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by Paul Kennedy
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] New England coach Jay Heaps had good reason to be in a foul mood following Wednesday's game against Seattle at the Desert Diamond Cup in Tucson. The Revs' preseason has, to say the least, not gone well. So it was no surprise that Heaps was upset when Chris ...
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by Soccer America
"He's a Diego, with a big head and lots of hair. My feeling is that Diego's going to show up at any moment." -- Alfredo Cahe, Diego Maradona's longtime doctor, after Maradona's girlfriend Victoria Ojeda gave birth to a boy in Buenos Aires. Maradona, who is working in Dubai as ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[REACTION: USA-Scotland] Following the USA's 3-1 win over Scotland to conclude their two-game series, U.S. coach Tom Sermanni talked about what he saw in his first two games in charge. With the impressive debut of Christen Press -- three goals in two games -- the one thing that stood out ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS INJURY REPORT] Perhaps the No. 1 goal of teams is to make it through preseason unscathed. But already a number of key players have been injured in the first three weeks of MLS preseason training, forcing clubs to scramble as opening day approaches.
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by Paul Kennedy
[MLS 2013 COUNTDOWN] Chivas USA continued to wheel and deal, unloading non-Latinos and replacing them with Latinos. A day after Ben Zemanski was shipped to Portland for the MLS rights to U.S. international Jonathan Bornstein -- born to a Mexican mother -- the Rojiblancos basically gave away veteran defender James ...
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by Soccer America
[EUROPA LEAGUE] Rarely will you find goals as delicious as the three scored in Tottenham's 2-1 win over French club Lyon in the first leg of their round-of-32 series in the Europa League. Spurs won thanks to pair of sensational Gareth Bale free kicks, getting the winning goal late in ...
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by Samuel Charles
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] Well known Manchester City personalities recorded announcements for local train service to be used on game days and let's just say that coach Roberto Mancini received a grade of A for unintentional comedy.
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