Major League SoccerFormer MLS and US national team starlet Freddy Adu shot down rumors Friday that he is in talks to revive his career with the NASL’s Atlanta Silverbacks. Silverbacks head coach and technical director…
Soccer-LadumaKenyan side, AFC Leopards, have requested that SAFA move their CAF Confederations Cup tie against SuperSport United to Sunday rather than Saturday. SuperSport are set to take on Ingwe on Saturday evening at 20h15 as…
New York TimesUkraine’s soccer federation announced Tuesday that it would move a March 5 friendly against the United States men’s national team to Cyprus from the eastern city of Kharkiv. The federation said it had…
Los Angeles TimesThe U.S. national soccer team announced Tuesday that it has relocated next week’s international friendly with Ukraine from the former Soviet republic to Cyprus. The move comes after weeks of consultation with the…
Should Beckham have registered as a Miami-Dade County Hall lobbyist?MiamiHerald.comIn June, during his early days exploring Miami as a location for his expansion Major League Soccer franchise, David Beckham toured Florida International University’s stadium with…
Major League SoccerTwo young professionals in Nashville had that very thought on their minds last May. They weren’t soccer nuts, per se. But like most Nashvillians, their Music City pride ran deep, as did their…
NBCSports.comColombian striker Andres Escobar has joined on loan from Ukrainian powerhouse Dynamo Kiev, as the 22-year-old attacker teams up with fellow Colombian Fabian Castillo. Escobar is Dallas’ second new signing this week, as Honduran midfielder…
ABC NewsMexico will play Bosnia-Herzegovina at Chicago’s Soldier Field on June 3 and three days later face Portugal at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., in its final exhibition game before heading to the World Cup…
Digital SpyThe former footballer is expected to launch his own Major League Soccer franchise, as part of his deal when he first signed for Los Angeles Galaxy back in 2007. David Beckham in a behind…
Sun-SentinelAmid reports that Major League Soccer has awarded a franchise to David Beckham, the soccer legend will reveal progress toward locating the team in Miami during a downtown news conference Wednesday morning. Beckham and Major…
CBS LocalMIAMI (CBSMiami) — Major League Soccer in Miami is one step closer to becoming reality. David Beckham is coming back to South Florida for what’s sure to be a star-studded affair amid plans to…
Los Angeles TimesWith the U.S. in the final stretch before this summer’s World Cup, Coach Juergen Klinsmann has challenged his players to step up and make a statement if they want to make the team….
Miami-Dade County to begin negotiations with David Beckham investors over …MiamiHerald.comA downtown Miami soccer stadium could begin to take shape soon once negotiations begin in earnest Tuesday between Miami-Dade County and retired soccer star David…
USA TODAYAmerican midfielder Michael Bradley has agreed to join MLS’s Toronto F.C. and depart from his current club, A.S. Roma of the Italian Serie A, his agent confirmed on an Italian radio show on Thursday….
