Brian McBride recently announced that he would not be returning to Fulham for another season in the English Premiership, and that he wants to return to the United States. Right now Toronto FC would have the rights to get McBride because they have the highest allocation ranking due to their last place finish in the [...]
The newest team in the league already has a sponsorship deal. Seattle will be sponsored by Microsoft and XBox 360 Live for $20 million over the first 5 years of the team’s existence.
Just off the top of my head these are the other teams that have jersey sponsorship deals:
LA Galaxy - Herbalife
DC United - [...]
Tononto FC is one step closer to qualifying for the first CONCACAF Champions League. TFC is involved in a 3 team playoff which will determine who represents Canada in the regional tournament. Last night Marco Velez scored the only goal of the game in the 72nd minute to give TFC a 1-0 victory over USL [...]
NBA superstar Steve Nash was recently in Montreal to discuss the possibility of a future MLS team making it their home. Nash has been a soccer player and involved in soccer during his basketball career. He is an investor in the women’s professional league that is set to start up next year.
Nash made the trip [...]
Like much of the current MLS season, last night was a little bit odd.
Expansion teams are supposed to suck - unless you are the Chicago Fire.
So last night the new San Jose Earthquakes, the expansion team, beat the old Earthquakes and 2 time defending MLS champion Houston Dynamo 2-1. This win for the Earthquakes [...]
Where will Theirry Henry be next year? Rumors were New York, now they are LA and Seattle. Some say he will still be in Barcelona and maybe has already agreed to stay in Barcelona. How could the Galaxy fit him on their team? Why would he go to an expansion team? [...]
Thanks to Nicole for pointing out my terrible blogging skills on the previous post. I mentioned that Beckham could earn his 101st cap for England but didn’t mention that Donovan may get his 100th cap for the US in the same game.
Nicole pointed out that Donovan would be the 4th youngest player ever to [...]
US coach Bob Bradley has named his team that will face England on May 28th. The roster is dominated by European based players who are not in the middle of a regular season, while only including 3 MLS players. Landon Donovan, Brad Guzan, and Ricardo Clark are the MLS representatives on the team.
David Beckham is [...]
Yahoo! Sports reports that Major League Soccer has entered a partnership deal with European powerhouse Barcelona. The deal will bring Barcelona to the US for 6 exhibition matches over the next 5 years.
I have to assume they would be coming to play MLS teams rather than other big teams from outside of MLS. [...]
Four MLS teams are already qualified for the very first CONCACAF Champions League, and Toronto FC have a good chance of going as well. Since the spots in the tournament are given out to countries and not leagues - Toronto FC have a qualifying tournament with the Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps.
Representing the MLS [...]