According to ESPNFC, Real Madrid have taken the first steps in moves that will see goalkeeper Iker Casillas leave the club this summer after 18 years. According to reports, Casillas’s representatives have already started discussions about the financial package he would receive on leaving the Bernabeu. ESPN quotes sources in Spain say two things right […]
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer continues to expansed with the awarding of its 24 the franchise to Minnesota on Wednesday. The new Minnesota United will begin play in 2018 and will play in a new soccer-specific stadium in downtown Minneapolis. It becomes the 13th new team to join the North American league since 2005. “We are proud […]
The New England and the Montreal Impact drew 0-0 on a damp afternoon at Gillette Stadium today. The draw was the first points for both sides this season. Revs headed into the Montreal game on the back of two disappointing defeats at Seattle and New York. Both defeats exposed a soft underbelly to the New […]
NYC FC captain David Villa might have named MLS Player of the Week for his performance against the New England Revolution last week, but he does not even make the whoscored.com starting XI. The whoscored.com ratings are statistically driven and while Villa played well against the Revs, his 8.8 rating was not enough to dislodge […]
The New England Revolution dropped their second consecutive game to open the 2015 MLS season, suffering a 2-0 loss to New York City FC on Sunday evening at Yankee Stadium. NYC FC, playing their inaugural home game, got goals on either side of halftime from David Villa and former Revs Patrick Mullins to claim their […]
Using the stats from whoscored.com, here is a look at the MLS Team of the Week for the opening week of the season. Note that only the best performing player for each position is displayed. According to the stats, the best performance in week one was Seattle Sounders center half Chad Marshall against the New […]
After much anticipation the New England Revolution opened their 2015 MLS season with a 3-0 defeat at CenturyLink Field in Seattle on Sunday night. Playing just over three months after losing in the MLS Cup 2014, New England looked a shadow of the side that lost to LA. Without AJ Soares (departure) and Jermain Jones […]