David Beckham’s hopes of building a new stadium for his Inter Miami franchise in the MLS moved a step closer to being realized after a vote by residents. About 60% of the city’s voters opted to allow the club to negotiate to build on a 73-acre site that is currently a council-owned golf course. The [...]
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D.C. United striker Wayne Rooney isn’t interested in a return to Europe on loan this winter, saying he’s committed to D.C. United and that playing for another side would only serve as a distraction from his latest project. Rooney has been brilliant for D.C. since joining the club from Everton in mid-summer, helping to lift [...]
The whispers have grown a little louder in recent days and it appears that there is a real chance that Zlatan Ibrahimovic will rejoin Manchester United on loan in January. When we last saw Ibra in a Manchester United shirt, he was returning from a cruciate ligament injury and look like a shadow of the [...]
Barcelona and Girona’s proposed La Liga game in Miami is not not yet dead, according to Relevent chairman Charlie Stillitano. The proposed La Liga match has met vocal opposition within Spanish footballing circles, and while the feeling in Spain is that the game will not take place in Miami in January, Stillitano is not so [...]
Josef Martinez thrilled another record crowd in Atlanta by scoring in the MLS All-Star Game, but Italian champions Juventus prevailed on penalties after a 1-1 draw on Wednesday night. Juventus scored all five of their spot kicks in front of a 72,317-strong crowd, winning when Mattia De Sciglio drilled one into the upper-left corner past [...]
Former Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney is expected to complete a move to D.C. United in early July. Rooney currently has one year left on his contract at Everton, but the Premier League side will not stand in the way of Rooney moving to Major League Soccer. Manchester United and England’s record goalscorer [...]
The U.S. Soccer Federation has announced a six-game series of high profile friendlies that will take place later this year. Called The “Kickoff Series” it will begin on Sept. 7 with a match against five-time World Cup champion Brazil at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. That will be followed by a game four [...]
Former Barcelona and New York Red Bulls defender Rafael Marquez is among 22 people sanctioned for alleged ties to a drug trafficking organization, the United States Treasury announced on Wednesday. The Treasury said in a statement that it will also sanction 43 entities in Mexico, including a football team and casino. The sanctions freeze all [...]
Bastian Schweinsteiger says he is struggling to adapt to the ‘huge’ step down in quality in Major League Soccer, saying he sometimes finds himself frustrated by his new team-mates. Winning titles and World Cups with Bayern Munich and Germany for the majority of his career, Schweinsteiger grew used to sharing a field with world-class players. [...]
I thought MLS had moved past this. Signing over the hill European players for big money contracts? Wasn’t the way forward the signing of younger, up-and-coming stars like Giovani dos Santos and Sebastian Giovinco ? Well it seems that the Chicago FIre did not get the memo, as the have just signed Manchester United reserve [...]
