seems Toronto FC is having trouble controlling their fans. We love streamers being thrown on corner kicks but as LA Galaxy’s Joey Franchino tries to taka throw in when a peson off camera throws a white object which lands at the edge of the artificial surface and pavement. What makes us think this is a [...]

“> DC United, through Aquarius Sports Group marketing firm, signed an agreement to make Johnsonville Sausage their most recent corporate sponsor. The terms of the sponsorship include in-stadium and radio advertising and hospitality through the rest of 2008. RFK Stadium concessions will also provide Johnsonville Fresh Brats, Italian Sausage and Hot Dogs. United’s Executive V.P. Stephen Zack [...]

“>Major League Soccer has yet to update its Discipline Page, but numerous outlets are reporting that Adrian Serioux has been fined an additional $1000 for his red card-tackle on David Beckham during a home game on 19 May. He already received the mandatory $250 fine for the red card. The Canadian Press report states: MLS commissioner Don [...]

“>Rating: 4 (Good) According to this report out of San Jose, in the San Jose Mercury News, San Jose is in the early stages of talks with 28 year old Norwich City defender, Gary Doherty. Doherty is a Republic of Ireland international who has appeared 34 times for his national team. Here is Doherty in action for [...]

received this courtesy of a reader.The Midnight Riders (the independent Supporter’s Association for the Revolution) had planned to put together a special tifo event for the nationally televised ESPN game against DC United. have some of the strictest security already in there, but recent events, like a non-Midnight Rider smuggling in a beer, have led to [...]

ject width=”425″ height=”355″> If there was any doubting that 2007 and 2008 are some of MLS’s best years ever we now have confirmation fromSports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily. MLS took League of The Year, honors. Read more about it here. Congrats MLS. ————

“>This is a list of summer tours of European and South American clubs playing MLS sides. If you know of any we missed or have a correction please add it in the comments section or email us directly. Thanks CF Pachuca July 5 vs Toronto FC at BMO Field Independiente July 9 vs Columbus Crew at Columbus [...]

“>?? It was interesting watching tonight’s MLS Primetime Thursday match of DC United at New England Revolution. The game itself was pretty interesting but even more intriguing was finding out that David Beckham scored the Sierra Mist Goal of The Week. Which is quite interesting since as of the time of this posting MLSNet still has their [...]

T: As of today May 30, MLS broadcaster Greg Lalas agrees with our penalty of a points deduction and fines. Over the last 5 days a lot has happened since someone posted a video of an anonymous Columbus Crew fan hurling racist epithets at an African player for the New England Revolution. We decided that [...]

“> Add yet another club to the long list of clubs interested in the teenage Red Bull New York Forward. The Sun is reporting the following: Keegan is planning a swoop for USA pair Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore. New York hitman Altidore, 18, wants a move to Europe while midfielder Bradley, 20, has impressed for Dutch side [...]

le further investigating this story we came across a 2nd video posted on Youtube ch is shot from a slightly different perspective. Apparently this video also aired on Ohio’s Fox 28 News so they must have heard what we heard. One of the chief “defenses” of the Crew supporters has been that “it was only one [...]

ject width=”425″ height=”355″> ject width=”425″ height=”355″> At the risk of seeming too negative, and with a heavy heart we have to report the following story of yet another incident involving fan violence associated with the meeting of MLS (and in this case USL) fans. Earlier today we received the following email from one our reliable Canadian sources: Keep it [...]

“>Read more about it here. —-http://www.usopencup.com/imgs/2005bracket/U.S.%20Open%20Cup.png—-http—-//

s live event has ended. ————

“> Fulham FC is reporting that Brian McBride has left the club and WILL be returning home. And we have this report from the BBC as well: The club wanted him to stay for at least another year but after making more than 150 appearances and scoring 40 goals, he has decided to leave.“I’ve [...]

e for some Canadian Content: This video report aired on the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s broadcast of the Canada Cup CONCACAF Champions League Qualifier.Nice to hear them call it football on a broadcast free-to-air network channel. This practice has caught on in Canada and Australia both countries with other more popular home grown codes of gridiron football. [...]

“> And here today in the Wall Street Journal is official confirmation of another rumored sponsor, which sat in that grey area, Microsoft XBOX360. If you recall this post we made in march which featured the leaked mockup of a Seattle MLS kit that had been circulating online for some time and which looked semi-official (pictured [...]

