The cold days of winter have gotten a little sunlight – MLS today unveiled their schedule for "First Kick 2011", the first home games for every MLS team in the upcoming season.  The week will be the first week of the new balanced scheduling and offers some tantalizing match-ups for American soccer fans. First up […]

The Portland Timbers made a move to upgrade in goal yesterday by swapping keepers with D.C. United, sending Steve Cronin to the nation's capital in exchange for Troy Perkins.  It was the two club's second trade of the offseason; during the expansion draft D.C. sent Portland Rodney Wallace for first overall pick Dax McCarty from Dallas. […]

Manchester City will play Portland Timbers in a friendly in July as part of their US preseason tour. Starting July 13, City will begin a nine-day training camp at Nike's headquarters outside Portland, Oregon, prior to leaving for the east coast of their US tour. "Not only is Nike’s excellence in sport, research and product […]