Sideline Views

Ok, so people aren't really crying in the streets of Mexico that they've lost Torres to the U.S., but they don't seem happy abou...

Here's how the US looks ahead of Cuba: GK: Brad Guzan, Tim Howard, Troy Perkins D: Carlos Bocanegra, Danny Califf, Steve Cherundolo, Jay...

By now, you've probably heard that Jose Francisco Torres has decided to play with the US national team. Torres was among the 23 players ...

Somehow, I didn't think an article about soccer and Princeton alumni could mention Bradley, but not Bob Bradley. After all, Bob Bradley...

When DC United was in town, I was chatting with one of their associates about their recent losses. They weren't in full panic mode yet, ...

Dom Kinnear does what many do when straining for a word or two in another language - he opts out and fills in with the words of the one he...

I don't think my article on Landon was advocating a move to Bayern Munich, but I can see where some have taken it that way. Here's ...

Last year, Chicago destroyed LA's playoff hopes in the final game of the year. This year, they could pretty much kill the Galaxy off - a...

So Mexico did lose on Wednesday after all as I mentioned briefly in my previous post. Now, before people start to call for Sven Goran Erikss...

Mexico lost to Chile 1-0 at the LA Coliseum on Wednesday night. The crowd count was 32,924. Now, the Coliseum is great for big games. A full...

Marta the magician is coming to Los Angeles. It makes simple sense to me. Brazilians like LA. A bunch of them live near Venice Beach, well, ...

The LB/Sideline View Readers vote for the 2008 Honda Player of the Year is in. I just sent my vote over, about 11 hours before the polls clo...

Grahame Jones of the LA Times was another English-speaking reporter out at Tuesday's presser. Jones talked about Eriksson's Spanish-...

Mark Zeigler of the San Diego Union-Tribune was one of four non-Spanish speaking reporters at the press conference on Tuesday. Zeigler wrote...

Especially when they leave, it's important to remember those who have gone before.

Sven fields a question about playing friendlies in Europe. His response? It's hard to gather a team in Europe for a midweek friendl...

I went to a hotel in downtown Los Angeles today for a press conference featuring Mexican national team coach Sven Goran Eriksson. He answere...

I thought Pete Vagenas' goal against DC was really nice, just perfect redirection. Here's what Pete had to say after the game abou...

(I found a Memo pic, too!) I got a call from an editor yesterday regarding my Mexico column . They were trying to figure out which player w...

I thought Guillermo Barros Schelotto was horribly overlooked for the All-Star Game. Still, it seemed that GBS was going to get a nice consol...