MLS Player Rankings: Who's got the best keepers?

by Ridge Mahoney

[SA POSITIONAL RANKINGS] As the 2011 MLS season gets underway, Soccer America begins its rankings of each team by position with a listing of the goalkeeping corps. The addition of expansion teams Vancouver and Portland have wrought changes in the careers of many players, including veteran goalkeepers Jay Nolly, Joe ... Read the whole story

Much traveled Brazilian defender lands in KC

by Ridge Mahoney

[MLS] This is his 14th professional team, so the fact that Julio Cesar has extensive experience can be regarded with admiration or anxiety. The Brazilian has signed with Sporting Kansas City following stints with clubs in Honduras, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Austria, England, Mexico, Greece, Romania and Turkey. Read the whole story

What They're Saying

by Soccer America

"Coach, in which minute do you wish?"-- Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez in a press conference ahead of Tuesday's Champions League game against Inter Milan in which Coach Louis van Gaal took a seat among the media members, grabbed the microphone, and asked Gomez, "Mario, in which minute will you ... Read the whole story

MLS clubs stock up on imported center backs

by Paul Kennedy

[THE SIXER] Six MLS Eastern Conference teams who didn't make the 2010 playoffs have imported center backs who could see a lot of action during the 2011 season. Read the whole story

MLS this week

by Soccer America

[DATEBOOK] Major League Soccer kicks off its 16th season on Tuesday when the Seattle Sounders host the Los Angeles Galaxy in a rematch of their 2010 Western Conference semifinal series. They will also be in action over the weekend when all 18 teams -- including the expansion Portland Timbers and ... Read the whole story

Real Salt Lake focuses on Costa Rican foe

by Ridge Mahoney

[MLS] A week ago, most of the RSL starters were pulled off the field by Coach Jason Kreis when a scuffle broke out in a preseason match against Sporting Kansas City. SKC officials deny that Omar Bravo triggered the melee with a kick that caught RSL playmaker Javier Morales in ... Read the whole story

Marquee matches go head-to-head

by Ridge Mahoney

[TELEVISION WATCH] MLS has juggled World Cup qualifying dates, international club competitions, glamorous friendlies, its own manufactured SuperLiga tournament (not yet confirmed dead but believed to be on life support), and the biannual Concacaf Gold Cup throughout its existence, but it trods new ground Tuesday when the Seattle Sounders-Los Angeles ... Read the whole story

SA POLL: Who will win 2011 Western Conference title?

by Soccer America

[MLS] The Los Angeles Galaxy, winner of the 2010 Western Conference regular-season title, kicks off the 2011 season against the Seattle Sounders, who have made the playoffs in both of their first two seasons, in Tuesday's opener. Who do you like to win the 2011 Western Conference in the regular ... Read the whole story

Sleeping elephant ready for action

by Paul Kennedy

[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Jose Mourinho has won the UEFA Champions League with Porto and Inter Milan, but it's premature to think about winning Europe's big prize with a third club. Real Madrid must first get over the round-of-16 hurdle at which it has crashed the last six seasons. It goes ... Read the whole story

A goal from 80 yards out

by Soccer America

[VIDEO PICK] Eintracht Frankfurt's Greek midfielder Georgios Tzavellas scored his first goal of the season -- from 80 yards out against Germany's 2010 World Cup keeper. Read the whole story

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