Clubs load up on foreign imports

by Paul Kennedy

[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Major League Soccer clubs continue to rely heavily on foreign imports. They have imported 72 players -- players with no previous ties to clubs or colleges in North America before this season -- so far in 2011. That averages to four per team. Every team except Real Salt ... Read the whole story

What They're Saying

by Soccer America

"The leadership of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim will ensure that such an incident is not repeated." -- A statement by German club Hoffenheim after a high-frequency loudspeaker was used to drown out the singing of visiting Borussia Dortmund fans during Hoffenheim's 1-0 Bundesliga win on Saturday. (Hoffenheim official website) Read the whole story

Keane and Zura fulfill different needs

by Paul Kennedy

[MLS] The U.S. and Canadian summer transfer window closed Sunday night but not before the Los Angeles Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes signed Designated Players. The Galaxy hopes the signing of Irish international Robbie Keane will propel it an MLS title that has eluded it since 2005, while Ecuadoran Edmundo ... Read the whole story

Red Bulls sell out in high-drawing week

by Mike Woitalla

[MLS ATTENDANCE] New York sold out Red Bull Arena for the first time this season and other big crowds in Philadelphia, Toronto and Seattle upped the leaguewide attendance. For MLS attendance rankings ... Read the whole story

Five MLS teams vie for regional crown

by Ridge Mahoney

[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Real Salt Lake gave MLS a significant dose of respect within the Concacaf club hierarchy by reaching the Champions League final last April, in which it lost, 3-2, on aggregate to Mexican club Monterrey. With five teams in the group phase of the 2011-12 edition that kicks ... Read the whole story

American soccer this week ...

by Soccer America

[SCOREBOARD]Jhonny Arteaga, who won the 2011 USL PRO scoring title with FC New York, scored twice within six minutes to give the New York Red Bulls a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Union in the MLS Reserve League. For all the action .. Read the whole story

Matias Urbano: King of the rabona

by Soccer America

[VIDEO PICK] Twice within a week, Matias Urbano of Chile's Union San Felipe scored with a rabona shot. Read the whole story

Soccer America Women's Preseason Top 25

by Soccer America

[COLLEGE RANKINGS] Stanford and Notre Dame, last year's Women's College Cup finalists, are ranked 1-2 in the Soccer America Women's Preseason Top 25 rankings, as selected by its editors. For the complete rankings ... Read the whole story

Recent Most Read Stories