Players who must go over to the MLS
The world of football, there’s a transfer rumour on top of a transfer rumour wrapped in a transfer rumour. And most of them are wrong, but it’s always fun to […]
Category Archives: UNITED STATES
News from Major League Soccer
How did Nashville FC evolve?
Member owned soccer clubs aren’t a new thing in the world, in fact if you did a look online you’d see many in Europe. It’s a relatively new thing here […]
STOP WITH THE MLS PROMOTION/RELEGATION TALK
There’s a lot of annoying arguments among soccer supporters in the USA, one of them which rears it’s ugly head pretty much every week is the Promotion/Relegation debate. This debate […]
WORLD CUP: Extra time woes for Jurgen as Belgium progress
ROUND OF 16 BELGIUM 2-1 UNITED STATES AFTER EXTRA TIME TUESDAY 1ST JULY – SALVADOR Divick Origi, who Wimots preferred to the disappointing Romelu Lukaka, nearly fired Belgium ahead within […]
WORLD CUP: USA – Losing Bites!!!
So Germany got an extra day of rest, and all the traveling that the USA had to do, and they still beat USA to win the “Group of Death”. All […]
WORLD CUP: Germany & USA progress as Muller adds to tally
GROUP G UNITED STATES 0-1 GERMANY THURSDAY 26TH JUNE – RECIFE A second half strike from Thomas Muller was enough to ensure the Germans progressed as Group G winners on […]
WORLD CUP: America on the up as they draw 2-2 with Portugal
GROUP G UNITED STATES 2-2 PORTUGAL SUNDAY 22ND JUNE – MANUAS Two-Two, that’s 2-2 against Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo, think of that America. It wasn’t too long ago that we were doubting […]
WORLD CUP: Brooks late USA winner sinks Ghana
GROUP G GHANA 1-2 UNITED STATES MONDAY 16TH JUNE – NATAL After all the anxiety and stress of the prematch buzz, the pundits being split on the US National team fate […]
WORLD CUP PREVIEW: USA
It’s that time of the soccer, sorry football loving world becomes so enamored with the sport, that we’ll hear about it on every network. It’s also the time of the […]
The Soccer War
The thought that the NASL was the first league in the States, is one of the biggest misconceptions in the sport. And to be honest the New York Cosmos aren’t […]
Striking Good – NASL First Week
There’s another league in the United States soccer system. It’s not quite a pyramid, because we don’t believe in promotion/relegation here, oh and hi Tinfoil Ted, because it won’t work […]
MLS Week 7 – Preview
The early season chaos in MLS is starting to wane now that teams are getting into the flow of things this season. There is another meeting in Montreal of two […]
MLS Week 6 – Preview
As the MLS season enters its second month, some of its teams are already beginning to revamp their rosters. While Sporting Kansas City made some opportunistic signings, four other Eastern […]
Let’s all be Hip and Hate the Cosmos
For most American’s, we don’t have a team here in the States. Sure we have the MLS, and that’s in it’s 19th year. That’s all well and good, but it […]
RSL outclass Toronto, Week 4 Report
An exciting round four of the 2014 MLS Season saw 28 goals and four stoppage-time goals. It also saw home teams drop 15 points this weekend as the season is […]
MLS Week 4 – Preview
The first month of the MLS season comes to a close this weekend with a pair of early season, interconference matchups that are more enticing now than they were a […]
Defoe leads Toronto to victory, Week 3 Report
Week three of the MLS season saw the league’s regular referees return to action as the referee lockout came to an end with both sides negotiating a collective bargaining agreement. […]
MLS Week 3 – Preview
It has been a case of the good and bad in MLS this week. The referee lockout came to an end as the Professional Referees Organization and the Professional Soccer […]
The Rebuilding of D.C. United
What do you call? The rest of that question is, what do you call a club coming off the worst year statistically in a league’s history, that transfers in many […]
Defoe’s dream debut, Week 2 Report
Week Two of the MLS season shed some light on who can contend for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference while throwing a couple of surprises in the Western […]
MLS Week 2 – Preview
New England Revolution vs. Philadelphia Union PPL Park, Philadelphia – Saturday 4 p.m. REF: Kevin Morrison ARs: Randy Cook, Jose Da Silva News: After being forced to settle for […]
