With the potential for disaster, the United States got about as good a group as it could hope for, getting England, Algeria and Slovenia. England will of course be tough, but the others are all winnable games.

The United States was…

In a move that may well mean the end for USL-1, the Rochester Rhinos, long one of the more successful teams in the USL, has jumped to the new NASL. That leaves just four established teams in the USL-1, Portland,…

The Athletica have filled two of their open international spots by signing Swedish forward Madelaine Edlund and Brazilian midfielder Elaine. Both played for Swedish club Umea last season. Edlund has scored “over 60 goals” in “over 130 matches” for Umea, according…

The new men’s outdoor soccer league that includes a team in St. Louis will be called the North American Soccer League, harkening back to the league that ran from 1968 to 1984 that really started professional soccer in America.  From…

Sorry I didn’t get this up sooner, but after the Baltimore and Tampa Bay announced they were joining the new league, the USL released this statement:

“Both the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Crystal Palace Baltimore have contractual commitments to USL to…

Tampa Bay, which was expected to be a USL expansion team this year, and Crystal Palace Baltimore, which was in the league’s second division, have announced they will be joining the New Unnamed Soccer League, which we like to call…

The final six World Cup spots will be settled today. Algeria just beat Egypt 1-0 in a one-game playoff in Sudan to get the final African spot with a very nice volley that went just under the bar.

France tied Ireland 1-1 —…

Anyone reading this who’s thinking of going to South Africa has probably already done stuff, but in case you’re uncertain, here’s the latest from U.S. Soccer on tickets:

Priority status for applying for tickets to the U.S. Men’s National Team matches…

Every year before the MLS Cup, Commissioner Don Garber talks about the state of the league and answers questions from reporters.

On the subject of MLS expansion, he said: ”I know we’ll have 18 teams in 2011. We’re having productive conversastions with Montreal to be No.…

Taking a brief break from our spirited debate about minor-league soccer — looks like there could be some more news this week — we briefly divert back to the possibility of a future World Cup in America. In case you haven’t…