Steve McClaren Soccer News

Wayne Rooney's first England goal in more than a year has taken some of the pressure off coach Steve McClaren. For now. A glance at England's Euro 2008 group shows England has a lot to worry about over the winter before resuming its qualifying campaign in late March. Just minutes before Rooney's goal in Amsterdam helped England to a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands in Wednesday's friendly, England had slipped ...

England coach Steve McClaren will watch six games in eight days ahead of England's friendly against Netherlands on Nov. 15. McClaren has been criticized after England's poor performances in its last two European Championship qualifiers _ a 0-0 draw with Macedonia and a 2-0 loss at Croatia. He postponed a trip to NFL side Seattle Seahawks to study coaching methods to watch more soccer games. ``You can learn a lot about players when you have them at close hand ...

England coach Steve McClaren says he has no reason to resign and doesn't fear being fired despite his team's two poor Euro 2008 qualifying performances. After England was held 0-0 at home by Macedonia and lost 2-0 at Croatia, McClaren was criticized by several newspapers suggesting the Football Association had appointed the wrong man. ``I'm not even contemplating resigning,'' he said. ``I've every confidence in us qualifying, so I'm not thinking about walking away. And it's too early ...

Steve McClaren is fighting for his job after five games as England coach. After England lost Wednesday's European Championship qualifier 2-0 at Croatia, the Football Association cancelled McClaren's trip to the U.S. to visit the NFL Seattle Seahawks and study their coaching methods. Stung by the failure of his experimental 3-5-2 formation and at home next week, the coach said he'll watch as many players as possible ahead of friendlies ...

Paul Robinson's goalkeeping blunders attracted most of the attention after England's 2-0 loss to Croatia. The real blame for the loss was heaped on manager Steve McClaren. Robinson was off his line as Eduardo da Silva's headed lob beat him for Croatia's first goal in Zagreb on Wednesday, and he completely missed the ball when teammate Gary Neville rolled a gentle backpass toward him for the second. The mistakes summed ...

Bring back Beckham! England's 0-0 draw at home against modest Macedonia showed that coach Steve McClaren was too hasty in dumping the former captain whose expertly hit free kick took England to the World Cup quarter-finals _ only to be told he was no longer in the new coach's plans. Beckham's World Cup goal against Ecuador turned out to be his last in 94 games. He sat in tears after ...

Wayne Rooney still can't score and England's winning run ended in a tame 0-0 draw with Macedonia. Maybe coach Steve McClaren has more problems than he thought. England's three-game streak under the man who succeeded Sven-Goran Eriksson ended in a match it should have won comfortably. McClaren's team failed to dominate a well-organized but colourless Macedonian lineup before 72,000 Old Trafford fans who expected a high-scoring victory to take control at the top of Group E. Even with ...