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Whereas several years ago Major League Soccer had to actively court investors and convince local and state officials that bringing professional soccer to their city was the right move, MLS now finds itself in the nice position of being able to choose “from a variety of solid options” across the U.S. and Canada. “At one […]

The New York Times’ Jack Bell says a player dispute is extending the feud between the New York Red Bulls and the Chicago Fire. The Fire have had a bitter taste in their mouth since losing former coach Juan Carlos Osorio to the Red Bulls at the end of last season, but now, the clubs […]

FIFA mandates that soccer be separate from politics, but Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune argues that “the foreign acquisition of England’s clubs has happened too fast and penetrated too deep for FIFA or UEFA, the governing bodies of world and European soccer, to intervene.” Indeed, in some countries, large investments are sometimes tied […]

Andriy Shevchenko’s career hit a new low on Monday night when the Chelsea striker was picked to play for the club’s reserve team, which means the striker, who cost the club $62 million in the summer of 2006, will not feature at all against Olympiakos in the Champions League second leg at Stamford Bridge on […]

The Guardian claims that a deal would have to be reached by midnight for Dubai International Capital group to assume control of Liverpool Football Club. DIC CEO Sameer Al Ansari confirmed early Tuesday that investment talks with American owners Tom Hicks and George Gilett are ongoing; the Guardian report says a midnight deadline has been […]

It was a testy, ugly affair when the New York Red Bulls took on the reserves from sister club Red Bull Salzburg earlier Monday at the Salzburg club’s training center near Red Bull’s corporate home in Fuschl, Austria. “So much for corporate harmony,” writes Jack Bell of the New York Times, who described this friendly […]

As the San Jose Earthquakes prepare to launch for the second time in team history, they face a familiar challenge: to get the city’s considerable Latino population to rally around the local MLS team. But how big a potential fan base are we talking about? If Sunday’s friendly at Oakland Coliseum is any indication, it […]

After 11 months and 31 games without a Serie A defeat, Inter Milan finally succumbed to modest Napoli, 1-0, on Sunday. The result, papers across Italy said, had “officially reopened” the title race. With second-place Roma thumping Parma 4-0 the day before, the loss leaves just Inter six points ahead of the Giallorossi with 12 […]

Chelsea manager Avram Grant may be living on borrowed time at Stamford Bridge. The Sunday Mirror claims the Israeli coach will become Chelsea’s director of soccer at the beginning of the summer, making way for the arrival of a new coach — who will most likely be Dutch, according to Goal.com, which names Russia’s Guus […]