“>The Mirror is reporting on comments made yesterday by USSF President Sunil Gulati. He explored the possibility of the annual Community Shield clash between the reigning FA Cup and Premier League champions being hosted on U.S. soil. Not so long ago FIFA, with the support of a majority of English fans, unanimously banned the infamous [...]

“>David Nakamura in the Washington Post is reporting that DC’s city council is working on a plan to fund DC United $150 Million dollar Poplar Point Stadium. As we have been reporting for some time even when others were saying the plan was dead, it appears to be closer than ever.Here is an excerpt:By David [...]

onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://www.elperiodico.com.gt/look/image_jotac.php?NrArticle=47314&NrImage=1&w=270″> Rating: 5 (Very good) It looks like San Jose is getting the 33 year old Costa Rican national team forward who has not lost a step scoring 8 goals in 16 appearances for Guatemalan side CDS Comunicacion so far this year. The following was sent to us by an avid MLSR reader. We [...]

“> In this article in the Boston Globe the author suggests that throwing streamers at MLS matches is a dangerous gateway to more dangerous behavior. And unfortunately Crew Fans throwing everything from full bottles of beer and water to smoke bombs to $1 dollar German sausages will do nothing to dissuade people from coming to the [...]

ana throwing, Nazi Chants and “The N Word”: American “Heartland” Racism du Jour meets Football.Fútbol.Soccer. Someone as a followup to our report on the wild weekend in MLS sent us a disturbing video of Columbus crew supporters hurling racist epithets and hurling full bottles at 24 year old Zimbabwean striker Kheli Dube after his goal against [...]

“>As we at MLSR reported at the end of March, Marioni had been linked to a move to Chivas USA and officials refused to comment further as “they were in talks.” Now El Informador of Mexico is reporting that 32-year old striker Bruno Marioni is out at CF Atlas. The article lists two reasons for his [...]

“> Nice shade of green in a league dominated by red and blue. We’ve been told by a reliable Seattle based source (the one who clued us in to the trademarked proposed names a while back) that the Sponsor that is pixelated is actually Jones Soda. How indie rock is that? And how might it look? Welcome Sounders [...]

href=”http://sports.yahoo.com/mls/trans;_ylt=At22VaGYfc1d1IkOg0rYkUKkvrYF”>From Yahoo! MLS transactions: Columbus Crew:-Signed Midfielder Cory ElenioThe Columbus Crew signed rookie midfielder Cory Elenio to a contract Friday. Terms were not disclosed. Elenio, 21, trained with Columbus during portions of the preseason and appeared in the club’s Reserve Division matches at href=”http://sports.yahoo.com/mls/teams/was/;_ylt=Au32AwYamDVwQYrOMU67w2zpvrYF”>D.C. United and Toronto FC as a guest player earlier this season. San Jose [...]

“>According to this report on Swedish club Hammarby’s website, the Toronto FC Defender and London, Ontario native is on trial with the Swedish 2001 Champions and 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup Champions, Hammarby IF. Hammarby also is home to American forward, Charlie Davies. Hemming had been waived by Toronto FC. —-http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/014r6EQ6hk8Sh/610x.jpg—-http—-//

“> According to multiple reports in Canada, Toronto FC’s owners Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment are looking to purchase another English team. This time it is Leeds United. Previously there were reports linking them with Tottenham. —-http://bp1.blogger.com/_plt_LafzKm0/SDr7PSlUKAI/AAAAAAAAANg/oYOl361jl4A/s320/tlufc.png—-http—-//

“>It may be the Memorial Day holiday, and all the banks may be closed, but here at MLSR we’re still bringing content to the masses. And that’s what MLS is striving for, too. Adweek recently highlighted American sports leagues (NFL, NBA, NHL and soon MLB) founding their own subscription-cable tv channels for better content control and [...]

“>Kevin Payne as we mentioned, spoke about the supporters performance helping make RFK a difficult place to play after Saturday night’s game vs Toronto. He basically says there is no equivalent in MLS. Here is the audio of that conversation, courtesy of The Screaming Eagles Podcast. Get the Google Audio Widget widget and many other great free [...]

“>Yet more video content….This one from CONCACAF… Interesting to compare it to the SuperLiga Promo Video —-http://www.davesfootballblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/concacaf-champions-league.jpg—-http—-//