Major League Soccer announced today that Vancouver has been awarded a Major League Soccer franchise for the 2011 season. The Vancouver franchise will have natural rivalries with Toronto and Seattle who both have MLS teams. “Having Vancouver in the league helps us create a national sporting landscape for soccer,” said Paul Beirne, Toronto FC’s senior […]
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Yesterday we covered the 30 highest paid players in Major League Soccer, according to the MLS Players Union. Today we will look at the five most underpaid players in the league. By underpaid, I don’t mean some rookie earning $18,000 a year. I mean someone who is in the upper echelon of players in MLS, […]
Some interesting data about who gets the money in MLS. Here is a list of the top 30 salaries as of March 2, 2009. All facts and figures reflect total compensation as reported by the MLS Players Union. The Top Ten 1. David Beckham (England), LA Galaxy, $6,500,000.00 2. Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Mexico), Chicago Fire, $2,943,702.00 […]
David Beckham will stay at AC Milan until the end of the season after a ‘timeshare’ deal was finally agreed with Los Angeles Galaxy. The 33-year-old former England captain will then rejoin LA Galaxy for several months, before returning to Milan at the end of the year. Beckham was scheduled to return to Galaxy on […]
Single game tickets for the Seattle Sounders FC inaugural home opener on March 19 sold out this morning. Sounders FC will kick off the 2009 Major League Soccer season at Qwest Field versus the New York Red Bulls with more fans than originally planned. Through our partnership with StubHub, soccer tickets online is able to […]
In a surprising announcement Major League Soccer, FC Barcelona, and Marcelo Claure have jointly agreed that Miami is no longer a candidate to be one of the next two MLS expansion teams. Notwithstanding, FC Barcelona remains committed to Major League Soccer and the U.S. market and will continue to work with MLS and Marcelo Claure […]
The MLS pre-season is in full swing and this weekend saw San Jose edge Sattle while Real Salt Lake routed the Chinese Super League champions. The New York Red Bulls picked up their first victory of the MLS preseason, defeating Eastern Conference rival Toronto FC 3-2 on Friday at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. […]
Hold on to those Galaxy tickets but it looks like David Beckham is returning to the LA Galaxy. Tim Leiweke, the chief executive of AEG, which owns the Los Angeles Galaxy, said in an interview with the LA Times that AC Milan has not met Major League Soccer’s Friday deadline to make a better offer for […]