Curt Johnson played at N.C. State in 1987-90 when it was one of the most exciting teams in college soccer before embarking on a career as a soccer executive that has taken him to adidas, theRichmond […]
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Sporting KC principal owner Neal Patterson dies at 67
Neal Patterson, one of the principal owners of the group that bought the Kansas City Wizards and made Sporting Kansas City one of MLS’s most successful franchises, died Sunday at the age of 67after unexpected complications […]
NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, […]
MLS Moves: SKC's Vermes: 'I'm exactly where I want to be'
Double-duty for Peter Vermes as technical director and manager of Sporting Kansas City has worked out pretty well, and thus the team has extended his contract. Hired as head coachin September 2009, Vermes led SKC to […]
Struggles of MLS Cup finalists are to be expected for smaller-market teams
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Heading into the final two months of the regular season,there’s a very real possibility that for the first time in league history both reigning MLS Cup finalists might miss the playoffs. […]
MLS Countdown: SKC and Rapids stage anniversary match
As was the case last weekend when San Jose and D.C. United re-created the first game ever played in MLS, Sporting Kansas City and Colorado on Wednesday are commemorating their inaugural meeting 20years ago. On April […]
Bliss returns to Sporting KC in front-office role
Brian Bliss, who has served as the interim coach at three MLS clubs over the last decade but was passed over for the head coaching job, has moved to Sporting Kansas City as the director ofplayer […]
Video Pick: Nemeth solo golazo leads best of MLS
Kansas City’s Krisztian Nemeth started in the center circle of his own half before slaloming through the Portland defense and scoring our favorite MLS goal of Week 31. The otherAT&T Goal of the Week nominees are […]
MLS Players Respond to Klinsmann Criticism
It would appear that several of the USA’s MLS-based players disagree with Jurgen Klinsmann’s assessment of the league they play in. On Monday, the day before the USA’s 1-1friendly draw with Honduras, USA coach Klinsmann again criticized Clint Dempsey and Michael Bradley for moving to MLS from Europe, saying it is a weaker competition. He […]
Should refs be hawks or doves at playoff time?
By Paul Gardner ‘Tis the season, or postseason anyway, of playoff soccer. Whatever that means. The phrase gets repeated and repeated — the TV guys love it, of course, withoutgiving us any clear explanation of what […]