Canadian soccer got another boost in the arm last week with the news that Montreal will become the next MLS expansion team beginning play in the 2012 season. “We are proud to welcome Montreal, the second-largest French-speaking city in the world and a multicultural metropolis whose residents are deeply passionate about the world’s game, to […]
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As you get older your body does not recover as quickly from injuries as it did when you were younger. That is the case with David Beckham. Beckham, who ruptured this Achilles tendon in March while playing for AC Milan, was initially expected to be back playing for the LA Galaxy in September. But the […]
Tonight marks the beginning of another Major League Soccer season when the Seattle Sounders take on the expansion Philadelphia Union. Seattle’s Quest Field is the toughest stadium to play in and it will be packed and rocking tonight. A real baptism of fire for Peter Nowak and his Union team. Nowak has taken a page […]
The 2010 Major League Soccer season will begin on time after the league and its players union agreed to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on Saturday. The sides agreed to a new five-year deal. The highlights of the deals are guaranteed contracts, improved freedom of movement by players out of contract (not quite free agency) […]
The MLS Players Union is getting ready to strike next Monday if a new collective bargaining agreement is not reached. A Monday strike would come four days before the 2010 MLS season is supposed to kick off in Seattle with the Sounders facing expansion side Philadelphia Union and increase pressure on Major League Soccer with […]
Not that Champions League. The CONCACAF Champions League. The Columbus Crew rallied back from being 2-0 down against Toluca of Mexico last night in their quarter-finals first leg match. The second leg is March 17 at Toluca, and unlike the UEFA Champions League, away goals do not count double at CONCACAF, so the Crew have […]
The threat of a strike looms large over Major League Soccer and if the players strike, the blame must lie at the feet of MLS Commissioner Don Garber. For soccer in the U.S. to continue to grow, the league must fall in line with FIFA guidelines and regulations. I understand why the league wanted to […]
Major League Soccer released its 2010 schedule yesterday and for the first time in League history, every team will play each of the other 15 clubs once at home, once away, for a balanced, 30-game season. Some highlights of this year’s schedule include: All 240 games will be televised via either national TV, regional telecasts, […]