With a regular season record of 13-2-3, the Western New York Flash has been crowned Women’s Professional Soccer’s (WPS) 2011 Regular Season Champions. As the winners of the regular-season title, the Flash have earned the right to host the WPS Championship presented by Citi at their home field, Sahlen’s Stadium on Saturday, August 27 at 4 pm ET / 1 pm PT, where they will await the winners of the WPS Super Semifinal. In the closest race for the regular season crown
The Seattle Sounders FC, after missing an early penalty shot, were unable to score on the defensively strong Chivas USA. Seattle is currently in third place for the Western Conference with a record of 11-5-9. There were plenty more chances, but as happens all too often, the Seattle attack was unable to find the net. Kudos to Chivas’ goalie, Luis Michel, had a handful of amazing saves and dives, earning a shutout against Seattle. Similarly, Kasey Keller was busy punching
Chivas USA announced today the merge between the Red-and-White organization and the Cosmos Academy West. In light of the recent merge, Chivas USA would like to extend a warm welcome to the staff, players and families of Cosmos Academy West. Chivas USA recognizes that Cosmos Academy West has been one of the premier youth academies in Southern California and is excited with this recent announcement. As a result of this merge, Chivas USA will be expanding the scope of its academy program to include under 9 through
Major League Soccer (MLS) and the NBC Sports Group today announced a three-year media rights agreement, which commences at the start of the 2012 MLS season. The partnership calls for 45 MLS games and four U.S. Men’s National Team contests to be televised live across both NBC and NBC Sports Network each season. This marks the first rights deal for the newly-named cable channel that will be re-branded from VERSUS on January 2, 2012. The announcement was made today by
On a beautiful Tuesday afternoon at Swanguard Stadium in Burnaby, BC, Vancouver Whitecaps FC reserves (1W-3L-2D) defeated their Pacific Northwest archrivals, Seattle Sounders FC reserves (7W-1L-0D) by a score of 2-1 to capture their first-ever MLS Reserve League victory. In a relatively even match throughout the majority of the contest, Whitecaps FC reserves received some timely goals from rookie midfielder Michael Nanchoff and halftime substitute Long Tan to overcome Nate Jaqua’s second-half tally and defeat the MLS Reserve League West Division
Chris Agorsor and Arturo Alvarez scored to lead Real Salt Lake Reserves (2-3-0, 6 points) to a 2-0 win over FC Dallas Reserves (3-2-0, 9 points) this morning on the adidas Field at Pizza Hut Park. Real Salt Lake Reserves’ first goal came early, in just the 10th minute on a buildup started by Alvarez. Running at the heart of the FC Dallas defense, Alvarez played a one-two pass with Paulo Jr. After receiving the return pass, Alvarez had his shot blocked by an FC Dallas
The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that star defender and member of the 2001 and 2003 MLS Cup champion teams, Troy Dayak, will be inducted to the Earthquakes Hall of Fame. He will first be honored at the Soccer Silicon Valley Community Foundation Dinner on Wednesday, Oct. 19 and the team will honor Dayak and unveil his jersey in the stadium on Saturday, Oct. 22 during a halftime ceremony at the Quakes’ final game of the season against FC Dallas
This past weekend, seventeen soccer players from the Louisville Lightning soccer program combined with the Louisville Soccer Alliance (LSA) to help earn the Men’s Open Championship and bragging rights among all Region II teams. A total of four teams based out of Louisville travelled to the Tournament of Champions in Fort Wayne, IN. This event features the state and league championship teams from the Midwest Region’s 14 state associations. The Men’s Open Championship game was won after a tense 2-2 tie
The Sounders FC played the San Francisco FC in their final of two matches for the CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round. On July 26th, the Sounders played on their opponents’ home turf in Panama, where they lost 1-0. The series takes into account the aggregate score from the combined games, so Seattle entered CenturyLink Field slightly defeated yet determined to send a message. The message was loud and clear: Seattle Sounders FC are red hot at home and continue to display