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The search for David Beckham's true legacy in America is that he has positioned Major League Soccer for something really big.

Our countdown of 2010's top 10 soccer stories and newsmakers -- from a Southern California slant -- continues. Stories/No. 4: Dead dreams of 2022 The best-attended, most lucrative World Cup occurred 16.5 years ago in a country that didn't kno...

Sports Business Journal released its annual "50 most influential people in sports business" list Monday, and just outside the top 10 is Tim Leiweke, whose sphere includes, prominently, the L.A. Galaxy. Leiweke, the president and CEO of Anschutz Ente...

It's official. The group planning to build an NFL stadium in Industry is tweaking its design with an eye toward the World Cup, which the U.S. has bid to host in 2018 or 2022. It's the smart move. Southern California has staged three World Cup finals...

Pachuca didn't fare so well in the brutal stretch to start its season -- America, Toluca, Santos, Cruz Azul and Monterrey in the first five weeks -- but the Tuzos are finally finding some success, with three successive wins taking them from 17th over...

The inspection tour of potential 2018 and 2022 World Cup sites wrapped up a brisk three-day, five-city look at the U.S., and Los Angeles wasn't on the itinerary. No surprise. A FIFA delegation headed by Chilean federation president Harold Mayne-Nich...

Beckham Forbes has issued its annual report on soccer, and the Galaxy plays a prominent role, sort of, in its findings. Midfielder David Beckham, who might miss all of this season with a ruptured Achilles' tendon, is the sport's "highest earner,...