Stevenage Borough last night announced that former Ipswich academy coach Steve Greaves has been appointed as first team coach under the new managerial set up at Broadhall Way. Greaves spent 14 years as a coach at Portman Road after being forced to quit playing football at the age of just 24 after spells with Fulham, [. Click to continue reading...

When Philadelphia won their expansion club in February, the residents of Chester (the site of their new stadium) were happy, but the biggest reward might not be the team. Instead, the community of 36,000 might finally get a grocery store of their own thanks to the new soccer club.

Turns out the city has not had their own grocery store since 2001, causing residents to either shop at mini-marts or travel large distances (including crossing over to Delaware) to get their food. Click to continue reading...

New Director of Operations Rob Smith thinks his Philadelphia side will be a huge draw come 2010.

"I believe the new team will draw very well," said Smith, who has no plans to give up his coaching duties at Downingtown West. "I think the attraction to the sport has grown tremendously.

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Just a few months ago, Philadelphia won the MLS expansion lottery, but they will not be the only top-league team in the area as they have also captured an expansion side in the new Women's Professional Soccer league.

"Since signing on the dotted line with our initial seven investor groups in September of last year, we've had our sights set on adding an eighth team to the league," said WPS Commissioner Tonya Antonucci.

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Just when I thought I wasn't going to hear about it today, I get a friendly phone call to tell me otherwise. The MLS will announce Philadelphia as the league's 16th team at 2pm on tomorrow at Turbine Hall in Chester, PA. MLS commissioner Don Garber and members of the Philadelphia expansion group will be in [. Click to continue reading...

After the Delaware River Port Authority signed off on the final piece of the Philadelphia puzzle yesterday, MLS appears ready to make it official, Philadelphia will be the 17th team in the league. The announcement is expect next Thursday (28 Feb) in Chester.

The new Philadelphia team will begin play in their 18,500-seat stadium in 2010. Click to continue reading...

Ives has been wrong before, but let's be honest, he rarely is...and is easily one of the most credible places to go for news in the US soccer world. But if you don't believe Ives - the Philadelphia Inquirer works too. We will know the details on February 28th...and this will be your place to go [.. Click to continue reading...

It looks like Philadelphia has won the race for the 16th MLS spot as the state is set to announce an agreement to use $45 million to partially fund construction of a soccer stadium in Chester. A formal announcement from the state is expected tomorrow.

Since this was the final piece MLS said was needed, it does appear that Philadelphia is about to become the 16th MLS team. Click to continue reading...

Even as time moves on, Pennsylvania officials appear to be no closer to reaching an agreement on funding part of the soccer stadium needed to land Philadelphia a MLS franchise.

When asked if the state would provide the needed $45m to make the stadium a reality, State Sen. Dominic Pileggi, the Republican Senate majority leader, said 'undetermined. Click to continue reading...

I don't think I even need to say much other than just present what is below. Here is a photo of what the proposed stadium will look like in Chester, PA. I see why this stadium could take until 2010 to finish. It is down right beautiful. Props to The Offside Rules for posting this [...] Click to continue reading...

The plans for a new MLS stadium in the Philadelphia area were unveiled yesterday. It is a 20,000-seat facility that follows in the steps of other proposed second-generation MLS stadiums and has a roof covering the fans (click on image for larger view - thanks to Philadelphia Pro Soccer Foundation for the image).

It total, the stadium will cost $115 million. Click to continue reading...

Lots of media hype for Philly on the MLS expansion front today. Reports out of the City of Brotherly Love, is that Chester,PA will be building a $150 million soccer stadium on the water-front in Delaware County. The rendings of the new stadium look very nice. Click the link above to see a video report on [...] Click to continue reading...

The Sons of Ben are a little closer to having a team to cheer on as 'Delaware County has agreed to spend $30 million for the construction of a soccer stadium on the Chester waterfront, bringing a Major League Soccer franchise closer to the Philadelphia region.'

And whom do soccer fans in the area have to thank for this money? The gambling industry. Click to continue reading...