According to the new figures released by the accounting firm Deloitte, Real Madrid remain the richest club in world football as ranked by annual revenues, closely followed byManchester United. Having won the Premier League and Champions League in 2008, United would have overhauled the Spaniards at the top of the Deloitte Football Money League had […]
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The U.S. Men’s National Team will play their last three final round home FIFA World Cup qualifying matches in Chicago, Salt Lake and Washington, D.C. The U.S. will host Honduras on June 6 at Soldier Field, and then face El Salvador at Rio Tinto Stadium on Sept. 5 in Salt Lake. The team closes out […]
Chelsea have announced that Guus Hiddink will take over as temporary coach until the end of the season. Hiddink, who will continue to coach the Russian national side, replaces Luiz Felipe Scolari, who was fired on Monday. The Dutchman is currently in Turkey with the Russian squad and is likely to be a spectator at […]
The expansion Seattle Sounders have acquired two-time All-Star defender Tyrone Marshall from Toronto FC for cash. The Sounders announced the deal Tuesday. It will bring the 34-year-old member of the Jamaican national team to Seattle for his 12th season in MLS. Sounders coach Sigi Schmid says he values Marshall for his speed and his championship […]
The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that the team has signed United States National Team midfielder Bobby Convey, who was recently released by Reading. “It is rare to be able to acquire a U.S. international in the prime of his career,” said General Manager of Soccer Operations John Doyle. “When he became available we jumped […]
Former England coach, and current Mexico coach, Sven Goran Eriksson is Portsmouth’s No 1 target to replace Tony Adams. Several Portsmouth players including Peter Crouch, Sol Campbell, Glen Johnson and David James played under Eriksson for England and they are reportedly keen for their former manager to return to England. If, or should I say when, […]
Luiz Felipe Scolari has been sacked as Chelsea manager, the club announced on Monday afternoon. A statement on the club’s official website revealed the move had been made “to maintain a challenge for the trophies we are still competing for”. Brazilian Scolari was appointed last summer as the replacement for Avram Grant. The statement on the […]