The question was raised on a previous post, but since it was buried in the comments, some of you may not have seen the talk about Jeff Cooper and the USL.

As has been reported, Cooper, owner of the Athletica and…

My business colleague Tim Logan has a story about a proposal to put an MLS-sized soccer stadium in Richmond Heights. Jeff Cooper has distanced himself from the project, saying he’s been apporached about it but he first is looking at Collinsville and Fenton.…

OK, it’s been a long day for me, but here’s the lay of the land:

The Portland City Council has approved a bill to fund the stadium renovation in Portland, but not until it took out $15 million. So the plan…

Jeff Cooper has always thought he’ll get an MLS expansion team for St. Louis, so the news of Miami dropping out of the race was interesting, but didn’t change his take on the situation.

“Obviously I’ve always felt good about where…

Here’s the official release from MLS about Miami dropping out. I’m sure the Miami paper will have more  on Wednesday, and it will be interesting to see what they say there. In any case, the four expansion candidates are now…

As a commenter pointed out elsewhere, all of a sudden that Miami MLS expansion bid doesn’t look so sure. At its biannual financial meeting, the powerhouse Spanish club Barcelona that is a key player in the bid is having second…

And then there were five. Sorry I didn’t get this up yesterday — I spent a whole lot of time at the WPS draft — but Atlanta has acknowledged its not going to get an expansion team in 2011. They’re…

First off, it was nice to meet the members of the Eads Brigade that came down to the convention center on Thursday. I hope a good time was held by all.

About an hour before the draft began, I sat down…

Brazilian star Marta has signed with the Los Angeles team in WPS, and you can expect to heare more in the days ahead. Though the league has been divvying up players for months, the league has finally gotten a standardized…

MLS boss Don Garber sat down (well, I assume he was sitting) for a Q and A with the New York Times. You can read the whole thing here, but here are some excerpts about expansion:

Q: On the expansion front, after…