Purdy: WPS playoffs will be disrupted by absence of European stars

With the European Championships robbing WPS teams of many of their best players, the WPS playoffs will lack some star power, writes Jacqueline Purdy.

Gold Coast game postponed after plane problem

Gold Coast United's soccer match against the Singapore Olympic side was postponed on Tuesday after the Australian club failed to make it to the Southeast Asian city-state due to aeroplane problems.

U.S. versus Brazil play-by-play

Play-by-play The teams are on the field and lined up for the national anthems. As usual, the dulcet tones of the soothing Vuvuzelas hum softly in the...

Will The U.S. Beat The Beautiful Game?

...off the upsets of all upsets against the Soviet Union in Lake Placid, the 1980 United States Olympic hockey team still had to face Finland for the most anticlimactic gold medal in history.All apologies...

McIntyre: Montreal bids for a 2011 MLS expansion spot

Montreal Impact owner Joey Saputo has raised the possibility that his team could join MLS in 2011, writes Doug McIntyre.

Altidore's goal leads U.S. to stunning upset

Altidore's goal leads U.S. to stunning upset

Burns Ortiz: Trio of MLS stars following in their fathers' footsteps

Following in the footsteps of one's father is a time-worn cliché, but for a trio of MLS stars, it was always inevitable, writes Maria Burns Ortiz.

...clash during their World Cup group B qualifying soccer match in Tunis, Saturday, June 20, 2009,at olympic Rades stadium in Tunisia.(AP Photo/Hassene Dridi

...ball during their World Cup group B qualifying soccer match in Tunis, Saturday, June 20, 2009, at olympic Rades stadium in Tunisia.(AP Photo/Hassene Dridi

...for the ball during their World Cup group B qualifying soccer match Saturday, June 20, 2009, at Olympic Rades Stadium in Tunis, Tunisia. Tunisia and Nigeria remain unbeaten in World Cup qualifying after a 0...

...for the ball during their World Cup group B qualifying soccer match Saturday, June 20, 2009, at Olympic Rades Stadium in Tunis, Tunisia. Tunisia and Nigeria remain unbeaten in World Cup qualifying after a 0...

...ball during their World Cup group B qualifying soccer match in Tunis, Saturday, June 20, 2009, at olympic Rades stadium in Tunisia.(AP Photo/Hassene Dridi

...ball during their World Cup group B qualifying soccer match in Tunis, Saturday, June 20, 2009,at olympic Rades stadium in Tunisia.(AP Photo/Hassene Dridi

ESPN Kids Writer Mailbag Week of 6/15

Q: If a person plays goalie in soccer, do they have to work just as hard as the players up front? Mike from Texas A: Mike, you bet they do! Even though...

Granderson: Standing tall in Iran

The display of solidarity put on by the Iranian soccer team has LZ Granderson hearing echoes of Mexico City.