Serie A's AC MILAN and INTER MILAN, Mexico's CLUB AMERICA, and the Barclay Premier League's CHELSEA FC will compete in a winner-take-all tournament, with matches held from Sunday, July 19, to Sunday, July 26, at six sites including the brand new Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, TX...
Making the media rounds in New York on Wednesday, July 15, David Beckham reaffirmed his commitmentto MLS and the LA Galaxy ahead of his return to play on Thursday night. This is the full news conference; Beckham is joined by head coach Bruce Arena in advance of their match versus RBNY...
Wednesday morning live segment from NBC's "Today" with Matt Lauer: David Beckham discusses his return toLA, his commitment to the MLS and his long-term contract with the Galaxy. Also, the two discuss "Bruno" and the Beckhams' experience with Sacha Baron Cohen, their new Armani campaign...
This is something a little different, originally posted by our sister blog "San Diego eXtreme Sports Coalition" - This ad campaign has become a sensation on the internet in the past week...
(See link to ADWEEK article on the campaign at bottom of this page)
On Monday afternoon at the White House, a great honor was bestowed upon the reigning MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew. That great team - who spent most of the 2008 season at the top of the table, and then followed through by defeating RBNY in the Final at the Home Depot Center - got their date with the U.S. President, as is traditional for U.S. sports champion teams and individual athletes...
President Barack Obama was familiar with the team and their accomplishments, and even had a chance to show off his skills during the ceremony in the Rose Garden. He spoke eloquently, and took the time to single out and speak with many of the players and personnel individually...
The team's day also included a full tour of the White House, as well as being the first U.S. champions sports team to participate in The President's new volunteer program, as they helped introduce it together with him...
You can read the full transcript of The President's remarks below, as well as several news articles on the event.
Reigning Volkswagen Most Valuable Player and this season's leading scorer, Columbus Crew midfielder Guillermo Barros Schelotto and Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan, a nine-time All-Star, were among those unveiled as the MLS All-Star First XI...
The First XI - consisting of one goalkeeper, three defenders, five midfielders and two forwards - received the most votes at their respective positions from four groups - fans, players, media, and coaches/general managers. Schelotto led all players in combined voting, followed by Donovan and Conor Casey...
excerpt from Most Valuable Network --- Numerous upsets took place during this first round (you can also see earlier match reports and videos in previous posts here). The teams who made it through to the quarterfinals are: CANADA, COSTA RICA, GUADELOUPE, HAITI, HONDURAS, MEXICO, PANAMA, USA...
Patrick Ianni hit a bicycle kick game-winner as Sounders FCrallied from an early deficit against first-place Houston Dynamo, for a 2-1 win with a rowdy home crowd of 32,404 at Qwest Field...
With first place in the Eastern Conference on the line, the Chicago Fire and Columbus Crew played to a scoreless draw before the Fire's largest crowd of the season...
A Toyota Park audience of 18,123 saw the Fire and Crew take 30 shots combined, and the Fire had 11 shots on goal, but neither team managed to score. As a result, the Fire raised their overall record to 6-3-7 (25 points) to take over first place in the East...
Chad Barrett hit a double that gave TFC a 3-1away win over San Jose; Pablo Vitti scored the eventual game-winner in the 54th minute. The victory moves TFC into a tie with the Chicago Fire for first place in the East...