NBCSports.comAt the risk of navel-having, posts like these are exactly why the Atlanta Silverbacks should be trilled to have Eric Wynalda. Without their technical director, this site — one that rarely dives into lower-division United…
ABC NewsSan Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker apologized Monday for a newly surfaced photograph that shows him making the same gesture with anti-Semitic connotations that French soccer star Nicolas Anelka displayed while celebrating a goal…
CNN(CNN) — Michael Schumacher’s serious skiing accident in the French Alps has once again put the spotlight on skiing safety. The seven-time Formula One world champion remains in a critical condition after hitting his head…
ABC NewsThe European Union announced a probe Wednesday targeting Real Madrid, Barcelona and five other top Spanish soccer clubs that it says may have received possible illegal state aid. The EU also said it might…
USA TODAYEven before leading the United States into next year’s World Cup, Jurgen Klinsmann has been signed to stay on as the American coach for the 2018 World Cup. Klinsmann agreed to a four-year contract…
New York TimesJurgen Klinsmann, the coach of the United States men’s national soccer team, agreed to a four-year contract extension Thursday, a strong show of support from U.S. Soccer only months before the World Cup…
TIMEThousands, including dozens of global dignitaries, piled into Johannesburg’s Soccer City stadium to celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela. But when current President Jacob Zuma took the stage, he was roundly jeered. By Alex Perry…
Nelson Mandela Funeral Service Live Stream Nelson Mandela, perhaps the greatest political leader of our time, died last Thursday at the age of 95. Now, today, as this is written, the Nelson Mandela funeral service…
ABC NewsWho wound up in difficult groups and who got away easy from Friday’s World Cup draw (average world ranking for four teams in parentheses): GROUP A (24.25) — Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameroon. As if…
Washington PostWho wound up in difficult groups and who got away easy from Friday’s World Cup draw (average world ranking for four teams in parentheses): GROUP A (24.25) — Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameroon. SAN FRANCISCO,…
Hope Solo, Sydney Leroux, Alex Morgan, and Abby Wambach were stuck. The US Women’s Soccer Team, in Florida to play Brazil at the Citrus Bowl last Sunday, seemed to be having a great trip, that…
Abby Wambach has racked up some amazing achievements in Women’s Soccer, from the London Olympics Gold Medal with the 2012 Women’s National Soccer Team, to her five-time decoration as soccer’s athlete of the year, the…
Hope Solo and Jerramy Stevens, her husband as a result of their marriage last October, were spotted by ESPN at today’s U.S. vs. Germany World Cup Soccer Qualifier Match at RFK Stadium in Washington DC…
UPDATE: Hope Solo Brings Jerramy Stevens To USA V. Germany Soccer Match Jerramy Stevens and Hope Solo can celebrate as for the first time in over a decade, and going back to 1997, he has…
Hope Solo accidentally Twitter tweeted out her phone number for all to see on April 24th, and caused a ton of calls to her now old phone number. Since the number’s old, as she got…
Hope Solo has found her bliss. In an epic press conference held on Thursday, Hope Solo, U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Goalkeeper, Olympic Gold Metalist, and new star of Seattle’s team called Seattle Reign FC…
The National Women’s Soccer League’s launching this year, and from preliminary appearances, it has the makings of a successful sports organization, and mostly for one reason: it has the financial backing and moral support of…
Hope Solo, the best goalkeeper on the best women’s team in the World, the Olympics Gold Medal-winning U.S. National Women’s Soccer Team, and new Seattle Rein star, has (as of this writing) quietly removed all…
Hope Solo’s back in action on Twitter, after an absence of tweets dating back to December 21st. But, and as it happened coinciding with the Seattle Seahawks’ NFC Wild Card Playoff victory over the Washington…
US Women’s Soccer Star Hope Solo’s sharing a photo of her first Thanksgiving with her husband. Hope Solo has been really busy. In the space of less than two weeks, she had a party, went…
Stephanie McCaffrey, whose Twitter bio is “Just off the binky, time to get kinky,” for now, has destroyed her Boston College soccer career after posting insensitive Twitter Tweets about rival Penn State, with references to…
On Saturday, this blogger participated in a fun event: the America Scores effort to break the Guinness Book Of World Records record for number of people to dribble soccer balls at once. America Scores is…
