[D-2 PRO LEAGUE] The MLS-bound Portland Timbers opened their final season at the D2 level with a 1-0 win over the Rochester Rhinos in front of a sell-out crowdof 15,418 on Saturday at PGE Park to open the 2010 regular season. AC St. Louis also drew a sellout crowd for its home debut, but the […]
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Inauspicious start for AC St. Louis
[USSF D-2 PRO LEAGUE] AC St. Louis’ debut got off to an inauspicious start when it couldn’t produce a picture ID for ManuKante and it played the first 31 minutes of its game at Carolina with 10 men until Kante returned from the team hotel with it. By that time, the RailHawks led on a […]
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Timbers and Whitecaps favored
[USSF D-2 PRO LEAGUE PREVIEW] The USSF D-2 Pro League kicks off this weekend with 12 teams — eight from USL-1, one from USL-2 and three first-year teams. It’sthe last season for Vancouver and Portland before their move to MLS, and they begin the season as the favorites. For more on the D2 Pro League […]
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D-2 Pro League matches available free
[ONLINE WATCH] U.S. Soccer will make all 180 D-2 Pro League matches available for fans to watch via streaming video free of charge on club websites. U.S. Soccer has partnered Ooyala, a leading provider of end-to-end video platform applications and services. For For more information, including local television coverage, fans shouldvisit team web sites for […]
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USL-1 Top 25 of the decade
[MAKING A LIST] It’s not only a new decade but a new league for Division II pro soccer in North America. A dispute between USL First Division and some of itsowners led to the creation of the USSF Division-2 Pro League in 2010. In the meantime, here’s a look back at the top USL-1 players […]
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India's No. 1 keeper headed to Vancouver for tryout
Suddenly, Indian players are in vogue. After national team star Sunil Chhetri, who signed with MLS’s Kansas CityWizards, goalkeeper Subrata Pal is headed to Vancouver for a trial with the Whitecaps. Pal, 23, plays for Pune FC of the Indian Football Leaguefirst division and has been India’s No. 1 keeper since 2007. The Whitecaps of […]
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Preseason Scoreboard
[MLS] FC Dallas beat the Columbus Crew, 2-1, on goals by Atiba Harris and DavidFerreira to win the Pioneer Cup played in a rare snowstorm at Pizza Hut Park. In the another preseason match involving MLS teams, the Houston Dynamo beat Chivas USA, 3-1, in Santa Barbara,Calif., on goals by Dominic Oduro, Brad Davis and […]
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Preseason Scoreboard
[MLS] The Kansas City Wizards beat AC St. Louis, 2-0, in one of two D1-D2 friendlies on Friday. Philadelphia Union fell to the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the USSFDivision 2, 1-0, in a battle of expansion teams. Eleven MLS teams are in action on Saturday. For the complete schedule … March 20 in Kansas City […]
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Holt: 'We're going to stick to our niche'
[USL] The number of pro teams operating below Major League Soccer will at an all-time low in 2010 with 12 teams in the USSF Division II and six teams in thethird division USL-2. For the first time in more than a decade, United Soccer Leagues won’t be operating a Division II pro league in 2010. […]
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Preseason Schedule
[MLS] All 16 MLS teams will be in action on the final weekend of the preseason though they may be missing players attending the MLS labor talks in Washington,D.C. Play begins Friday with two games. Colorado hosts Seattle, while Philadelphia plays the new Tampa Bay Rowdies of the USSF Division 2 in Tampa. For all […]