Kick Off: RSL target Shield, ex-Gunner trialing in SJ
Nat Borchers made it clear that the Supporters Shield is Real Salt Lake's No. 1 priority in 2010
Real Salt Lake veteran Nat Borchers has poured fuel on the debate of whether the Supporters' Shield can be considered more important than MLS Cup. In the RSL locker room he says Supporters' Shield wins.
RSL manager Jason Kreis on why his players will be “gangbusters” to get a result in their next home match.
Before then the defending MLS Cup champions pay a visit to the site where they were crowned champions: Qwest Field in the MLS Game of the Week on Thursday night.
The sports cliché is that staying on top is sometimes the hardest part. Real Salt Lake are not standing pat. A note in this story states that RSL were recently negotiating with 29-year-old Colombian Carlos "Caliche" Salazar.
One Colombian’s future in MLS with the Philadelphia Union is being questioned.
Speaking of foreigners in MLS, a former Ipswich Town goalkeeper is in San Jose and hoping to impress former Ipswich Town fan favorite Frank Yallop to keep him on as Jon Busch’s backup.
An Englishman who is set to make a permanent home in the USA is LA Galaxy star David Beckham, after putting his home in England on the market. And he stands to make a killing.
On Monday, there was crying in baseball as Portland’s Beavers made way for the Timbers and their 2011 expansion season.
The other 2011 expansion club is the Vancouver Whitecaps, who are gunning for a USSF Division-2 title after another positive result.
The Rapids’ Pablo Mastroeni is called a “Renaissance Man.” In this feature, he also reveals the name of the English Premier League team that was after him back in 2002 after his World Cup with the USA.
FIFA’s inspection team begins its tour to determine whether the USA is worthy of hosting the World Cup in 2018 or 2022.
New York Red Bulls fans will wake up to an article in which club legend Mike Petke talks about loving life with D.C. United in 2004 and how the club filled a void in his career.
Could Chivas USA be playing in their own stadium any time soon? The end of this Spanish-language story says that the Goats are looking into it.
We now know the name of the manager who Aston Villa seemingly prefer over US head coach Bob Bradley.
One of Bradley's World Cup defenders, Jay DeMerit, could be heading to the Bundesliga alongside Brazilian midfielder Diego.
Safe to say he would probably make more than what American Conor Doyle does with Derby County.
The USA may not be playing on this set of FIFA international fixture dates, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t games being played on US soil. There’s El Salvador vs. Guatemala at RFK Stadium and Jamaica vs. Peru in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
If you’re not heading to the stadium today, here are the TV listings for the matches on the tube, including several Euro qualifiers.
The Columbus Crew’s new “Condor”, Andrés Mendoza, hopes he can get back on the Peruvian National Team, especially since the coach knows him very well dating back to his club days.
Finally, Peru are coming off a win against Canada, a match in which the mayor of Toronto finds himself smack in the middle of a skirmish in the stands.
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