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Here are the top 15 soccer stories we’re following today. 1. AGUDELO DROPS A HINT What’s happening with Juan Agudelo? Well, on Friday the striker tweeted a message that would seem to suggest he could finally be on the move. However, that message quickly disappeared again. Did Agudelo just jump

PORTLAND, Ore. – Amidst the ever-changing landscape of sports journalism these days, an increasingly large swath is being carved out built on innuendo, anonymous sourcing and just plain conjecture. That’s fine; it gives readers plenty to talk about. Here in the Rose City – thanks to a loosely based connection here

Here are the top 15 soccer stories we’re following today: 1. LONDON CALLING It’s official now, Clint Dempsey will be joining Fulham on a two-month loan when the transfer window reopens on Jan. 1. Speaking after the move was announced, Dempsey revealed that his decision was driven not only by

As the Best of 2013 continues on MLSsoccer.com, we're counting down the 10 most important stories of the year in Major League Soccer. On Dec. 30 we'll reveal the Story of the Year, as voted by our panel of 20 editors, writers, videographers and statistics specialists. Portland Timbers beat writer

The top 11 questions heading into the weekend... 11. How will Portland welcome Bayern Munich next summer?

When the Portland Timbers announced in July that their own JELD-WEN Field would play host to the 2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game, club owner Merritt Paulson promised an opponent that was the biggest global soccer name to ever play in the Rose City. Bayern Munich certainly fit the bill. Major

PORTLAND, Ore. – When it was announced over the summer that the Rose City would host the 2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game, there were many who claimed that the small but passionate community had tightened its grip on the title “Soccer City USA.” But after Wednesday’s announcement that Bayern Munich

Here are the top 15 soccer stories we’re following today... 1. BRACING FOR RE-ENTRY Once the majority of clubs had announced which members of their teams they would be keeping and declining, MLS released the list of all the players currently available in Thursday's Re-Entry Draft Stage 1. There are 68

Here are the top 15 soccer stories we’re following today. 1. RIGHT ON SCHEDULE On Monday, MLS released the schedule for the 2014 season. It’s the earliest the schedule has ever been made available and contained some interesting information, especially in regards to the international schedule. The season kicks off with

Merritt Paulson hinted that Portland and Major League Soccer were aiming high for next summer's All-Star Game opponent. And if reports are to be believed, they've hit their mark. On Friday, the Munich Evening News reported that German and European champions Bayern Munich will visit the Rose City next year

Here are the top 15 soccer stories we’re following today: 1. SEATTLE ADVANCE In the Western Conference Knockout Round game on Wednesday night, the Seattle Sounders beat the Colorado Rapids 2-0 (watch highlights here) to secure a spot in the Conference Semifinals. Brad Evans and Eddie Johnson led the way

PORTLAND, Ore. – When Will Johnson scored his eighth goal of the season last weekend against the Vancouver Whitecaps, the Portland Timbers became the second team in MLS history to have four players score eight or more goals in a season. But the team captain’s strike did much more than

THE WORD is MLSsoccer.com's regular long-form series focusing on the biggest topics and most intriguing personalities in North American soccer. This week, senior writer Jeff Bradley takes a look at the many roads traveled by Will Johnson, the relentless Portland Timbers midfielder who played for two MLS teams and learned a

Here are the top 15 soccer stories we’re following today... 1. WEEKEND ACTION BEGINS TONIGHT In a short turnaround for D.C. United, they are back in action Friday night against the Chicago Fire (8 pm ET NBCSN). United head coach Ben Olsen noted that after a win in the US Open

Never afraid to speak his mind, the Portland Timbers' Merritt Paulson is known as one of the more outspoken owners in MLS. Imagine what it would be like to hear his every thought during a Timbers match. We got the next best thing on Tuesday at the 2nd annual Stumptown

Here are the top 15 soccer stories we’re following today. 1. GALAXY WIN CCL GAME – AND GROUP The LA Galaxy became the first MLS team to officially reach the CONCACAF Champions League knockout stage in this campaign Wednesday night following a 3-0 win against Cartaginés down in Costa Rica

Here are the top 15 soccer stories we’re following today... 1. CHING OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT Brian Ching has made it official. The MLS veteran and one of the league’s all-time greats announced Tuesday that he will retire at the end of the 2013 MLS season. Ching will then take up

The U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame sadly closed its Oneonta, N.Y., doors in 2010. These days, the innumerable pieces of American soccer memorabilia collected over the years — from trophies, to jerseys, all the way down to U.S. Soccer guidebooks — reside in a large warehouse in the small North

Call it the Clint Dempsey Effect; call it the Pacific Northwest is Crazy; but whatever you decide to call it, it's going to be loud. Through the group's official Twitter account on Tuesday, the Emerald City Supporters spilled the beans that CenturyLink Field has already reached absolute sell-out levels for

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Not long after the final whistle brought an end to the MLS All-Stars’ 3-1 loss to AS Roma at Sporting Park on Wednesday night, the numbers began to sink in. And even MLS backers could tell they aren’t good. After getting humbled by Roma, the All-Stars

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Here are the Top 15 soccer stories we’re following today. 1) DONOVAN TARGETS GOLD CUP TITLE IN USMNT RETURN Jurgen Klinsmann didn't pull any punches with this Gold Cup roster. He also put a group together that's so easy to like, so easy to root for that even MLSsoccer.com's own

PORTLAND, Ore. – With the international soccer spotlight shifting once again to Portland with the awarding of the 2014 MLS All-Star Game, the discussion over JELD-WEN Field’s artificial playing surface continues. And Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson said he’s thinking of doing something about it. “If I could do grass,

Here are the Top 15 soccer stories we’re following today. 1. 2014 ALL-STAR GAME GOES TO PORTLAND: The Rose City will welcome the best MLS has to offer in 2014, as MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced yesterday that the 2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game is heading to Portland and JELD-WEN

PORTLAND, Ore. – Its residents have been saying it for years: Portland is Soccer City, USA. Now they’ve got even more ammunition to add to that argument with Wednesday’s announcement that the AT&T MLS All-Star Game would be coming to the Rose City in 2014. It will be the first