A tantalizing piece in the French newspapers Le Parisien that David Beckham has approached Paris St. Germain owners to help with funding for his new MLS expansion team, which is expected to begin play in 2017 Beckham finished his career at PSG, and is reported to be on very good terms with the teams owners, Qatar […]
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Nothing like a bit of Major League Soccer aggro to get the day going! With the opening of the 2014 MLS season less than a month away, Eastern Conference rivals the Philadelphia Union and Toronto FC are already exchanging handbags. It appears that Philadelphia Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz is not amused with TFC’s spending spree […]
Wow. What an offseason it has been for Toronto FC and it looks like it is going to get even better with the news that TFC is closing in on Brazilian national team goalkeeper Julio Cesar. According to a report from Brazilian daily O Globo, and on mlssoccer.com, Cesar is set to join the revolution in […]
We have known for months that David Beckham was going to put a Major Soccer League franchise in Miami, but MLS made the decision official today. When Beckham joined MLS and the LA Galaxy his contract with the league included an option for an MLS expansion team at a bargain price of $25 million. Beckham […]
The latest report from The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) names Major League Soccer as the 49th strongest league in the world, out of 125. The criteria is based on all national and (inter)continental results, or to put it in plain English, the U.S. Open Cup and the CONCACAF Champions League. Neither […]
For the third consecutive year the New England Revolution has to be celebrating another terrific MLS SuperDraft. In 2012 the Revs picked Kelyn Rowe with the third pick overall and last year they moved up to take Andrew Farrell with the first pick overall. Entering the draft today, New England had three picks in the […]
By all indications New York City FC will not be your typical expansion team when they begin play in MLS in 2015. NYCFC’s director of football Claudio Reyna told reporters on Friday that: “The clock is ticking and we’re looking now. We have 36 scouts within City Football Group and we started to speak with […]
On the day that Eastern Conference rivals Toronto FC announced the double signing of USA international Michael Bradley and England international Jermain Defoe, the New England Revolution announced that they had signed forward Charlie Davies on a free transfer from Denmark’s Randers FC. Davies spent the second half of the 2013 season on loan with […]
ESPN analyst Taylor Twellman has tweeted that Toronto FC are on the verge of signing US national team and AS Roma midfielder Michael Bradley. Ready for a blockbuster? I’m hearing @torontofc on the verge of signing Michael Bradley. Would be a huge coup for @MLS and @torontofc #USMNT — Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) January 8, 2014 […]