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Last place in MLS means different levels of pressure on coaches

May 14, 2021 by Jason Davis

Last place in MLS means different levels of pressure on coaches

By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (May 14, 2021) US Soccer Players - The great soccer minds of history never quite answered just how long a coach should get before it's fair to judge them on their record. Almost everyone agrees that coaches need a season. No one is quite sure how quickly a club should jettison its field boss if things go bad in the beginning or middle of a campaign. Barely five . . .

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Filed Under: Featured, MLS, Soccer News Tagged With: 2021 mls season, chicago fire, fc cincinnati, minnesota united

MLS announces the 2021 schedule

January 26, 2021 by US Soccer Players

MLS announces the 2021 schedule

Tuesday's soccer news starts with Major League Soccer setting an April 3 start date for the 2021 season. Clubs opening training on February 22 for the 34-game regular season. The league set the 2021 MLS Cup for December 11. MLS acknowledged that they have yet to reach an agreement with the Players Association after the league invoked the force majeure clause and set a January 29 deadline. In a . . .

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Filed Under: Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Soccer News Update, USMNT Players in Europe Tagged With: 2021 mls season, chicago fire, seattle sounders

How good was the ’98 Chicago Fire?

April 28, 2020 by J Hutcherson

By J Hutcherson (Apr 28, 2020) US Soccer Players - As ESPN's The Last Dance makes clear, the biggest story in Chicago sports in the summer of 1998 was the Chicago Bulls. They won the final NBA championship of the Michael Jordan era amid the kind of turmoil that justifies a multipart documentary series. What could an expansion MLS team do that same summer to have any kind of relevance? Well, the . . .

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Filed Under: Club Guide, Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: chicago fire

Inter Miami and Chicago wait for their home debuts

March 13, 2020 by Charles Boehm

Inter Miami and Chicago wait for their home debuts

By Charles Boehm – WASHINGTON, DC (Mar 13, 2020) US Soccer Players - This week Major League Soccer made the decision to suspend its 2020 season for at least a month due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Other sports leagues at home and abroad have made similar moves to help slow the spread of the pandemic, and it's a no-brainer given the high stakes. For MLS in particular, though, it's a potentially . . .

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Filed Under: Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: 2020 mls season, chicago fire, Inter Miami

The Chicago Fire’s reformat

February 26, 2020 by Jason Davis

The Chicago Fire’s reformat

By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Feb 26, 2020) US Soccer Players - The Chicago Fire made a change to its team just a few days ahead of the launch of the 2020 Major League Soccer season on Monday. The club signed 28-year-old Argentinian midfielder Gaston Gimenez from Velez Sarsfield in his native country. Gimenez is a clever, savvy player tested by the intense soccer environments of South America . . .

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Filed Under: Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: 2020 mls season, chicago fire, soccer business

The Chicago and Atlanta MLS expansion models

February 3, 2020 by Clemente Lisi

The Chicago and Atlanta MLS expansion models

By Clemente Lisi – NEW YORK, NY (Feb 3, 2020) US Soccer Players – A new Major League Soccer season starts in four weeks. With preseason in full swing, coaches are testing new tactics as teams buy and sell players. For Nashville SC and Inter Miami, it's their MLS debuts. Expansion teams have typically had a tough go at it in North American sports. In MLS, the gold standard remains the Chicago . . .

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Filed Under: Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: 2020 mls season, atlanta united, chicago fire, Inter Miami, mls expansion, nashville

Expansion isn’t the biggest story for MLS in 2020

January 7, 2020 by J Hutcherson

Expansion isn’t the biggest story for MLS in 2020

By J Hutcherson (Jan 7, 2020) US Soccer Players - We've reached the point in the preseason where all 26 MLS clubs have coaches. Welcome aboard Ronny Deila, a surprising choice to take over from Dom Torrent at NYCFC. Orlando City also left it late before officially announcing former Monterrey coach Diego Alonso. Then there was Chicago naming Raphael Wicky just after Christmas, the latest step away . . .

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Filed Under: Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: 2020 mls season, chicago fire, Inter Miami, nashville, nycfc

Loss for Newcastle, Pulisic injured

December 30, 2019 by US Soccer Players

The soccer news starts with a roundup of the results from the games involving USMNT players in England and Scotland. DeAndre Yedlin's Newcastle United lost 2-1 at home to Everton. Trailing from the 13th minute, Fabian Schar equalized for Newcastle in the 56th. Everton scored again in the 64th. Cameron Carter-Vickers returned to Spurs from his loan to Stoke City. He wasn't in the squad for . . .

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Filed Under: Archive, Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Soccer News Update, USMNT Players in Europe Tagged With: chicago fire, premier league

The Chicago Fire continues to revamp

November 22, 2019 by US Soccer Players

The Chicago Fire continues to revamp

The soccer news starts with the Chicago Fire's new logo. Part of following MLS is playing part-time graphic designer and fashion critique. Very little stays the same in this league, including logos. The new one for the Chicago Fire is divisive only because the team changed so little since joining the league in 1998. It's an old story that the original investor/operator decided not to follow . . .

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Filed Under: Archive, Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Soccer News Update Tagged With: 2020 mls season, chicago fire, soccer business

Revamping in Chicago and Montreal

November 14, 2019 by US Soccer Players

Revamping in Chicago and Montreal

The soccer news starts with a coach leaving in Chicago and a surprise hire in Montreal. The Fire announced that MLS classing "parted ways" with coach Veljko Paunovic. The situation for the rest of the coaching staff and trainers is up to the next coach, though the Fire has "discontinued" their services for now. Chicago is in a partial revamp, moving from Bridgeview to Soldier Field and losing . . .

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Filed Under: Archive, Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Soccer News Update Tagged With: 2020 mls season, chicago fire, montreal impact

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Previewing the 2022-23 season finales for USMNT players in La Liga, Ligue 1, and Serie A

Previewing the 2022-23 season finales for USMNT players in La Liga, Ligue 1, and Serie A

By Jason Davis

Jason Davis previews the final day of the 2022-23 seasons this weekend for USMNT players in La Liga, Ligue 1, and Serie A.

The highlights of the summer 2023 soccer schedule in the United States

The highlights of the summer 2023 soccer schedule in the United States

By Clemente Lisi

MLS, the Leagues Cup, Nations League, Gold Cup, and European clubs on tour highlight the summer 2023 soccer calendar in the United States.

Takeaways from the United States’ opening matches at U-20 World Cup

By Charles Boehm

Charles Boehm explains what is working for the United States so far at the U-20 World Cup where they have six points from two group B games.

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