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…

A few other notes/thoughts/observations about the St. Louis entry in the New Unnamed Soccer League (NUSL):

It took about six months for the WPS to get sanctioning from U.S. Soccer. Since some of what the federation looks at is things like…

After several unsuccessful bids to get an MLS team for St. Louis, Jeff Cooper has gone to his backup plan and has gotten a second division club that will begin play in April 2010. Cooper, who unsuccessfully tried to buy the…

Mizzou’s women’s soccer team, which won its first ever Big 12 regular season title but didn’t win the conference tournament, failed to get a berth in the NCAA tournament field that was announced Monday night. The Tigers, who finished 13-6-3,…

Though the Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, N.Y., is having financial problems and is, the last I saw, closed, that doesn’t mean they won’t keep electing members. Today, I received my ballot for the 2010 class. On the ballot…

Our Town’s Steve Ralston won the MLS Fair Play Award for sportsmanship. It’s the third time he’s won the honor, but the first since 2000. (Along the way, Brian McBride won the Fair Play Award in 2003, meaning players with St. Louis…