Well its not quite the “biggest signing in MLS history that MLSE President Tim Leiweke promised, but it is a big one as Toronto FC have reportedly agreed to buy Jermain Defoe from Tottenham Hotspur for £6 million and pay Defoe a reported £90,000-a-week for the next four years. At today’s exchange rates, that translates […]
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New England Revolution centerback Jose Goncalves has been named Major League Soccer’s 2013 Defender of the Year. In his first season in MLS, Goncalves helped solidify a back line that featured a rookie and two other un-proven defenders to take the New England Revolution into the MLS Cup playoffs for the first time in four years. After […]
Major League Soccer has announced its complete 2014 regular season schedule, and just as it did during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, MLS will take a two-week break between June 12-24, when the 2014 World Cup is taking place in Brazil. The league’s 19th season will begin on Saturday, March 8 in Seattle, […]
When Brazil played Honduras on Saturday at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, they played in front of a record breaking crowd of 71,124. That attendance was largest soccer crowd ever in Florida history. Saturday’s crowd bettered the 70,080 that showed up at Sun Life for Barcelona vs. Chivas in August 2011 and the 67,273 that […]
Major League Soccer’s best striker, Robbie Keane has “verbally agreed” a new contract that could keep him wit the LA Galaxy for another three years. “I’ve just verbally agreed a two-year contract, maybe extending to three,” Keane told Sky Sports News. “I’m certainly excited about that and playing for the Galaxy in the future. I […]
The New England Revolution’s season came to an end in Kansas City last night as they lost 3-1 to SKC (4-3 on aggregate) in extra time in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. It was amazing that New England were able to force the game into extra time considering how bad they were in the first half. […]
Last season Sporting Kansas City won the eastern conference in MLS but fell in the first round of the playoffs to the Houston Dynamo. Facing a repeat scenario after losing 2-1 in New England on Saturday, SKC manager Peter Vermes is already setting the groundwork for another early dismissal by blaming the referee for Saturday’s […]
The New England Revolution hosted their first playoff game in four years as they beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 in front of 15,164 at Gillette Stadium on Saturday. NE goals from Andy Dorman and Kelyn Rowe. Aurelien Collin scored for SKC. This was far from a vintage New England opponent as they struggled to string […]
Unless you live in the Denver area, or are a diehard Colorado Rapids fan, last night’s 2-0 win for Seattle in the Western Conference knockout round gave us the match-up we really wanted to see: Portland v Seattle in the Western Conference semifinals. Seattle got Seattle got goals from Brad Evans and Eddie Johnson to […]