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MLS Expands To Atlanta, Because The Quality Of Play Was Just Too High
Major League Soccer boosters are always going on (and on) about how much the league is growing, and whether or not there's anything to the more outrageous claims about the league's popularity, they have a point in at least one sense: the league is definitely getting larger. Last week, for instance, ...

Ex-MLS Defender Robbie Russell Struggles Mightily During NBCSN Debut
Robbie Russell joined NBCSN's MLS coverage today and it got off to a pretty horrible start. Russell is providing color commentary for the New England Revolution-Chicago Fire match and had a couple of massive brain farts during the introductory segment. ...

Atlanta Burned Again
Later on today, MLS will officially announce Atlanta as its latest expansion franchise. Massive City FFC, a Columbus Crew supporters group, did not wait to extend a friendly welcome, with the help of Ohio's native son, General William Tecumseh Sherman:...

Dickgoal Attempt Fails As Péguy Luyindula Ends Up With Nothing But Pain
You can use a lot of body parts to score a goal: your feet, your knees, your head, et cetera. You can also try using your dick, but it's not likely to turn out very well....

Columbus Crew Broadcast Features Soundtrack Of Woman Having Sex
Saturday's Columbus Crew vs. Philadelphia Union match broadcast on Time Warner Sports Channel featured a bonus, sexy interlude midway through the second half....

Is This The Best Or Worst Customized Soccer Jersey?
Irfaan Gaffar, who took the photo, believes this customized Seattle Sounders jersey is the worst. I'm not as angry about it. 2 Chainz has been known to kick it like the captain of a soccer team....

That ESPN Poll Claiming MLS Is As Popular With Kids As MLB Is Bullshit
The other day, ESPN published a story, citing data from the ESPN Sports Poll Annual Report, claiming that Major League Soccer now "equals MLB in popularity with kids." The story was quickly picked up by MLS, CBS, The Big Lead, the Orlando Sentinel, the Seattle Times, and the Seattle Post-Intelligenc...

Reading Deadspin? Allow A Former MLS Player To Convince You Otherwise
This morning, I sat at my breakfast table going over the news. Checking through my inbox, I saw an email from a friend: "This is going to make you furious." It contained the link to a Deadspin article: "Getting Ready for MLS? Allow Us to Convince You Otherwise."...

Getting Ready For MLS? Allow Us To Convince You Otherwise
It's about that time of the year again! Timber Joey is gassing up his chainsaw, Thierry Henry is stretching those creaking joints, and Michael Bradley is getting ready to lace up his boots, the prodigal son back on (well, North) American soil after so many years away. Yep, Major League Soccer, the l...

Girlfriends, Boyfriends Not Welcome At L.A. Galaxy's Guys' Night Out
It's almost time for the L.A. Galaxy's players-only night out. And the guest list manages to be inclusive in its exclusiveness....

How Not To Market Your Producer/Editor Job Listing
This seems like a bad way to advertise a MLS producer/editor position to prospective applicants. The word-mashing in the title intends to be catchy, but "Junior PREDITOR" gives off all the wrong vibes. Anyway, write up those cover letters!...

New York's Second MLS Team May Have Its Stadium
New York appears close to an agreement with incoming MLS team NYCFC to build a 28,000-seat, $400 million stadium in the Bronx. ...

Sporting KC Wins MLS Cup On PKs That, For Once, Were Exciting
Sporting KC won their first MLS title since 2000 by outlasting Real Salt Lake last night in a match decided on penalty kicks, a usually-anticlimactic outcome that in this instance turned out to be thrilling....

The MLS Cup Final Is Today. Here's Why You Should Watch.
Sporting KC and Real Salt Lake face off today in Kansas City at 4 p.m. Eastern for the Major League Soccer title. No, the biggest names in North American pro soccer won't be playing. But that's exactly why you should tune in....

Eddie Gaven, The Oddest Goalkeeper In MLS History, Retires
Eddie Gaven retired today, and the math doesn't seem right. He's only 27 years old, but already an 11-year veteran of MLS. That's what happens when you get drafted at age 16, as Gaven was by the MetroStars in 2003. The wunderkind never quite lived up to the hype, but he proved to be a versatile, wor...


New York Red Bulls Win First Trophy In Franchise History
Wow. What a sporting night. Not every night brings us a historic accomplishment 17 years in the making, but that's exactly what we got in New Jersey last night. I'm talking, of course, about the New York Red Bulls clinching the MLS Supporters' Shield....

Check Out Clint Dempsey's First Goal With Sounders FC
Clint Dempsey notched his first goal with Seattle Sounders FC by finishing Lamar Neagle's cross with a deft tap from the outside of his right foot. It was Dempsey's first MLS goal since 2006, back in his days with the New England Revolution. Deuce's simple finish gave his side a 1-0 lead....

Orlando Gets Stadium Approved For 21st Major League Soccer Team
So, it looks like Orlando is getting a new Major League Soccer franchise....