There will be a news conference at 2 p.m. on Thursday in Chester where “MLS Commissioner Don Garber will make a major announcement regarding the future of professional soccer in Philadelphia.”

I think we all know what that’s going to be.…

A report out of Philadelphia says Feb. 28, next Thursday, will be the day the city is announced as MLS’ 16th city.

I know this will cause a good deal of frustration on a local level, but the league wants…

Reports out of Philadelphia say MLS could be naming that city the 16th expansion franchise any day now, barring some late-breaking calamity. Late-breaking calamities aren’t entirely out of the question in these things, and there’s always the chance of the…

OK, I’ve got a lot of people wondering about what’s going on in Philadelphia and what it means for St. Louis. And I was going to post this last night, but it was late, I hit some wrong buttons, and…

Soccer America magazine is reporting that Pat Noonan, who had an assist in the U.S. win over Sweden on Saturday, is joining the Norwegian club Aalesund on a free transfer. The New England Revolution had decided not to pick up Noonan’s…

At his state of the league speech before MLS Cup, MLS commissioner Don Garber said the deadline for a decision on naming the 16th team in time for the 2009 season was Jan. 31. Today, during the ESPN telecast of…

Ladue High’s Becky Sauerbrunn made her debut for the full women’s national team, starting in their match against Canada on Wednesday in China. The Americans won 4-0 and Sauerbrunn broke her nose, slamming it against the back of a Canadian player’s…

St. Louis’ Taylor Twellman will be staying with New England after MLS turned down a transfer offer from English club Preston North End, says Frank Dell’Apa of the Boston Globe and ESPN.com.  

Meanwhile, Borgia’s Matt Pickens was given permission…

In case you didn’t see it, Bernie Miklasz column-ized on St. Louis and MLS expansion this morning. It’s the home stretch - 17 days until the league’s deadline — and the focus is on Harrisburg, Pa., and whether the Pennsylvania…

Kristine Lilly is pregnant, which may very well mean that her days of toiling for the United States women’s team are over.

 Lilly is due in July (which, if you do the math, means she got pregnant either just before…