David Beckham lay the groundwork for him opting out of his contract with LA Galaxy next October during his introduction to the Italian media today. Beckham said that he has missed playing football “at the highest level”. Specifically what he said was: “But I have always said that I would always miss playing at the […]
Major League Soccer
In one of the worst kept secrets in Major League Soccer, the Seattle Sounders today announced the hiring of MLS coach of the year Sigi Schmid as the first head coach in club history. Winner of six major soccer championships, including two MLS Cups, Schmid, 55, signed a multi-year contract. “We believe Sigi is a […]
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber was in Portland recently and he told a city task force he wants Portland to be home to one of the league’s next franchises according to the Portland Business Journal. “We need to make a decision by March,” Garber said. “We want one of the teams to be in […]
It’s official. Sigi Schmid will not return as the Columbus Crew head coach in 2009. The Crew confirmed that Schmid had rejected their latest offer and the MLS coach of the year is looking for a new job. Columbus Crew President & General Manager Mark McCullers issued the following statement on Sigi Schmid’s status as […]
Today was the MLS expansion draft and the Seattle Sounders picked up a couple of good players to play alongside Sebastien Le Toux, Kasey Keller, Freddie Llungberg and Sanna Nyassi . Each of the other 14 MLS teams were allowed to protect 11 players and Seattle then went ahead and selected one player each from […]
The New York Red Bulls improbable playoff journey continued Saturday whehn they beat RSL 1-0 to qualify for the MLS Cup against Columbus. Dave van den Bergh got the goal midway through the first half that earned the Red Bulls their first-ever appearance in the MLS Cup but the story of this game was the […]
The magical season of Real Salt Lake continued Saturday with a thrilling 2-2 tie against second-seeded Chivas USA and a 3-2 aggregate score victory. Salt Lake will take on either the top-seeded Houston Dynamo or fourth-seeded New York Red Bulls, who play the second leg of their matchup on Sunday. After going down a goal […]
The Columbus Crew as expected beat the Kansas City Wizards 2-0 to win their Eastern Conference semifinal Saturday. The Crew, the top seed in the MLS Cup, extended their home-unbeaten streak to 10 games and will meet the Chicago Fire in the conference final. The Crew got rolling earlier when Brad Evans put them one […]