On Monday, a panel of media-types, old media types, will gather for an event by the great organization, the San Francisco Chapter Of Women In Sports And Events, to talk about the coverage of the…
USA 2, Japan 1, and this blogger said it was going to be an epic battle for the Gold Medal for Women’s Soccer in the 2012 London Olympics. Indeed, it was an amazing game that…
The USA v Japan Olympics Women’s Soccer Gold Medal Game is just about 12 hours away, and if you’re like me and don’t have NBC Sports Network in your cable package, and would prefer to…
Hope Solo says Canadian National Women’s Soccer Team Player Christine Sinclair “the best in the World,” on the heels of a comment reported by Yahoo! Sports as Solo saying “We made her look good,” after…
Amazing! First, congratulations to the USA Women’s Soccer National Team for beating Canada in a close match 4 to 3. The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Melvin has a great live blog on the entire event,…
Wow. Twitter has played a center stage role at the London 2012 Olympics. Just consider these topics: – Hope Solo used Twitter to attack Brandi Chastain during Olympics. – Switzerland’s Michel Morganella has been expelled…
Is USA Women’s Soccer Goalkeeper Hope Solo really upset with Women’s Soccer Legend and NBC Olympics Commentator Brandi Chastain, or is she just playing the Donald Trump PR playbook? At first this blogger thought Solo…
Zennie62 has the NBA Finals, Miami Heat v. Oklahoma City Thunder, on livestream below at 5 PM PDT, as well as Major League Soccer highlights. The NBA Finals, Miami Heat at Oklahoma City Thunder Game…
As Hope Solo gets in London Olympics shape along with her USA Women’s Soccer Teammates, she’s looking in the best shape of her life. So much so that her presence in this HyperIce video is…
Ok, Hope Solo was treated terribly on Dancing With The Stars last year, this we know. KGO ABC Channel 7’s Larry Beil and I had a bet that Hope would win it all – well,…
The 2012 NFL Draft is history, and while “Draftniks” are grading how NFL teams did, this blogger’s looking at how the NFL itself performed in social media. This blog post is both in preparation for,…
The NFL bought the hashtag #NFLDraft today, but really should have done it on Thursday, the first day of The 2012 NFL Draft. Why? Because the League would have been in a better position to…
First, major congratulations to Kate Upton for making the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Cover for 2012. That’s a major achievement, but also not hard to see in the works. Second, while Ms. Upton is certainly…
Twitter’s the focus of a series of “death” pranks today, the latest reporting Drake RIP, and before that – just about two hours – it was Eddie Murphy RIP. Here’s the truth: Eddie Murphy is…
A new bit of bad news, the 2012 Women’s Professional Soccer season has been terminated. In fact, the news is so new, the WPS website webmaster didn’t get the memo, because the ad in your…
Congratulations to our US Women’s Soccer Team, which earned qualification for the London Olympic games in fine fashion over the weekend. The contest that sealed the deal was the Friday night 3-0 win over Costa…
Panasonic, NBC, and MySpace showed their support for women’s sports, and more specifically for women’s soccer when they invited USA Women’s Soccer Stars Heather O’Reilly, Alex Morgan, and Brandy Chastain to the Panasonic Press Conference…
After the USA Women’s Soccer Team was eliminated in a most-dramatic finals match against Japan, it looked like the team’s spark plug Abby Wambach would not gain the spotlight she so rightly deserved, and watched…
This is something for fans of Women’s Soccer and Women’s Sport to cheer: Marist Poll of Marist College reports that their poll of “the single best sports accomplishment of the year,” revealed the USA Women’s…
The problem with Women’s Professional Soccer isn’t demand for the women’s version of the game, or any overblown disconnect between stars like Hope Solo and Abby Wambach, and the rest of the players, but with…
The Stanford Cardinal Women have done it! They beat Duke in a close contest 1-0, and for their first NCAA women’s soccer title. The Stanford Cardinal Women are National Champions! But equally important, they posted…
Congratulations to the Stanford Cordinal Women’s Soccer Team that clobbered a game Florida State Seminoles team 3-0 and a big BOO to The Associated Press and the news websites that use their copy for explaining…
Remember the Sporting Kansas City Soccer Player who rap serenaded Women’s Soccer and Dancing With The Stars star Hope Solo? His name’s CJ Sapong, and he so wowed Hope with his rap while she was…
Gary Speed? Suicide? This is very sad news to say the least. The famed manager of the Wales National Soccer team, Gary Speed apparently took his own life. According to The Telegraph UK, Speed was…
