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Former U.S. national team winger Robbie Rogers, who stepped away from the sport in February after announcing he is gay, said Sunday that "there's a really good chance" he'll play in Major League Soccer this season.

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...

Robbie Rogers has returned to professional football to train with Los Angeles Galaxy three months after announcing he is gay and "stepping away" from the game.

Part 1: Whither Lionel? A cruel accusation is often lobbed at America's soccer powers that be: How can a nation blessed with a diverse population of over 315 million have failed to produce a single Lionel Messi? Or, for that matter, a few more Clint...

The most uniquely American thing Major League Soccer does, even beyond the draft for which it's a precursor, is the player combine that takes place in Ft. Lauderdale just days before the selection process. Yes, the draft smacks of rampant Yankitude -...

On the eve of its 17th Cup final, MLS is a league in transition, standing like a mythological centaur that is half-horse, half-man. Old-school franchises like D.C. United and the New England Revolution remain, harking back to the league's founding da...

Has an athlete's star wattage ever eclipsed that of the league in the way David Beckham has Major League Soccer? Michael Jordan and the NBA, or Wayne Gretzky and the NHL, perhaps. Yet where those men transcended pro sports with their play, the 37-ye...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Major League Soccer set a record for the fifth consecutive year for the racial diversity of its players, according to a study released Thursday by the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. MLS ...

The Portland Trail Blazers have appointed AEG Sports executive Chris McGowan as the team's new president and chief operating officer.

The future of American soccer will be determined by one man. And, perhaps surprisingly, he is neither Jurgen Klinsmann, Clint Dempsey nor Ian Darke. Rich Luker, a 59-year-old baseball-loving social scientist based in North Carolina, is the brains ...

Philadelphia 76ers minority owners Erick Thohir and Jason Levien are expanding in another sport by reaching an agreement to become co-owners of DC United in Major League Soccer, according to NBA sources familiar with the move.

First we had "nerd glasses" -- and, apparently, we still do. Now we've got denim jackets, which in recent days/months/in some cases years have been worn by NBA and other sports stars. Take Amare Stoudemire in the above photo; shortly after gettin...

Now that the Beckham-Donovan combination has finally led the Galaxy to an MLS title, what will be the most compelling stories of 2012?

MLS commissioner Don Garber spoke to ESPN.com's Jeff Carlisle about the 2012 season.

With Montreal becoming the league's 19th franchise in 2012, and a possible 20th coming soon after, MLS is nearing its optimum number of teams.

Major League Soccer is making some serious headway based on the response to David Beckham's first title win with the L.A. Galaxy, which attracted coverage from all over the globe. But was it just the "Becks factor," or is the American league now a genuine high-profile product?