Welcome to Soccer Business Insider, the weekly Soccer America e-newsletter with all the latest news and analysis on the soccer business front, from television tosocial media, MLS and the national teams to the grassroots. By Paul Kennedy Major League Soccer still has its work cut out toattract television viewers. Jon Miller, who is in charge […]
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World Cup vet Friedrich lands at Chicago
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Arne Friedrich, who playedin 13 of 14 games for Germany at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, has signed with the Chicago Fire. The 32-year-old defender most recently played for Wolfsburg. He has 82 caps. For all the offseasonplayer movement … CHICAGO FIRE IN: Orr Barouch (permanent transfer, Tigres/MEX) Jay Nolly (Vancouver Whitecaps) […]
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MLS preseason this week …
[SCOREBOARD] Steven Lenhart and Brad Ring scored to give the San JoseEarthquakes a 2-0 victory over the Chicago Fire in Oxnard, Calif. The Philadelphia Union played to a 1-1 tie with 2011 USL PRO champion Orlando City before5,968 fans at the Citrus Bowl. FC Dallas, Houston, Seattle and Vancouver beat college teams over the weekend. […]
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MLS preseason this week …
[SCOREBOARD] The Seattle Sounders beat the Columbus Crew, 2-0, on goals by Fredy Montero and Cordell Cato in a preseason match that featured three red cards and eight yellow cards. Trialist FranckSongo’o set up two more goals as the Portland Timbers remained unbeaten in preseason with a 2-0 win over the Chicago Fire. Eric Alexander […]
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What They're Saying
“It’s just newspapers putting stuff out there. I’m focused on our team now. Would I want a player like [Didier] Drogba on my team? Yeah. Iwould want [Lionel] Messi also. I guess those are on the Christmas list.” — Chicago Fire coach FrankKlopas denying that the MLS team is in the running to sign Drogba, […]
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No time for Pause to pause
[VIDEO PICK] The Chicago Fire’s Logan Pause takes you on a tour of Chicago as well as the offices of the Quaker OatsCompany as he shows off his dribbling ability in this well-done video to promote the unveiling of the Quaker logo on the Fire’s jersey … Stamp act overshadows Barca win
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Returning Pardo sets example for Fire teammates
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Mexican midfielder Pavel Pardo, who bolstered the Fire’s late surge after joining the club inmidseason, will be back in MLS this year. “I’m starting with the team from the beginning of the year which I think is so important to how we develop as a group,” saidPardo in a team press release. “I […]
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Klopas: 'We feel good where we are …'
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] The rumored departure of Diego Chaves from the Chicago Fire is official. Chilean media reported Sundaythat the 25-year-old has signed with Primera Division team Palestino. “Diego Chaves was signed for the 2011 campaign,” said Fire head coach Frank Klopas on the club’sWeb site of the Uruguayan striker who scored six goals and registered […]
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Chivas USA picks up young Ecuadoran star
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] South America and Scandinavia are the new main sources for imports as Ecuadoran Miller Bolanos(Chivas USA), Uruguayan Federico Puppo (Chicago Fire) and Dane Christian Sivebaek (Seattle Sounders) signed with MLSclubs on Wednesday. Bolanos is the most intriguing signing, a 21-year-old playmaker with a penchant for scoring. He has 22 goals in 93 games […]
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Real Salt Lake's Saborio regains top form
[BEST OF MLS 2011: Strikers] In this first installment of Soccer America’s Positional Rankings, the top strikers are presented. Alvaro Saborio was a forgotten man for the first two months of the season but once he and his Real Salt Lake teammates got their minds back on MLS, they were tough to stop. In a […]