On 4thegame.com, the "Squad" lists a possible starting line-up for each Premiership team. I looked up the height of all 40 players listed as...
Not sure if this is a common phenomenon, but here are a couple of cases when a player arrived in Europe and promptly shrank: Junior Agogo...
The Mexican Fed does a great job of providing a list of in-game events. In spite of the 4-0 whooping, I dug into the recent U-23 qualifier we...
Nice Spanish-language article in light of all the xenophobia around these boards. DJ's Mexican grandmother (originally from Jalisco, now a...
2-2 in a hack-fest; El Mural says we played a 4-3-3 but doesn't list any players apart from the ones below. Convey 13' Abreu 15' Pen (foul...
I did some digging on the Conmebol site and found the 2001 U-20 qualifying rosters, along with the 2004 U-23 qualifying rosters. Then I counted...
In other discussions, PK's have been coming up ... I figure they might as well have their own thread. For now, here's a bit of info ... 1999...
Player age on Dec 31 (end of year), weighted by the number of minutes played. 1996 -- 28.49 1997 -- 28.67 1998 -- 28.75 1999 -- 28.66 2000...
With the NCAA Final Four coming up soon, you may be wondering about a player's chances of getting a shot at the (relatively) big time. Well, if he...
Squad lists are here http://images.fifa.com/u20/2003/WYC_2003_sl-latest.xls A few notes... Convey is the only player with more than 6 senior...
Looks like the Bulldogs are unlikely to survive. Presumably, this means there will no longer be a Pac-10 for men's soccer. Meanwhile, Fresno is...
According to espndeportes.com, there have been 92 red cards in the first 160 games of the current Mexican season (1.7 games per expulsion). In the...
Good news for our U-23's, as the proposed sites are Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosi, and Guadalajara....
After making a string of appearances as a late-game sub, Hernandez got to play a bigger role on Sunday when Juan Reynoso left the game in minute...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to have overlooked Dipsy's near-hat trick in the World Cup. http://sport.iafrica.com/news/277305.htm
I finally caught my first Stanford game of the season, and am pleased to report that the Cardinal aren't nearly as bad as their record. But they...
FYI, over in the Youth National Teams Forum, we've been having an interesting discussion of goalkeepers' numbers....
Throughout the early years of MLS, one of the biggest problems has been the lack of depth. As a result, once a guy establishes himself as a...
Lifted from rec.sport soccer... League 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 Bundesliga 2.71 2.98 2.88...
There has been a lot of discussion about whether our youth programs are open enough to players with roots in Mexico and Central America. There has...
How many competitive games do they really play? Here's what I dug up: In England, U-17's play a 22-game regular season, with a post-season of...
The Mexican league has just started a new season, so I took a peek at the top division league rosters....
Not too surprisingly, quite a few American-born Hispanic players have headed south to pursue their dreams. Here is a list of youngsters who are...
[Mods, I sure hope it's legal to post my own paraphrase/translation...] http://www.laopinion.com/golazo/?rkey=00030801184510653622 It began as...
Nice little winger from Furman is on trial with Bristol Rovers. This article describes him as "American-Albanian," although the Furman link says...