD] Freddy Adu made a rare start in a competitive game and only his third start in more than two yearswhen he started for Aris in its 1-1 tie with Xanthi in the Greek Cup on Wednesday. The start was the first for Adu, who played 67 minutes, since joining Aris in January on […]

[TELEVISION WATCH] The Seattle Sounders take their soccer seriously. MLS’s top-drawing team has lured Arlo White fromthe BBC to be the club’s new play-by-play announcer on all television and radio broadcasts. “I am extremely excited to join the Sounders FC family,” said White.“When I came to Seattle last season for opening night, I was overwhelmed […]

[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. […]