One of the key figures in the MLS Players Union during its negotiations with MLS over a collective bargaining agreement, Chris Klein now sits on the other side of the table.

After Lamar Hunt and Philip Anschutz, Real Salt Lake founder Dave Checketts may be the most important investor in MLS history.

Sporting Kansas City unveiled Kansas City-based Ivy Funds, one of the fastest growing mutual fund families in the country over the last 10 years, as its first-ever jersey sponsor at the 2013 MLS SuperDraft.

Sporting Kansas City has terminated the stadium naming rights agreement it has had with the Livestrong Foundation, the anti-cancer nonprofit organization founded by disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong.

Lionel Messi is not only the best player in the world, he is also the most popular men's player in the United States by a long shot.

Fox Soccer finished 94th out of 96 cable networks in 2012 total-day viewers -- an average of 26,000. Only VH1 Classic and Fuel averaged few viewers.

There was much consternation and hand-wringing in the aftermath of FIFA president Sepp Blatter's remarks regarding MLS to Al Jazeera TV earlier on Saturday, but more relevant in the long term is what the Qatari-based network did Wednesday.

David Beckham, Clint Dempsey and the Los Angeles Lakers' Pau Gasol are among the personalities who relive their top soccer memories on Fox Soccer's new original series "My Beautiful Game," premiering Jan. 26. (NOTE: Fox Soccer has pushed back the launch originally scheduled for Saturday.)