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Now we have confirmation that Landon Donovan will indeed have to resort to playing the role of cheerleader when the U.S. takes on Belgium and Germany in a few weeks -- and again for the three World Cup qualifiers against Jamaica, Panama and Honduras ...

It's a script that has been played out numerous times since the start of MLS back in 1996. A foreign player arrives and struggles to adapt to the league's physicality, not to mention the language and the culture shock than can come from living in Nor...

Landon Donovan's absence hasn't left U.S. manager Jurgen Klinsmann pining for the team's all-time leading scorer to return. So much so that Donovan has reportedly been excluded from the U.S. roster for a trio of World Cup qualifiers in June. And base...

As homecomings go, Kei Kamara's return to Sporting Kansas City didn't quite go according to plan. In fact, Wednesday's encounter with the Seattle Sounders ended in nightmarish fashion, with the visitors capitalizing on a late error by Aurelien Collin...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Ryan Nelsen's career in professional soccer has taken him all over the world, from his native New Zealand to Stanford University to MLS and finally the English Premier League. Given such depth of experience, Nelsen is as qualif...

Brazilian organizers say they are facing challenges to meet FIFA's deadline for the stadium which will host the 2014 World Cup opener in Sao Paulo.

As Robbie Rogers trained for the first time since announcing last February that he is gay, the excitement generated was palpable, as it was just the latest sign that after previously announcing his retirement, the former Columbus Crew midfielder migh...

When MLS and the U.S. Soccer Federation teamed up last year to form the Professional Referee Organization (PRO), it was done with the intent of putting programs in place to improve the standard of refereeing in the U.S. and Canada. Yet the initiative...

Just a week after a leading member of FIFA's Independent Governance Committee resigned in frustration over the slow pace of reforms, the committee's chairman, Mark Pieth, reiterated the panel's intention to carry on. Pieth, a professor of crimina...

When it comes to Jekyll-and-Hyde acts, no team in MLS is quite as hard to figure out as the Houston Dynamo. -- MLS plans Queens stadium -- Gulati set to tackle reform from ExCo spot Over the last two-plus seasons, Dominic Kinnear's side has be...

The reality of a successful election is that the thrill of victory is immediately followed by the weight of expectations. So it would appear with Sunil Gulati's election to the FIFA Executive Committee. -- Behind the story: MLS Week 8 -- MLS Powe...

When word began filtering through Monday of the terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon, Mike Petke began having flashbacks. A native of the Long Island town of Bohemia, N.Y., Petke lived through the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. At the...

Alan Gordon said Wednesday he is eager to begin trying to make amends for dropping a homophobic slur on Portland Timbers midfielder Will Johnson during Sunday's match that has since has earned him a three-game suspension.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- As Alan Gordon walked onto the San Jose Earthquakes' practice field Wednesday, he was equal parts repentant and eager. On the one hand, he still felt the shame of dropping a homophobic slur on Portland Timbers midfielder Will J...

Arriving at a new club isn't supposed to be easy, but the man on the receiving end of Alan Gordon's tirade, Portland midfielder Will Johnson, is making it look that way. Acquired during in an offseason trade with Real Salt Lake, Johnson has adapte...

With excitement building and the first National Women's Soccer League matches set to take place this weekend, here's where the eight teams stand.