Chelsea's defensive record is in shambles: they've allowed 34 goals in 23 matches this campaign. Last season's title winning defense allowed only 32 goals throughout the entirety of the season. More worringly for the Chelsea heirarchy is that the situation doesn't have any immediate remedies in the form of contracted players. Their backline is comprised of ageing stalwarts John Terry, 35, Branislav Ivanovic, 31, and Gary Cahill, 30.
St. Louis became the NFL’s latest victim in a long and drawn out game of musical chairs when the Rams jumped ship for the sunny weather and In-N-Out burger of Los Angeles. Naturally, not everybody was happy. After all, nobody likes being left behind for “something better.” Especially a city that prides itself in its die hard fan-ism.
If you’re asked to think of the most rabid fan bases and intimidating venues in the footballing world, you’ll most likely imagine the crowds in Europe or South America. In Europe, the leagues in England, Germany, Spain, Italy and France are seen as the benchmark for boisterous crowds and lively game day atmospheres.
Marco Pappa has become embroiled in the weirdest soccer scandal since Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena's little tiff regarding sex tape-blackmail.
Th Rapids midfielder was reportedly stabbed in the abdomen in Seattle in December, and according to reports the culprit is alleged to have been Miss Washington USA, Stormy Keffeler.
Serious question: what's so super about the MLS Superdraft, relative to other drafts? Oh, nothing? Ok. Well, it took place today and I decided to watch it, to my chagrin. Here are my thoughts on the first round:
Don Garber is talking and it's bothering me. He is mostly telling everyone how great the MLS is, which is his job, but, still.
Why is the draft in Baltimore? Cleveland and Detroit weren't available?
The big ceremony thing announcing the unveiling of Los Angeles FC's colors and crest also featured the unveiling of a new part-owner: Will Ferrell.
.@WillFerreI just crashed @MiaHamm's speech at the unveiling of #LAFC's colors. pic.twitter.com/6y4RHvNEiL
Many goals have been scored in the 20 years of Major League Soccer's existence, some simple, others epic. Here at The18, we decided to pick the 18 most epic MLS goals in Major League Soccer history that showcase the quality of the league.
These goal are not in any particular order.
(Just a warning about the quality: the older the video, the worse the quality. We know. We wish they had HD digital cameras back then too.)
Orchestrated free kicks are very hard to pull off. The choreography of the runs and passes is something people are used to seeing on Sundays in the NFL, not Saturdays in MLS. Each pass, it must be said, is also yard-for-yard harder to complete, because, you know, the players are using their feet and not their hands.
The Houston Dynamo have new (sort of) ownership. Mexican businessman Gabriel Brener, a minority owner of the Dynamo since 2008, has pushed his chips into the middle of the table and bought the majority ownership of the Dynamo, Houston Dash and affiliates.
The opening of the January transfer window provides MLS-based players an opportunity to test themselves in the top European leagues, if only for two-months on a loan deal. For the sake of the United States national team, these loan deals are instrumental in providing American players an opportunity to progress.