Feb
04

US Roster For El Salvador Friendly


Bob Bradley’s national team camp opens next week at Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., in preparation for the friendly against El Salvador at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on February 24. No real major surprises for this camp as we figured it would be mostly all MLS based. This may be a first in…[continue reading]

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Feb
03

Looking at 2010: Columbus Crew

Looking at 2010: Columbus Crew

I had hoped to get this post out of the way earlier in the day but some issues on the back end of my site kept me busy all day (some PHP bug!). But I felt like it was still alright to move on with out look at each Major League Soccer club and how…[continue reading]

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Feb
03

Portland Clears Final Hurdle


The final hurdle to bring Major League Soccer to Portland was cleared on today when the Portland City Council voted 4-1 to approve $31 million in funding to renovate PGE Park. The vote means the Portland Timbers expansion team can begin play in 2011 as planned. As we all know Portland and Vancouver will join the…[continue reading]

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Feb
03

DC Trades For Cristman

DC Trades For Cristman

The trade mill is still going today with DC and Kansas City as the trade partners. The Wizards have sent forward Adam Cristman to DC in exchange for an international roster spots. “We are pleased to have concluded a trade for Adam,” said United General Manager Dave Kasper. “He is a hard working, athletic striker…[continue reading]

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Feb
03

2010 MLS Schedule Released


The long wait is over, the 2010 Major League Soccer schedule is out. 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 and a total of 240 matches. Some of the highlights of this year’s schedule as…[continue reading]

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Feb
02

Looking at 2010: Colorado Rapids

Looking at 2010: Colorado Rapids

We’re moving on in our look at each Major League Soccer roster to see where all the clubs are at in their pre-season. So far we’ve looked at Philadelphia, Chicago and Chivas USA. Today we stay out west and look at Gary Smith’s Colorado Rapids. Last season had some ups and downs for the Rapids.…[continue reading]

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Feb
02

FC Dallas Gets Back To Work


Dax McCarty and Heath Pearce give us a little insight on what it is like to get back to work after a couple months off.

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Feb
01

Ralston Signs With AC St. Louis

Ralston Signs With AC St. Louis

I waited a while today to get to this news that most of you have already seen. AC St. Louis in the USSF’s Division II league announced it’s first big signing today in hometown boy Steve Ralston. Big news in some ways and in others, eh, not so much. First of all Ralston was one…[continue reading]

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Feb
01

Looking at 2010: Chivas USA


Its a new week and a new month. Last week we started a new series that looks at the current state of each Major League Soccer club. First we took a gander at the expansion club in Philadelphia and then we began a look at the rest of the league starting with the Chicago Fire.…[continue reading]

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Feb
01

Philly Stadium Naming Rights Sold?

Philly Stadium Naming Rights Sold?

According to Sports Business Journal, the Philadelphia Union have sold their waterfront stadium’s naming rights to a local power company called Philadelphia Power & Lights (PPL). The deal will be for 10 years, $20 million. Not bad at all for the Union considering Rio Tinto Stadium in Utah was for roughly $1-2 million a year…[continue reading]

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