Monthly Archives: January 2012

The Asian Football Confederation has urged soccer’s rule-making body to approve a headscarf with new safety features for use by Islamic female players. AFC acting chief Zhang Jilong said in a statement Monday that a favorable decision when the International … Continue reading →

In the end, what matters is that the U.S. women’s soccer team is going to the Olympics. What the players won’t soon forget is how hard they had to work get there. The Americans booked their way to London on … Continue reading →

The Texas Tech soccer team announced its spring schedule Monday afternoon, which features five matches away from Lubbock, while the Red Raiders will play one home match on April 7th when they host New Mexico at the John Walker Soccer … Continue reading →

Two years after he was shot in the head at close range in a Mexico City bar, Paraguayan soccer player Salvador Cabanas is set to attempt a comeback with a third-division club in his home country. The club, 12 de … Continue reading →

The U.S. women’s national soccer team will attempt to qualify for this year’s London Olympics with a roster nearly identical to the one they had for last summer’s dramatic run to the World Cup final. In this July 10, 2011 … Continue reading →

Akron forward Darren Mattocks was selected second by the Vancouver Whitecaps in the MLS SuperDraft on Thursday, and in doing so, they chose the most complete player available in the two-round draft. Mattocks was the 2011 Mid-American Conference Player of … Continue reading →

Arsenal’s record goal scorer Thierry Henry was named on the bench for his highly anticipated return against Leeds United in the FA Cup third round at the Emirates stadium on Monday. Henry, 34, who plays for Major League Soccer club … Continue reading →

The ball, kicked routinely by the goalkeeper for the Everton soccer team, soared through the night sky at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England, bounced once — and weirdly — and landed in the opposition’s net. From roughly 100 yards, a … Continue reading →

Looking ahead to the headlines of our game in 2012, here’s where much of the domestic U.S. soccer news will come from, everything from the awesome to the awful and points in between: 1. World Cup qualifying: The analysis of … Continue reading →