David Beckham is leaving Tottenham Hotspur to rejoin Landon Donovan and the LA Galaxy for training camp.
The Galaxy Designated Player didn’t depart without receiving one final message from Spurs manager Harry Redknapp: Tottenham may be after him when his LA contract expires at the end of the year.
Another big name player expected to join an MLS camp in the coming days is Portland striker Kenny Cooper. Timbers manager John Spencer explains what’s holding him up.
Forward Alvaro Saborio is one MLS star who is sticking to a firm schedule. Real Salt Lake still expect their forward to be 90-minute game fit by the time the Feb. 22 Champions League match against Columbus rolls around.
FC Dallas right back Heath Pearce is the target of some straight talk from his manager, Schellas Hyndman. Pearce has a lot to prove to his team and the head coach explains why.
When FC Dallas draftee Alexis Pradie came to the USA, he was declared ineligible to play NCAA soccer. So he took the road less traveled and could yet become FCD’s “diamond in the rough” of the 2011 draft.
Staying in Texas, they are saying that fans will be closer to the action in the Houston Dynamo’s new stadium than in any soccer venue in the world.
New stadiums are cool and so are Swiss Army knives. Find out the name of the player who fits that label with the Vancouver Whitecaps.
Who said training camp wasn’t all fun and games? Especially when you’re rooming with Seattle Sounders Designated Player Fredy Montero.
But life’s not always fun. Not many fans may recall that Bolton’s American midfielder Stuart Holden was once a Sunderland player and was punched in the face and suffered a broken eye socket in an incident during his time with the Black Cats.
Englishman Phil Brown must love American forwards. After Jozy Altidore at Hull City, Brown is now banking on Eddie Johnson to help his club’s fortunes at Preston North End.
Meanwhile, here’s another name of another American who will be featuring for an overseas club. He’s a goalkeeper who trained with the Philadelphia Union last year.
While the US national team may have seen their international match canceled due to the crisis in Egypt, Canada are going through with their friendly in Greece and they have called upon a handful of MLS players currently in preseason.
Find out how a lady who owns a pub in England could cost the English Premier League millions of dollars in a court ruling.
It’s Bundesliga Friday on GolTV as American Neven Subotic and Borussia Dortmund look to continue their march to the title against Schalke (2:30 p.m. ET). The 9 p.m. ET Mexican soccer slot is filled by Necaxa vs. Morelia (Fox Deportes).
Liverpool’s American owner John Henry is seemingly set to stick with tradition at the legendary English club: Kenny Dalglish as manager and Anfield as the long-term home.
Meanwhile, one of Henry’s partners at New England Sports Ventures has won the right to negotiate the takeover of AS Roma in Italy.
Back on the field, or specifically the player tunnel, find out why Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger believes that his counterpart at Everton broke an unwritten rule in soccer.
From what we can tell from this video, USMNT legend Eric Wynalda will be involved in kicking field goals at 10 a.m. ET on Super Bowl Sunday morning on Fox Soccer Channel. (VIDEO)
Representing soccer at Sunday’s Super Bowl is Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham, a former high school soccer player who only started following the NFL when he joined a team.
Lastly, Paraguayan forward Salvador Cabañas, who took a bullet to the head last year, is back on the training field with local club Libertad. (VIDEO)
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