The New England Revolution acquired midfielder Benny Feilhaber. Chivas USA had the first opportunity to sign the 25-year-old but passed, citing his high salary. Second on the list, the Philadelphia Union, also passed on Feilhaber. The Revolution seized the opportunity […]
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Dynamo edge by Revolution, 1-0
The Houston Dynamo squeek another one out. Hunter Freeman scored in the 86th minute and to beat the New England Revolution 1-0 on Sunday night. Despite a strong performance from the New England defense and goalkeeper Matt Reis – who […]
Feilhaber moving to MLS
Benny Feilhaber has agreed to move to Major League Soccer. Feilhaber had been with Denmark’s AGF Aarhus since 2008 Chivas USA has the first opportunity to sign the 25-year-old midfielder – The Chivas-Vancouver Whitecaps game ended in a draw on […]
Sounders get lucky, draw with Union
Seattle Sounders Alvaro Fernandez scored in the 91st minute to salvage a 1-1 draw with the Philadelphia Union on Saturday. It was the first goal the Union surrendered in the past four games. Fredy Montrero had the assist for Seattle […]
Portland tops Chicago in home opener, 4-2
The Portland Timbers fans had their parade rained on, but it didn’t slow them – or the team – down. The Timbers, and the rain drenched the Chicago Fire on Thursday night, 4-2. It was Chicago’s second loss of the […]
Soccer… or not to Soccer?
Alright, after covering futbol for about a week or two now it has come to my attention that people are quite torn. Natalie Imbruglia would be proud. About half of our fantastic readers have greeted us with: “Soccer? WTF, mate?!?” […]
Real Salt Lake remains unbeaten
It took stoppage time, but then again, wins aren’t always pretty. Real Salt Lake forward Fabian Espindola scored in the 93rd minute to beat the Colorado Rapids 1-0 on Wednesday night. Javier Morales ricocheted a shot off the right post and […]
Toronto FC, L.A. Galaxy end in draw
In a scoreless draw that saw five yellow cards and one red issued, Toronto FC and the Los Angeles Galaxy played to a scoreless draw on Wednesday night. It was L.A. Galaxy midfielder David Beckham’s first game in Toronto since […]
JELD-WEN Field, Timbers, ready for home opener
Portland is officially a soccer town. It has the stadium to prove it. The final prep-work is finishing up at JELD-WEN Field. The upgrades on the old Civic Stadium / PGE Park to make it “JELD-WEN Field” were remarkable given […]
Beckham weighing options
David Beckham told The Associated Press today there’s a chance he will return to Major League Soccer after this season. The thought is he’d like to stay in shape. Beckham is rumored to be interested in playing for England during […]