AC Milan’s on-loan midfielder David Beckham will return to Los Angeles Galaxy after the World Cup, the head of Major League Soccer (MLS) said on Tuesday.
Don Garber, addressing delegates at the Soccerex business convention, said Beckham’s move to the U.S. had been a success and dismissed media speculation the England player would decide against returning when the finals in South Africa were over.
The United States needed two late goals, including a stoppage time winner, to beat El Salvador 2-1 in a friendly international on Wednesday.
FIFA released the list of 30 referees from 20 countries who will officiate at the World Cup and the United States is not represented on that list, even as an AR. Putting aside politics and questionable selections such as Martin Hansson, the Swedish referee who missed Thierry Henri’s handball, the decision is a sharp indictment of MLS itself.
The father of a Northwest Rankin High School soccer player wants a Gulfport High School player charged with assault after an incident on the field caught on video shot by a fan.
The Los Angeles Sol of Women’s Professional Soccer announced Thursday that it is ceasing operations after one season.
The Sol was one of the league’s seven teams in the inaugural WPS season in 2009 but was underfunded and did not attract the crowds it expected to the Home Depot Center in Carson.
Major League Soccer will continue to negotiate with their players union for another two weeks as they try to reach a new collective bargaining agreement.
The current five-year deal is scheduled to expire at the end of January and there has been talk of a lockout or a players strike.
Mexico will play six friendly matches in the United States as part of their preparations for the World Cup finals, the country’s soccer federation said on Thursday.
‘El Tri’ will face Bolivia on Feb. 24 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco before taking on New Zealand on March 3 in Pasadena. Three weeks later, Iceland are the opponents in Charlotte.
The United States suffered an embarrassing 3-1 defeat to Honduras on Saturday in a game in which both team’s fielded largely second string teams.
Eighteen cities were named as part of a United States bid for the 2018 or 2022 soccer World Cup on Tuesday, but Chicago was notably absent from the list.
The 18 cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas and Boston, have stadiums with average seating capacities of 78,000 for a World Cup.
The dispute between rival second tier leagues in the United States and Canada was resolved on Thursday when the U.S. Soccer Federation announced a compromise had been reached for next season.