Red Bulls not done adding impact players

Seeded on Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:48 PM EST (North Jersey Herald)

Earlier this week the owner of NYRB claimed that they were not going to be signing any more major players this offseason. Then, Bruce comes out with this,"We'll be announcing a new signing either this week or next week."

sports, bruce-arena, major-league-soccer, red-bulls, soccer

Fro Adu steps out from under his brother's shadow

Seeded on Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:05 PM EST (ESPN.com)

The younger Adu is set to attend George Mason University at the age of 16.

sports, soccer, fro-adu, freddy-adu, ncaa-soccer, college-soccer

McClaren: Door not closed to trio

Seeded on Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:00 PM EST (Fox Sports)

Steve McClaren claims that International careers of Beckham, Campbell, and James aren't necessarily over.

technology, david-beckham, football-association, aaron-lennon, steve-mclaren, soccer, england, david-james

Platini Suggests Adding Two More Referees

Seeded on Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:05 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

UEFA's new president Michel Platini suggests, in order to help reduce the number of officiating errors, that two more assistants to be added to the game. They would be positioned on either end and be responsible for all calls inside the penalty area.

sports, soccer, officiating, uefa, michel-plantini

Bid to lure MLS club to Valley intensifies

Seeded on Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:20 PM EST (The Arizona Republic)

Arizona group looks to bid for MLS expansion in Phoenix. Recent success of 63,000 attending the US-Mexico match intensifies their efforts.

sports, soccer, mls, phoenix, arizona, petar-draksin, grand-canyon-university

Silent Stan' makes noise as a major player in US

Seeded on Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:06 PM EST (The Independent)

A London look at American sports owners. The story focuses on Colorado Rapids owner Stan Kroenke and then branches out to the four other US based owners of MLS teams.

sports, mls, soccer, sports-business, colorado-rapids, stan-kroenke, english-premiership, arsenal-fc

Deadspin's Look at Dempsey's Debut with Fulham

Seeded on Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:00 PM EST (Deadspin)

"Clint Dempsey couldn't understand what I was doing standing at the edge of the Fulham pitch, shivering like Jack Bauer after a bout of waterboarding in a Chinese prison, and, frankly neither could I. "All the way from New York, huh?" said Dempsey a"

sports, clint-dempsey, soccer, fulham, mls, english-premier-league

Dempsey still set to move in January even without agents

Seeded on Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:21 PM EST (Sports Illustrated)

US Soccer Honda Player of the Year recently dropped both of his agents but is still poised to make a european move.

sports, premier-league, new-england-revolution, richard-motzkin, dan-segal, clint-dempsey, us-soccer

Beckham Rule Masks a Core Development Problem

Seeded on Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:17 PM EST (The New York Sun)

Paul Gardner shares his view on what's wrong with college soccer and the development of the American player.

sports, soccer, mls, us-player-development, college-soccer

FIFA to use goaline technology in 2007

Seeded on Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:37 PM EST (Reuters)

A touchy topic for some, as FIFA plans to test some type of assisting technology for referees in the coming year. It looks like they're going the video route rather than their previous idea of putting some kind of chip in the ball.

sports, fifa, soccer, officiating

Adu the great, Altidore the better?

Seeded on Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:45 PM EST (Manchester Evening News)

In preparation for Freddy to arrive in Manchester on Saturday the Manchester Evening News posted a writeup on the teenager. That in and of itself is not surprising. The part that got me to seed this link were the quotes and opinions of 16 year-old Josmer Altidore.

sports, soccer, mls, major-league-soccer, manchester-united, freddy-adu, josmer-altidore, dc-united, new-york-red-bulls

Man U denies reports of Adu coming to train

Seeded on Thu Nov 9, 2006 5:48 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

The Guardian reports that Manchester United have released a statement that Freddy will not be training with them this month.

sports, manchester-united, dc-united, freddy-adu, washington-post, major-league-soccer, epl

MLS Cup winner to use special ball next season

Seeded on Wed Nov 8, 2006 2:57 PM EST (MLSnet.com)

MLS has unveiled a special ball to be used during MLS Cup this Sunday (Nov. 12). The interesting twist is that the winner of the game will use the ball for all their home games next season.

sports, soccer, mls, mls-cup-2006, houston-dynamo, new-england-revolution, major-league-soccer