[ENGLAND] England looked the less polished but more efficient team Tuesday in beating Mexico, 3-1, at Wembley Stadium, with the word "patchy" cropping up … Read the whole story

"It's just a big year for him. And I think that that includes a lot of things -- maturing as a person, growing in different ways and then carrying some of those things over onto the field. All these steps lead us to the idea that this World Cup comes at a wonderful time in his career."

-- U.S. coach Bob Bradley on Landon Donovan. (USA Today)

[MEXICO] After giving up just one goal in eight friendlies before heading off to Europe to begin final preparations for the World Cup, Mexico … Read the whole story

[WORLD CUP WARMUPS] Japan coach Takeshi Okada offered to quit after the Blue Samurai lost at home to archrival South Korea. Argentina coach Diego … Read the whole story

[DATEBOOK] Host South Africa, which will play two Latin American teams (Mexico and Uruguay) at the World Cup, plays a key warmup when it … Read the whole story

[MLS] More bad news for the struggling Seattle Sounders. Colombian: Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, a finalist for the 2009 MLS Defender of the Year in … Read the whole story

[MLS] Major League Soccer clubs launched academy programs to foster the development of youth players. Now the league has started an academy ... for … Read the whole story

[MLS ATTENDANCE] Three of the seven Week 9 games drew announced attendance of more than 20,000. Seattle again disappointed its large loyal following with … Read the whole story

[WPS] Englishwoman Emma Hayes became only the second coach to be fired in during the Women's Professional Soccer season when the Chicago coach was … Read the whole story

[DATEBOOK] Inter Milan, winner of the 2010 UEFA Champions League, will face MLS's Los Angeles Galaxy and FC Dallas in friendly games in August … Read the whole story