Major League Soccer today announced that their 20th franchise will be called New York City FC and will be co-owned by Manchester City and baseball’s New York Yankees. The team is expected to begin play in 2015. “We proudly welcome two of the most prestigious professional global sports organizations to Major League Soccer,” MLS President […]
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The New England Revolution shocked the Houston Dynamo 2-0 in Houston last night. Diego Fagundez put the Revs in front early in the second half before an own-goal from Ricardo Clark in the 84th minute sealed the home team’s fate. The result gives Houston (6-4-2) back-to-back home losses for the first time since losing three in […]
Toronto FC manager Ryan Nelsen has once again delved into his rolodex to strengthen his side as the club today announced the acquisition of defender Tal Ben Haim on loan from Queens Park Rangers. QPR being Nelsen’s former team. The 31-year-old Israeli international has made over 300 appearances during nine seasons in England, eight of […]
Big move by Mike Burns and the New England Revolution today as they acquired 20-year-old U.S. National Team forward Juan Agudelo for the black hole known as allocation money. Agudelo blasted into the conscious of most soccer fans in November 2010, when as a 17-year-old he made his debut with the national team and scored […]
Since Jay Heaps took over as the New England Revolution’s head coach I have been trying to figure out his preferred system of play. At times Heaps and the Revolution have shown examples of Tika-Taka as well as the more direct long-ball approach. But after watching the Revs pick up their fifth shutout of the […]
Soccer fans were stunned when Tim Leiweke stunningly left his post as the president of LA Galaxy owner AEGa couple of weeks ago. Leiweke was responsible for increasing the worldwide visibility of the Galaxy by signing the likes of David Beckham and Robbie Keane. On Friday, Leiweke was named the new CEO of Maple Leaf […]
Interesting article by Grant Wahl of SI on the future of the 2nd franchise in New York. According to Wahl, Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour is the odds-on favorite to be the owner of the second New York MLS team, which would be called New York City FC. MLS Commissioner Don Garber said last week […]