Major League Soccer and adidas have extended their partnership agreement through 2018, according to a press release Monday. The two have been partners since the first season of MLS back in 1996. “The United States is a breeding ground for athletic talent and we need to ensure our homegrown athletes have viable opportunities to play […]

The Week 22 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 22 170 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 13,932 6 15,082 15,361 143 2007 16,209 16.34% 6 16,311 8.15% 16,005 4.19% 144 2008 15,294 -5.64% 9 16,350 0.24% 17,036 6.45% 148 2009 16,236 6.16% 6 15,903 -2.73% 16,559 -2.80% […]

The Week 21 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 21 162 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 14,771 9 15,093 15,424 137 2007 17,381 17.67% 9 16,134 6.90% 15,996 3.71% 138 2008 15,625 -10.11% 7 16,409 1.70% 17,149 7.21% 139 2009 23,667 […]

Fresh off a 2-1 win over Cruz Azul in CONCACAF Champions League play in mid-week, Toronto FC will try to ride that momentum when it hosts the New York Red Bulls Saturday afternoon at BMO Field. The Red Bulls and Toronto are both chasing Columbus in the Eastern Conference standings, and with the Crew hosting […]

The Week 20 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 20 154 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 17,497 7 15,233 15,449 128 2007 23,740 35.68% 7 16,027 5.21% 15,899 2.91% 129 2008 13,907 -41.42% 4 16,484 2.85% 17,230 8.37% 132 2009 12,055 […]

Seven games dot the Saturday schedule, and the main attraction has to be the Galaxy's visit to New York to face the Red Bulls. New York is coming off a 1-0 win over Toronto on Wednesday, while the Galaxy is in the news for a decent showing in a 3-2 loss in a friendly to […]

The Week 19 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 19 145 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 92,650 1 15,378 15,194 121 2007 25,407 -72.58% 5 15,897 3.37% 15,449 1.68% 122 2008 18,584 -26.85% 6 16,467 3.59% 17,334 12.20% 128 2009 16,846 […]

The Week 18 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 18 137 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 11,399 7 15,564 14,549 120 2007 15,894 39.43% 6 15,966 2.58% 15,024 3.26% 117 2008 13,013 -18.13% 6 16,524 3.50% 17,272 14.97% 122 2009 16,634 […]

In a post-game interview after last night’s All-Star game, Landon Donovan said "We have had transfer interest and we will have some time to think about it and see where it goes. There is interest from a number of teams." To be explicit, what Donovan said he is going to Europe, and it is not […]

And this meant something. Bruce Arena fielded a somewhat — though not very — weakened team against the USL conference's basement dwellers and most likely expected to end up taking a comfortable lead down to Bayamon for the return leg. He won't be. The Islanders went on to smash the Galaxy 4 goals to 1, […]

The Week 17 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 17 129 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 16,028 7 15,592 14,698 113 2007 13,974 -12.82% 4 15,830 1.53% 15,005 2.08% 111 2008 23,000 64.59% 5 16,596 4.84% 17,493 16.58% 116 2009 19,313 […]

Having experienced a DVR mental lapse when it came to United's first stop on their American tour v Celtic, I finally got the opportunity to see Manchester United take on Philadelphia Union of MLS in a pretty entertaining friendly match Wednesday evening. Sir Alex Ferguson elected to start an attacking 4-3-3 with Danny Welbeck, Federico […]

It's been quite the journey for Sal Zizzo. From the 2007 U-20 World Cup, where he showed enough promise to earn a contract with Hannover 96 to an injury-marred stay in Germany that saw him earn eight first-team appearances in three seasons. And now, he's coming to MLS. He's going to be put into a […]

The Week 16 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 16 124 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 13,158 6 15,716 14,632 106 2007 12,473 -5.21% 4 15,377 -2.15% 15,043 2.81% 107 2008 14,475 16.05% 5 16,518 7.42% 17,245 14.63% 111 2009 16,142 […]

The Week 15 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 15 117 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 15,853 12 14,761 14,721 100 2007 14,650 -7.59% 6 14,948 1.26% 15,143 2.87% 103 2008 18,529 26.48% 6 16,629 11.25% 17,375 14.74% 106 2009 19,285 […]