Portuguese star midfielder Luis Figo will join Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad on a 17 month long contract. Why do we, as American soccer fans, care, did you say? You should care because Figo was one of the many international superstars rumored to be coming

D.C. United is full of surprising moves this off-season. A week after the young superstar he often clashed with was traded, reports suggest Peter Nowak will also not return to United next season. Nowak will be replaced by assistant Tom Soehn. I'm somewhat

Interim coach Bob Bradley has named his first roster, picking 29 players to join him for a January training camp. The players will start camp January 4th in L.A., and will play Denmark in an international friendly on January 20th. 10 uncapped players are

I can't really get my mind around this right now so instead of trying to compose a coherent post I'll just throw together some random thoughts: Wow Wow Never in a million years would I have guessed this. If you had asked me who I thought would possibly w

ESPN/ABC will televise every game of the 2008 European Championships. With FOX Soccer Channel picking up the Gold Cup, the increased television exposure can only mean good things for the sport in the United States.

I know you are not supposed to believe everything you read, but all the previous reports and speculation had me fooled. I thought this was shoe-in, but apparently not! Former German National Team coach Juergen Klinsmann has withdrawn his name from the US

It's been awhile since I've taken French, but I think this means no contract for Carroll with OM. EDIT: Here is the pathetic Babel Fish translation: The three players put at the test these last days with Olympic of Marseilles were not preserved. The mediu

In what could be a busy summer of Americans signing deals to go abroad, Josh Wolff is the first major signing of the MLS off-season. Wolff will be joining fellow American Gregg Berhalter at 1860 Munich in 2. Bundesliga. Wolff signed a year and a half deal

Before you break out the champagne to celebrate our new coach, notic that it is a Jamie Trecker article, and I once had a source at USSF tell me that "almost everything written by that particular reporter is wrong". Something to keep in mind.