The Portland Timbers have announced that they have surpassed 10,000 season tickets sold for the 2011 MLS season and that they would cap that number at 12,000. “Ten thousand is a number we were shooting for,” Timbers chief operating officer Mike Golub said. “It’s a really good goal for us to meet.” Portland are confident […]

The British media are going crazy with the prospect of David Beckham returning to the Premier League, even if it is just for a twelve week loan period. But nobody seems to be asking whether the LA Galaxy should let Beckham go out on loan again. In the last two January transfer windows, Beckham had […]

There have been lots of media reports that Toronto FC’s Dwayne De Rosario was in Scotland to train with Celtic with an eye to a January loan spell. The only problem is that nobody told Major League Soccer. In order for a player who is under contract with one team to be allowed to train […]

Now that Major League Soccer has announced the schedule for First Kick 2011, fans can start to plan for the 2011 MLS season. It has been a busy off-season for MLS clubs and here is a run down of all the transactions that took place this off season. MLS Offseason Transactions Chicago Fire In: Gibbs (Re-Entry […]

Today’s was the MLS Re-Entry Draft, which is usually a pretty boring affair. But not this year as eight players were chosen. The biggest name being Juan Pablo Angel who went west to the Los Angeles Galaxy where Angel will be reunited with his former coach Bruce  Arena. Ángel, who scored 61 goals (including playoffs) in […]

The Vancouver Whitecaps have announced that U.S. national team defender Jay DeMerit is the team’s first signing. The 30-year-old is an imposing force, a gritty defender who will add leadership to what will be a young Whitecaps defense. DeMerit, a native of Green Bay, Wisc., spent the past six seasons playing with English club Watford. […]

The San Jose Earthquakes shocked the New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena last night to end the MLS’s hope of a Henry v Beckham MLS Cup final. New York went into the second leg leading 1-0 on aggregate after winning the first leg last week in San Jose. Everyone expected the Red Bulls […]

  Toronto FC have announced on their web site that they have hired Juergen Klinsmann as an adviser. “We’re honoured to work with a football icon like Jürgen and to have access to his wealth of experience and expertise to evaluate our current operations and support our team’s development,” said Tom Anselmi, executive vice-president and […]

Edson Buddle long range shot surprised Seatle’s Kasey Keller and gave the Los Angeles Galaxy a 1-0 victory against the Seattle Sounders on Sunday in the first game of Major League Soccer’s Western Conference semifinals. The Galaxy will host the second game in the two-game aggregate-goals series next Sunday. The Sounders must feel that they […]