Soccer America Daily

[WPS] FC Gold Pride released former U.S. national team star Brandi Chastain. She was Women’s Professional Soccer’soldest player at the age of 41. Chastain played 10 games for the last-place Pride in 2009. It marked a comeback of sorts for Chastain, who had not played for the U.S. national team since2004. “Brandi has the heart […]

[MLS] The New York Red Bulls waived Danny Cepero, one of the unlikely stars of their run to the MLS Cup 2008 final,along with two other players on Friday. Cepero, taken in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft out of Penn, was with the Red Bulls for three seasons. His departure leavesBouna Coundoul as the only […]

[MLS] In 2011, the Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps will formally meet again when the Whitecaps join MLS. For now, though, the former USL rivals canonly square off in friendly action. Seattle rallied from two goals down at the half on Thursday to defeat the Whitecaps, 3-2, at the new Grande Sports World complex in […]

[MLS] For the second time, the deadline for Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Union to reach an agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement hasbeen extended through Feb. 25. Talks stalled this week when the storm that buried the East Coast in snow prevented  MLS Commissioner Don Garber and other league representativesfrom traveling […]

[MLS] A three-day visit by Chilean striker Reinaldo Navia and a canceled trip to Brazil have been the major talking points of the Revs’2010 preseason. Confined to indoor activities because of harsh winter weather, Coach Steve Nicol nevertheless set up a few opportunities for Navia, 31, to show some of the talentshe’s displayed for clubs […]

[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Old enemies Japan and South Korea meet Sunday in Tokyo in the East Asian Championship. The game has been billed the “dismissal derby”after poor performances by both teams have put pressure on the coaches of the World Cup finalists. South Korea is coming off a 3-0 defeat to China, its first loss […]

[HALL OF FAME] More than 30 years after Oneonta, N.Y., hosted the first soccer exhibit, the National Soccer Hall of Fame is closing up shop in the upstate NewYork town. Plans are in place to distribute the permanent displays and store the archives. As for its 62-acre campus purchased in 1989, the Hall of Fame […]

[U.S. WOMEN] One of the youngest U.S. women’s national teams ever selected for the Algarve Cup will head to Portugal on Feb. 19. Following a 20-day trainingcamp at the Home Depot Center, Coach Pia Sundhage named five players who have a combined five caps. Sundhage named five players who have a combinedfive caps in Casey […]

[WPS] Saint Louis Athletica captain Lori Chalupny, capped 92 times for the USA, has taken an indefinite leave of absenceto deal with concussion-related issues. She will miss the USA’s trip to the Algarve Cup in Portugal for the first time in six years. Chalupny is expected to miss the start ofAthletica’s training camp, which is […]