Whitecaps & Dynamo win big as Chivas puts out Fire, Week 1 Report
The 2014 MLS Season started off in dramatic fashion with two stoppage time goals, a penalty saved and a couple of unexpected blowouts. In other words, MLS is back […]
MLS Week 1 – Preview and Predictions
The 2014 MLS season will start on Saturday with replacement referees as the Professional Referees Organization has locked out the Professional Soccer Referees Association after negotiations on a new collective-bargaining […]
MLS Eastern Conference – Season Preview
Last season, the New York Red Bulls became the first Eastern Conference team to win the MLS Supporters Shield in three seasons. Meanwhile, Sporting Kansas City ended a four-year MLS […]
MLS Western Conference – Season Preview
Six points separated first to sixth in the Western Conference last season with the Portland Timbers finishing the year atop the conference earning their first ever playoff berth writes Christian Araos. Real […]
MLS Buys Chivas USA
One of the most controversial eras in MLS history ended Thursday as MLS bought Chivas USA from its owner Jorge Vergara. The franchise had consistently struggled to find on-field success […]
Beckham Exercises Option for MLS Expansion Team
David Beckham is returning to MLS, now as an owner. MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced that Beckham exercised his option to buy an expansion team with plans to play in […]
MLS Superdraft update
The MLS Superdraft was exceptionally chaotic this year with a less than stellar draft class leading teams to maneuver their picks for any compensation or just to delay the inevitable. […]
Toronto Signings Should Put European Teams on Notice
It’s supposed to be the other way round. The prominent, American-based players are supposed to head to Europe for the better wages and new challenges, not the European players – […]
USA: MLS Week 25 Report
Former Derby County winger Giles Barnes never fulfilled his obvious potential in England, but he is certainly showing signs of doing so across the pond. Pushed forward to play up-front […]
USA: MLS Week 24 Report
“There was a Clint Dempsey sighting for the Clint Dempsey Sounders in Toronto, (also known as Dempsey, Ontario) who played Clint Dempsey minutes and beat the Team-That-Doesn’t-Have-Clint-Dempsey.” So surmised Big […]
USA: MLS Week 23 Report
THE 23rd week of MLS action threw up some interesting fixtures: first vs second in the Eastern Conference, bottom vs second-bottom in the Western Conference, and two hotly-contested derbies. There […]
USA: Dempsey joins Sounders
Tottenham Hotspur’s Clint Dempsey is set to make a surprise return to the United States after the club announced they had reached an agreement with MLS outfit the Seattle Sounders. […]
USA: MLS All-Star Game report
All-Stars Outgunned in Kansas: MLS 1-3 Roma There are some parts of the American take on the beautiful game that just won’t be transferred to England. Strapping cameras to referees […]
USA: MLS Week 22 Report
The 22nd week of this season’s MLS had a bit of everything: a seven-goal thriller, some questionable refereeing (with three debatable penalties in the aforementioned game) and some half-forgotten Brits […]
CONCACAF GOLD CUP: FINAL – USA 1-0 PANAMA
FINAL – SUNDAY 28TH JULY USA 1-0 PANAMA The USA gained their fifth Gold Cup in Chicago, downing Panama 1-0 thanks to a Brek Shea goal, scored just seconds after […]
CONCACAF GOLD CUP: SEMI-FINALS ROUND-UP
SEMI-FINALS – THURSDAY 25TH JULY USA 3-1 HONDURAS Landon Donovan grabbed another a pair of goals and an assist to guide Jurgen Klinsmann’s side to a convincing 3-1 victory over […]
USA: MLS Week 21 Report
Round 21 of the MLS season saw Eastern Conference leaders Sporting Kansas City travel to Western Conference table-toppers Real Salt Lake in what promised to be a mouth-watering clash. Elsewhere, […]
CONCACAF GOLD CUP: LAST EIGHT ROUND-UP
QUARTER-FINALS – SUNDAY 21ST JULY Jurgen Klinsmann United States smashed El Salvador to set-up a semi-final clash with Honduras who were 1-0 victors over Costa Rica. All the action from […]
CONCACAF GOLD CUP: GROUP C ROUND-UP
Cuba scored the four goals they needed to reach the last eight, smashing the goals past Belize and a late Brek Shea gave Jurgen Klinsmann’s side yet another win, this […]
WORLD FOOTBALL WEEKLY 