WVHooligan.com – MLS Blog

FIFPro (Fédération Internationale Des Associations de Footballeurs Professionels), the international players union, will lobby FIFA on behalf of MLS players, who maintain that the league’s contract structure violates the rules of soccer’s governing body. This issue comes during the middle of the current CBA negotiations, as the players have consistently voiced their displeasure in recent…[continue reading]

The list of the USSoccer.com’s Best of 2009 awards have been announced and the blog list is a toughie. While WVHooligan wasn’t nominated there was a solid list of blogs that made the cut. From the usual favorites like Soccer By Ives and Soccer Insider to some underdogs like Match Fit USA and No Short…[continue reading]

So the news came down today that the TOA league would be dubbed the new North American Soccer League. Yes the return of the NASL is possibly more about the name than the actual league here. The TOA group went for name recognition right away with this choice. The league has nine clubs now that…[continue reading]

Major League Soccer has released the lists of players protected from Wednesday’s MLS Expansion Draft, which the expansion Philadelphia Union will use to select ten players from the remaining unprotected players on the league’s 15 team rosters. A few names out there that were left off may shock some of you like Stefan Frei in…[continue reading]

Yes, the Team Owners Association finally came down with a name and you guessed it, they got creative with this one. The new breakaway league will now be known as the North American Soccer League. This release was just sent out about the news. NEW MEN’S SECOND DIVISION PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE ANNOUNCES NAME: NORTH AMERICAN…[continue reading]

While we don’t know where the location of the 20th Major League Soccer club will eventually be we do have a pretty good idea of who the owner of the club will be. It’s been reported nearly everywhere that David Beckham has an option in his mega-MLS contract that stipulates he can own a club…[continue reading]

The owners were in town last night for the MLS Cup and now it seems like Joey Saputo and Montreal could be headed to MLS for real in a couple years. According to reports this morning the league is still in serious discussions with Montreal to be the 19th club in the league. MLS commissioner…[continue reading]

I decided not to write a recap last night after the game finished up. Mainly I was exhausted from watching the game that went into penalties. MLS Cup 2009 wasn’t the very best game of the year but it definitely provided plenty of drama. From key injuries to key goals the game was compelling and…[continue reading]

Thanks to Duane Rollins over at The 24th Minute for getting this set up tonight. Feel free to come back later this evening and join in on all the MLS Cup fun! MLS Cup Final – Super! live blog

More MLS Cup hype, this time again from ESPN with their preview of the game from JP and Harkes.