HOUSTON, Tex Team icon Brian Ching, fellow 2010 MLS All-Star Brad Davis and talented, young midfielder Geoff Cameron highlight the list of 11 players the Dynamo will protect during Wednesday's expansion draft. The Dynamo could protect 11 players, and they chose to protect Ching, Davis, Cameron, Lovel Palmer, Bobby Boswell, Colin Clark, Mike Chabala, [.

LIVERPOOL, England Liverpool is giving away free tickets to youngsters accompanied by a paying adult in the latest bid by the team's American owners to win over supporters. Boston Red Sox and Liverpool owner John Henry is trying to repair the Premier League club's frail relationship with fans after buying the team in October [.

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands Spanish champions Barcelona have lined up their first signing of the January transfer window after agreeing a deal to sign Ibrahim Afellay from Dutch club PSV Eindhoven. The Catalan club's website reported on Monday that personal terms for the 24-year-old will be settled "over the next few weeks.

LONDON, England Gary McAllister believes Robert Pires will have a positive effect on Aston Villa's rising stars after returning to the Barclays Premier League at the age of 37. Villa boss Gerard Houllier gave McAllister a new lease of life in his late 30s when signing him for Liverpool and now he has offered [.

SEATTLE, Wa Seattle Sounders striker Steve Zakuani, 22, has agreed to train with Everton and may be allowed to gain Premier League experience during the MLS close season. Zakuani said: "As for my off season plans, I plan to spend a few days in London visiting old friends and family before going up to [.

HOUSTON, Tex Team icon Brian Ching, fellow 2010 MLS All-Star Brad Davis and talented, young midfielder Geoff Cameron highlight the list of 11 players the Dynamo will protect during Wednesday's expansion draft. The Dynamo could protect 11 players, and they chose to protect Ching, Davis, Cameron, Lovel Palmer, Bobby Boswell, Colin Clark, Mike Chabala, [.

SEATTLE, Wa Seattle Sounders striker Steve Zakuani, 22, has agreed to train with Everton and may be allowed to gain Premier League experience during the MLS close season. Zakuani said: "As for my off season plans, I plan to spend a few days in London visiting old friends and family before going up to [.

ROME, Italy — Christian Maggio scored deep into injury time to give Napoli a 1-0 victory at home to Palermo at the San Paolo in Naples on Monday night. After a largely tame affair, Maggio pounced 30 seconds before the end of injury time to keep Napoli in third but now just six points behind [...]

CHESTER, Pa. The Philadelphia Union officially announced the signing of midfielder Zach Pfeffer to a professional contract as the club's first Homegrown Player. The 15-year-old, who recently returned from a two-week training with German Bundesliga TSG Hoffenheim, was a member of the Philadelphia Union's U-17 squad that competed in the MLS U-17 SUM Cup in [.

CHESTER, Pa. The Philadelphia Union officially announced the signing of midfielder Zach Pfeffer to a professional contract as the club's first Homegrown Player. The 15-year-old, who recently returned from a two-week training with German Bundesliga TSG Hoffenheim, was a member of the Philadelphia Union's U-17 squad that competed in the MLS U-17 SUM Cup in [.