Apr

12

MLS 2012, Week 6: What To Watch For


What else can you say about the upcoming weekend in Major League Soccer? It’s damn full. Nine matches, eight of them on Saturday. Tons of interesting matchups across the board that should have everyone’s attention. This could be the start of where we begin to see how teams will go for the rest of the…[continue reading]

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Mar

27

Olympic Dreams Die For US Team


Soccer is a cruel sport sometimes. Make no mistake about it. Yes it was a total collapse in a way by the US U-23 team last night against El Salvador in Nashville. Having a 3-2 lead late into extra time, with just seconds away from being able to move on to the semifinals, the unthinkable…[continue reading]

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Mar

23

2012 MLS Season, Week 3: Predictions


Looking at this weekend’s schedule a couple things jump out to you. For one it is a lot of East v. West with the Eastern clubs hosting the majority of the games (4 of 6). Second of all, it is a lot of good team against bad team. Oh boy. There are a couple really…[continue reading]

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Mar

22

MLS 2012, Week 3: What To Watch For


We are chugging along here in the first month of the 2012 season. The third week of the season brings another full slate of games and talking points. There are a few decent games this weekend with a couple more that could end up being decent as well when it is all said and done.…[continue reading]

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Mar

12

U-23 Training Camp Roster Released


U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team head coach Caleb Porter has named a 20-player training camp roster to convene March 13 to begin final preparations for the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying tournament. The 19-player roster will be finalized March 20, the due date for all participating teams to submit their rosters to CONCACAF. The U.S. will…[continue reading]

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Mar

08

What To Watch For: Week 1


We are finally back to the normal weekly posts here. It is Thursday which means it is time to take a dip into the stories I’ll be focusing in on this weekend as Major League Soccer kicks off their 17th season. We got things off to a bit of a bang last night in the…[continue reading]

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Sep

13

2011 MLS Player Salaries: Who Paid For What


Yesterday the MLS Player’s Union released their final player salary information for the 2011 season. This information included all the newcomers that have come into the league during the summer transfer window. I never went too in depth in the salaries the last time the Player’s Union released their information. I know I talked about…[continue reading]

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Aug

12

Updated: MLS Allocation Order (Aug 12)


With the news that Freddy Adu has signed with Major League Soccer as a non-DP, it means the club snagged him via the allocation system. You know what that means, time for an update to the order. Chivas USA still remains the top club while Philadelphia moves to the bottom. Below is the current MLS…[continue reading]

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Aug
11

Union Snag Freddy Adu


Boy, talk about a change up. Yesterday Chivas USA was all set to get midfielder Freddy Adu as their first Designated Player but today their upper management had second thoughts about the deal and went against it. So in came the Philadelphia Union who have now signed Adu. Fox Soccer was the first to report…[continue reading]

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Aug
10

Chivas USA Targeting Freddy Adu


With the transfer window set to close next week, clubs are racing, and I mean racing, to get deals done here. I’ve seen today that Seattle is hoping to get some deal done while Chivas USA is hoping to land a much bigger fish..er…yeah. Chivas is hoping to sign Freddy Adu as their club’s next…[continue reading]

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