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NBC Sports Breaks Away At Exact Wrong Moment
Lesson for NBC, the new holder of the American rights to the Premier League: Don't cut away from soccer during the run of play, like you did here, and miss a goal like the one D.C. United scored. (Transmission error or not, woof.) [NBC Sports]...
Report: Clint Dempsey To Sign With The Seattle Sounders
ESPN is reporting that Clint Dempsey—who was spotted yesterday at the San Francisco airport—will indeed sign with MLS's Seattle Sounders, and the move could be made official as early as tomorrow....
MLS To Add Four New Teams By 2020
At halftime of last night's all-star game, Commissioner Don Garber announced that MLS plans to add four new teams by 2020. Sign of a healthy league, or overexpansion?...
I Can't Stop Watching This Incredibly Bad MLS All-Star Rap Video
Oh man, this is so bad....
New York Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake Play MLS Game Of The Year
You can skip ahead to 4:12 in these highlights of the New York Red Bulls' 4-3 win over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Everything after that made the game probably the best we'll see this MLS season....
This Steve Nash Interview Got Off To A Pretty Horrible Start
"Why are you here?" "I own the team."...
New Maple Leafs Boss Has Already Planned A Stanley Cup Parade
You don't touch the Cup. You don't plan the parade route. Conventional wisdom that simply hasn't worked for 46 years, so maybe it's worth tempting the jinx to try something wholly new and inconceivable in Toronto: a little optimism....
Fantastic Finish Lifts San Jose Earthquakes Past L.A. Galaxy
First, Shea Salinas punched in to equalize in the 92nd minute. Then the Earthquakes struck again in extra time, with Alan Gordon heading in the match winner to the delight of an absolutely mad crowd....
This Own Goal From Chivas USA Defender Mario de Luna Makes Us Sad
Midway through the first half in last night's MLS clash between the Seattle Sounders and Chivas USA, Sounders midfielder Mauro Rosales broke free down the right flank and lofted a ball into the box towards an open Obafemi Martins. But Rosales overshot his target, and the cross floated all the way to...
2 Former Chivas USA Coaches Say They Were Fired For Not Being Mexican
Two former coaches for MLS side Chivas USA’s youth academy have filed a discrimination lawsuit against the club, claiming they were fired because the team wanted to purge all employees who “were neither Mexican nor Latino.”...
David Beckham: How The Last English Winger Ordained Soccer In America
When the world's biggest sport's most beloved, most important player is finally gone, we'll all agree that David Beckham is far and away one of the most successful players to ever touch a soccer ball. Shortly after, we'll argue: was Beckham truly one of the greatest players of his generation, or jus...
Say Hello To NYCFC, New York's Second MLS Team
MLS has announced its 20th team: New York City FC, which will begin play in 2015, in a yet-to-be-determined stadium. It'll be owned by Manchester City, in partnership with the New York Yankees. It will be sponsored by oil and evil....
This Bicycle Kick From Thierry Henry Was A Game-Winner
This goal came off a corner kick in the 88th minute to put the New York Red Bulls up 2-0 on the Montreal Impact....
Here Are The Salaries Of Every MLS Player
That little guy on the left? That's Joao Plata, a 21-year-old Ecuadorean forward making a splash in his first season after being traded to Real Salt Lake. He had a hell of a game on Saturday, assisting on both RSL goals in a 2-0 win. That ties him for the MLS lead in assists. There's a very good cha...
Timbers Play Make-A-Wish Game, Kid With Cancer Scores Winning Goal
An estimated 3,000 fans turned out at Jeld-Wen Field today to watch the Portland Timbers take on the Green Machine, an eight-year-old's soccer club scheduled to take on the MLS side by the Make-A-Wish foundation. Yes, the cancer patient scored the winning goal....
An Abu Dhabi Sheik Is About To Buy A New York MLS Expansion Team
Back in August, we heard noise from a deep-money source that a United Arab Emirates sheik was prepared to pay a ton of money for a New York-based MLS team. The owner was reportedly lobbying for "crazy benefits and tax breaks."...