Grahame Jones of the LA Times reported earlier today that Jorge Vergara Chivas USA's part owner has arranged for a goalkeeper to join the Los Angeles based side from Saprissa, the CONCACAF Champions Cup runner ups which Vegara also owns. Keilor Navas Gamboa who is twenty one is the goalkeeper that Vergara was most likely […]

Beginning tomorrow, check back to Major League Soccer Talk after every Superliga match to get some comprehensive thoughts on each and every match in the richest North American club tournament.

Beginning tomorrow night and throughout Superliga we'll have instant match analysis on the main blog page here at CSRN's American Soccer Spot: at halftime and full-time of every game. The match reports will then be archived on our Superliga page which you can access from the tabs at the top of this website.

Birmingham City Founded: 1875 Nickname: Blues Ground: St. Andrews (30,000) Last Season: 19th in the English Premiership 35 points League Cup Winners: 1963 Second Division/CCC Winners: 1892/93, 1920/21, 1947/48, 1954/55 Third Division/ League One Winners: 1994/95

Darren Huckerby will be joining San Jose on July 15th. More on this story later in the day. Brian McBride's potential move to Chicago is on hold as Toronto who strangely holds McBride's MLS rights have balked at any combination of players or money that Chicago is willing to send to the Reds for the […]

Darren Huckerby the former Coventry, Manchester City and Norwich man will be able to sign with San Jose after all. Huckerby originally traveled to North America two weeks ago to join up the club that had filed a discovery claim with MLS on him: Toronto FC. But the saga to get us to the […]

The Colorado Rapids claimed the Tecate Cup in pks after a scoreless 90 minutes against UANL Tigres, the same club that won the "World Series of Football" last year that marked David Beckham's debut with the LA Galaxy. Colin Clark's game winning kick lifted the Rapids to a 7-6 victory and gave Colorado the first-ever […]

As we enter the second half of the Major League Soccer season just about every team has serious concerns. That's what happens when you have a single entity structure and a salary cap. Unlike the English Premiership 3/4 of the results do not seem pre-ordained. Each team must use the opening of the transfer window […]

I know it's been a few days since the home kit for Derby County has been released but here it is for your viewing pleasure. If any of you readers out there have pictures of your respective teams home kits please email them to me at lilshak@comcast.net and I'll be glad to post them here. […]

By now all our listeners and readers should be familiar with the three blogs on CSRN that are connected to active shows on the network. Forza Football and Third Half join the American Soccer Spot as blogs that accompany a network show. Now Feuerstein's Fire and English Soccer Talk join the CSRN blog family. Feuerstein's […]

The Rapids will debut these tonight in a friendly versus UNAM Tigres at DSG Park.

The defending US Open Cup Champion New England Revolution needed Penalty kicks to defeat USL-2 side Crystal Palace USA of Baltimore after the game was level 1-1 at the end of 120 minutes. The Revs will now play DC United in the semifinals. The Red and Black used an extra time goal from Brian Namoff […]

The defending US Open Cup Champion New England Revolution needed Penalty kicks to defeat USL-2 side Crystal Palace USA of Baltimore after the game was level 1-1 at the end of 120 minutes. The Revs will now play DC United in the semifinals. The Red and Black used an extra time goal from Brian Namoff […]

Major League Soccer has provided us with little relief to the usual summer doldrums. As happens most MLS seasons the combination of high temperatures, half full stadiums and international call ups hurt the quality of football and make MLS in many ways a laughingstock of world football. MLS’ midweek performances against USL sides have sent […]

Ralston's return from injury helped the Revs big run/photo from Soccernet CSRN’s American Soccer Spot Midseason Awards: Best team: New England Revolution Best DP signing: Macello Gallardo, DC United Best non DP signing: Amado Guevara, Toronto FC Best value international signing: Kheli Dube, New England Best young player (under 20): Sue?o MLS winner […]