Of course, Seattle's rivals couldn't even wait until the Sounders got in the league before crashing the party.

But honestly, both cities have great bids. They both love soccer, which means full stadiums and excitement for all.

Portland, which calls itself Soccer Town U.S.A., is planning on renovating PGE Park to make it a soccer specific stadium. Click to continue reading...

Not to be outdone by their Pacific Northwest Rivals Portland, Vancouver Whitecaps FC has issued the following press release today, received by MLSR, which appears to involve getting supporters to do something special at an upcoming game.

VANCOUVER, BC - Vancouver Whitecaps FC are North America's oldest soccer franchise and are now looking to take the next step in their storied history by joining Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2011.

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That was supposed to be a play on Manifest Destiny. You know, with the expansion and all?

MLS Rumors got the hot tip on which two cities are looking to be added by 2011:

My sources are adamant that the expansion teams have already been determined. Atlanta missed out. No word on Portland.

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I made up for my failure to make it to Steve Nash's Charity game a few weeks back by heading into... Click to continue reading...

It was recently announced that MLS hopes to bring two more new teams to the league in 2011. Seattle is coming on next season and Philadelphia the following year. Now all the talk of expansion teams is in Canada. I do still think that St. Louis will probably get one and likely Vancouver could get the other.

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More news on the Vancouver expansion bid: former founding employee of Yahoo! and Bay Area resident Jeff Mallet is joining forces the Steve Nash and others to bring MLS to British Columbia. He's been around MLS HQ in New York... Click to continue reading...

With the news that Steve Nash and Greg Kerfoot are seriously pushing an upcoming MLS slot for the Vancouver Whitecaps', Canadian soccer fans must be wondering what year it is. After all, it was 1978 when Vancouver saw a record crowd of 30, 811 fans arrive at Empire Stadium to watch a first-round NASL playoff game against the Toronto Metro-Croatia. Click to continue reading...

Looks like Vancouver beat Montreal to the punch. Here is what we know:

The Vancouver Whitecaps and Steve Nash, in a press conference to take place later today, will announce that they have formally applied to join MLS.

Most likely the MLS Board of Governors have already given tacit approval to their plan to play at BC Place until a soccer specific stadium is built. Click to continue reading...

The Steve Nash Foundation hosted the Showdown in Chinatown in NY last month, a pick-up game starring such notables as the recently retired Claudio Reyna, Barca's Thierry Henry, Jason Kidd, Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman, and Juan Pablo Angel. Click to continue reading...

According to this article on Goal the NY Times Goal blog....



"I've been a fan of the team since I was six," Nash said of the Whitecaps. "I haven't invested money yet, more like human capital. It's a spectacular city. We're really optimistic and we're hoping to have some good news at the M. Click to continue reading...

Last week was an interesting week to be a New York soccer fan. On one hand you had the Showdown in Chinatown, a memorable charity game in Manhattan that featured some of sport's biggest stars, while on the other you had the Red Bulls beating Chivas de Guadalajara in a friendly. Except for Claudio Reyna playing in the charity match, there was something for Red Bulls fans to be happy about.

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Found the photo on google images.

Yesterday on the CBC i could have watched Toronto F.C of the MLS loose its first game of the year to the Vancouver Whitecaps of the USL(United Soccer League)The USL is considered the second division in North America to Major League Soccer. Click to continue reading...

Folks, I'm getting old. And back in my day – I can use that phrase because I'm getting old – the only soccer "tricks" I knew about were juggling and the rainbow.

I long ago mastered juggling and the rainbow but for some reason, this "around the world" ball trick was something I'd never seen before! Click to continue reading...

Marc Stein waxes worshipfully about his charity game experience with Steve Nash, Theirry Henry, etc.
I had to laugh at his description of Kalou, because when I met him at the Beverly Hills Hotel for is official intro as a Chelsea player, that's how he seemed to me. Just a shy teenager, albeit one making millions of dollars. Click to continue reading...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhVEapY6Dck How is Thierry Henry getting over France's early exit from Euro 2008? By coming to New York and kicking the ball around in a friendly 8-on-8 charity benefit with the likes of Claudio Reyna, Steve Nash and Jozy Altidore. And by teasing MLS fans with tantalizing comments like this, about coming to play [. Click to continue reading...

We'll start with the offbeat stuff and go on to the weekend watch, which will be heavy on the Euros and MLS, including the big one in D.C.:

CULTURE CLASH

Like the small town in the film Cars, Vienna's purveyors of high art thought the increased traffic nearby would bring more visitors.

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Lindsey Dolich (of ESPNsoccernet) has posted her analysis of the USWNT 18-woman Olympic Roster. I love the "battle cry" that she cites, as Pia continues her transformation of this team. Embrace change. Be brave. A profile of Pia went up on the NBC Olympic Site yesterday and I was interested to note that she debuted for [. Click to continue reading...

Think that Henry was slacking off during, Euro 2008? He just had a bigger game to worry about. (Celebrity soccer match in NYC yesterday, involving Steve Nash and others). Click to continue reading...

Standing in the middle of an energized crowd, Jozy Altidore rattled off autographs and posed for picture after picture. Even after most of the other stars who played in the Steve Nash/Claudio Reyna charity match in Manhattan's Chinatown, Altidore stood on the turf at Nike Field and signed and posed for fans eager to meet American soccer's most exciting young star.

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Alot of things I didn't think were possible happened yesterday.

#1 - A park in the middle of New Yorks infamous Chinatown district was packed on all ends by thousands of footie fanatics dying for a glimpse of some of their favorite stars.

#2 - I got to see TiTi Henry, Robbie Fowler, Kalou, Reyna, Altidore, Angel, Jason Kidd, Barbosa, Baron Davis and and the infamous Steve McManaman play some footie from about a half foot distance.

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I never thought I would see Soloman Kalou score off a Jason Kidd assist, but I did today. I never thought I would see Jozy Altidore play in New York again, but I did today. Sh*t, I never thought I would see Claudio Reyna score in New York, but I did today. That's the kind of fantasy world Steve Nash & Claudio Reyna's "Showdown in Chinatown" was. Click to continue reading...

Thierry Henry, Juan Pablo Angel, Claudio Reyna, Jozy Altidore and a host of other stars from soccer and basketball, will be playing a charity 8 v 8 soccer game in Chinatown at 5pm today! The best part about it? Its open to the public!

Run out of school kids.

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Several stars from the soccer and basketball worlds will gather in Manhattan on Wednesday evening for a charity event that should be a sight to behold.

Steve Nash and Claudio Reyna have organized a charity 8-on-8 soccer game that will feature international soccer star Thierry Henry as well as several NBA stars.

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Apologies for the lack of posts; the wife and I are sick as dogs and life at TOR Towers is not unlike that inside a leper colony. Except in the leper colony they probably still don't have to go to work.

Hopefully I feel better soon so that I can make down to SoHo tomorrow evening for what's swiftly becoming "Steve Nash's Soccer-Basketball Mutual Appreciation Society All-Star Rich Guy Fest". Click to continue reading...

Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash will be doing some drafting of his own on the eve of the NBA draft, calling in some big names from his two favorite sports for a first of its kind charity game. Baron Davis, Jason Kidd and international soccer star Thierry Henry have committed to join Nash and longtime U. Click to continue reading...