The Los Angeles Galaxy hopes the blond superstar will help rebrand soccer as a glamour game. But will his team measure up on the field?
Who do you like in the Champions League final (ESPN2, Wednesday, 2 p.m. ET): Liverpool or AC Milan? -- Jon-Claud Nix, Hartford, Conn.
SI.com: American madeupdated: Fri May 11 2007 12:04:00
LONDON -- The biggest goal ever scored by an American? That honor probably belongs to Paul Caligiuri, whose "Shot Heard 'Round the World" against Trinidad and Tobago in 1989 sent the U.S. to its first World Cup in 40 years.
SI.com: Left out to dryupdated: Thu Apr 19 2007 15:43:00
Kasey Keller has been arguably the most important figure in U.S. soccer over the past 15 years. Now he's practically begging for a job in Major League Soccer. The worst part of it is, the national-team keeper has resorted to making his own calls.
In terms of international star power, it's been a dark few years in Major League Soccer. Thank you, Lothar Matthäus.
SI.com: A winning gambleupdated: Mon Apr 16 2007 12:53:00
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Guillermo Barros Schelotto is on his way to Major League Soccer. The Argentine superstar will join the Columbus Crew on a one-year deal with an option for a second year that will be announced this week, according to his representative Gustavo Goñi.
Here we go again. Major League Soccer starts up another season this weekend. Somebody get a hold of Hank Williams Jr., play him a clip of a South American goal call, and let's get ready for some fútbol. The real kind.
What's ahead for Major League Soccer as the league enters a 12th season chock full of new superstars? Here are my predictions.
A superstar Mexican with diminished yet first-rate skills, beloved for his national team accomplishments. A large city with a burgeoning Mexican population. A league trying desperately to lure Mexican eyes onto its Americanized product.
SI.com: A debt of gratitudeupdated: Fri Mar 30 2007 11:56:00
Mexico's 4-2 comeback win over Ecuador on Wednesday was a sweet victory for all fans of El Tricolor. But once again, it was sweetest for diehard supporters of Chivas de Guadalajara.
If Major League Soccer were to pinpoint the moment it hit its target audience, it would be around 12:45 a.m. EST on Jan. 17.
SI.com: Out of their leagueupdated: Tue Mar 13 2007 10:45:00
When it comes to matching up against Mexican clubs, MLS teams are like cattle being led to the slaughter.
Football -- the real kind -- has made some massive inroads into the American consciousness since the start of the New Year.
SI.com: Duel in the desertupdated: Wed Feb 07 2007 13:14:00
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- When I told people I was traveling to cover one of the best rivalries in sports on Wednesday, they made some assumptions. Duke-Carolina assumptions, if you catch my drift.
SI.com: The kids are alrightupdated: Mon Jan 22 2007 16:22:00
Remember a few months ago when everyone was wringing their hands and scratching their heads in the wake of the debacle in Deutschland? We were like a flock of Chicken Littles, running amok and scared that the sky was going to fall and the entire soccer movement was going to be trampled by the brutal realities of the international game, as if we had forgotten those brutal realities after the successes of 2002.
SI.com: Around the bendupdated: Wed Jan 17 2007 15:34:00
David Beckham is a very fine soccer player, but with apologies to Macbeth, "Nothing in his life (becomes) him like the leaving."
SI.com: Lalas goes ga-gaupdated: Fri Jan 12 2007 16:15:00
LOS ANGELES -- His phone began ringing well before the sun rose above the Home Depot Center. Before "the news" began trickling over sports wires. Before Major League Soccer officially started living up to the first two words of its name. It rang and rang and rang. It never stopped.
British soccer star David Beckham says he wants to become a part of American history. The 31-year-old former captain of the English soccer team has signed a five-year, reported $250 million deal with the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.
SI.com: Red-letter dayupdated: Thu Jan 11 2007 11:09:00
Mark it down: Jan. 11, 2007 will forever be known as the day that Major League Soccer truly arrived on the world stage.
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Fulham striker Brian McBride and what it means to American soccer that this square-jawed kid from Illinois is enjoying a season to remember in England. But a few readers got their knickers in a twist because I wrote that he's not the kind of player fans will love. They will cheer for him, admire him, aspire to be like him. But they do not want to be him because he's a craftsman, a very fine one, but he's not an artist, and history belongs to the artists.
Big rate hike coming on Thursday. Oh my! Excited? Yeah, pass me a cold one.
Soccer's World Cup starts Friday, and I will spend way too much time watching it on TV (with all the weekday games airing during East Coast working hours, this may cause problems). My son and I will even fly to Germany for a couple of games, and I could easily fill page after Web page with half-informed rantings about the Netherlands' inscrutably brilliant coach, England's dorky new star, and the USA's balding-but-spry goalie. But I won't.
Business 2.0: Hits & Missesupdated: Thu Dec 01 2005 00:01:00
[MISS] The burghers are revolting! With its arch, ad-driven revamp, Burger King has climbed back atop its throne, with U.S. same-store sales rising 9 percent in the past two years. Yet the enlighte...
CNNMoney: The dream teensupdated: Fri Nov 11 2005 13:26:00
They are the dream team, or rather dream teens, for advertisers.
Money Magazine: A Long Way to the Goalupdated: Sat Oct 01 2005 00:01:00
When Marcia Karyo first met Andy Williams over dinner with mutual friends while vacationing in Jamaica seven years ago, strangers pointed at the young man in the group, screaming "Bomma!" Women swo...
When Marcia Karyo first met Andy Williams over dinner with mutual friends while vacationing in Jamaica seven years ago, strangers pointed at the young man in the group, screaming "Bomma!" Women swooned.
The biggest sports story in the world was basically ignored on U.S. sports pages this week, even though an American was the central player.
AMERICA FACES a stiff test in global competitiveness this summer that has absolutely nothing to do with technology, productivity, industrial output, or gross domestic product. The World Cup is far ...
It's the biggest event in sports, more important to some members of the international community than diplomacy or trade. Little wonder then that soccer's faithful feared disaster when rights to sta...
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