I’ll let George Vecsey of the New York Times imagine the scene in Pasadena, a town at the foot of the San Gabriel mountains north of Los Angeles. The dateline to his report reads August 13th, 1984.
Just before dusk on Saturday night, the Firestone blimp lumbered into the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains investigating [...]
How important is the United Soccer Leagues, the two-division tier below MLS? Without promotion/relegation to MLS, one is tempted to say “not very”. But tell that to the fans of those teams, and you might get a smack in the chops for your trouble. Moreover, the level of soccer in the USL, as this [...]
Major League Soccer as a whole does not get great coverage in the national media. As the blogger That’s on Point often reminds us, outfits like the Associated Press don’t do soccer many favours. That makes it all the more important outlets that do try to cover MLS both broadly and deeply are treated with [...]
The success (in terms of attention) of myfootballclub.co.uk has spawned an imitator Stateside. Mysoccerclubusa.com is a venture to create a fan-funded club in Scranton, Pennsylvania, best known as the setting for another American copy of a British success: the sitcom The Office.
Indeed, the man behind it is an active member of MyFC himself. You’ll [...]
To conclude our week of MLS’ photos, ahead of this weekend’s Houston-New England final, here’s a photo from the other “showpiece” occasion — I think you can guess who the MLS allstars are playing from all the hoops on show.
Photo credit: elimnmsu on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.
As much as it pains me to say it, DC United have impressive supporters’ groups, in particular Barra Brava and the Screaming Eagles. Sadly for them, their fervent support didn’t help them as they lost in the playoffs to the Fire once again this year. No, I couldn’t resist the cheap shot, and I’m not [...]
Houston are the defending MLS Cup winners, and face the New England Revolution in the final for the second year running on Sunday. They moved to Houston from San Jose only last year, and have garnered a strong support, including the El Batallon Texian Army group pictured below.
Photo credit: kainam13 on Flickr, via the [...]
It’s the climax of the Major League Soccer season next Saturday, so this week we’ll be featuring MLS supporters all week on photo daily. We kick things off with my own Chicago Fire, and their giant megabandanera covering the Harlem End of Toyota Park.
Photo credit: Goldstone97 on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.
Just as Seattle seems set to lose an NBA team, so it gains an MLS one. I’m not sure that’s an equal trade in the American sports arena yet, but it’s excellent news that the league will finally have a presence in the Pacific Northwest. It’s been rumoured for a while, but the Seattle [...]
