Robert Hay

Team: New England Revolution Coach: Steve Nicol Last Year's Finish: 9-5-16, 32 points. Eastern Conference: 6th The big news this offseason was the recent arrest and suspension of Shalrie Joseph and Kevin Alston. While the situation is still under investigation, both players just returned to the team but face possible disciplinary action from the league. […]

Good morning MLS fans! We are now mere weeks away from the season and, if you're like me, the previews we have been running on the site have been getting you fired up for an exciting season. Amidst all the preseason matches and television/playoff drama, here are some stories that flew under the radar last […]

Last night was the unofficial start to the MLS season, as Real Salt Lake and Columbus faced off in their first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal. In a night that was below freezing and in front of a sparse crowd, the two teams grinded out a 0-0 draw that was defined by the […]

Team: Chicago Fire Coach: Carlos de la Cobos Last Year's Finish: 4th Eastern Conference, 10th Overall, 9-9-12 Last year's Chicago Fire were going through a transition regardless of the tumultuous offseason they've had. With the retirement of U.S. legend Brian McBride and MLS veteran C.J. Brown, the team would have had to adjust without its […]

It's official – Major League Soccer and Fox Soccer Channel are back together again, at least for one more year. The two sent out a press release today trumpeting the agreement which will see 31 regular season games and three playoff games (including one conference final) broadcast by the cable channel. Fifteen of the matches […]

The weekly MLS Talk podcast (subscribe via iTunes) discussed this week among other things the newest international star giving "come hither" looks to the American soccer league: AC Milan's Clarence Seedorf. Seedorf of course is (reportedly) looking to make one last huge paycheck and expand his media presence, similar to Thierry Henry and everyone's favorite […]

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! With the Egyptian friendly canceled, it was a slow week in American soccer. MLS clubs are playing pre-season matches against youth clubs, colleges, and each other, and the season is less than one month away. Besides the schedule release last week, here are some other news items flying under the radar: […]

Our long national nightmare is over. The MLS schedule is out. About a month before the beginning of the season, MLS finally released the entire schedule for all 18 MLS teams. Previously, only each team's first home game was known, and some clubs like the LA Galaxy got an early jump on releasing the schedule […]

The rumor mill was in full tilt Tuesday with the news that national team member Charlie Davies was sent by his French club Sochaux to train with D.C. United in Florida, with a successful training leading to a year-long loan. Yesterday, the Black-and-Red confirmed Davies was in camp and was being given a fitness tryout […]

While the MLS transfer window is still open for another three months, the international transfer window closed Monday. If you are a fan of an international league, you know how crazy this January transfer window was with money and players being tossed about in a dizzying fashion. And while no American got over £70 million […]

At the beginning of the year, I asked readers for feedback on different features they would like to see on the site, with the hope of giving some new content and new opportunities for discussion. One new idea was to do a round-up feature that would capture the stuff that didn't make it on to […]

The United States is scheduled to play an international friendly next week in Egypt against the host country, and as many of you are well aware, the political situation is unsettled, to put is lightly. By the February 9 friendly there may not be a government in Egypt, or even a new one, but the […]

Amidst our discussions over USL-PRO and the USSF soccer pyramid, the NASL released some good news this week and announced its 2011 season schedule. The NASL, now composed of eight clubs, will have each club play 28 games and face each opponent four times. The season runs from April 9 through September 24, with the […]

This week USL PRO continued its development as a USSF minor league by releasing its playoff schedule. Last week it had released a season schedule and division format outlining how its clubs would compete in its first year of existence as USL PRO. The playoffs will consist of three rounds, with the top three seeds […]

As USL Pro is moving forward with its realignment and scheduling, the NASL has taken some huge step backwards. On Wednesday, A.C. St. Louis announced it was ceasing operations, depriving the fledgling NASL of a critical metropolitan area. But even worse news came right before the weekend, as Inside Minnesota Soccer reported the USSF was […]