You can't say David Beckham doesn't think big.

The World Cup and adidas are synonymous, their relationship going back to the 1970 World Cup and the Telstar match ball.

For those of us who have covered soccer going all the way back to the days of the original NASL, the report Forbes published Wednesday on MLS club valuations is stunning.

Tuesday is the day MLS is scheduled to announce Orlando as MLS's 21st team, but there is other big news on the expansion front out of Florida.

Indy Eleven's first game in the North American Soccer League is still five months away, but it has already hit 7,000 season-ticket deposits.

Mizuno, the well-known Japanese brand, is moving into the U.S. soccer market. Mizuno USA will be offering select models of its premium soccer cleat line-up online starting December 2013.

The San Jose Earthquakes will open a new stadium in 2014 -- though it won't be the new stadium they're building near San Jose Airport. The Quakes will be partnering with the Santa Clara Stadium Authority to host the Seattle Sounders on Aug. 2, 2014, in the first event at 68,500-seat Levi's Stadium, the new home of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers.