March 11, 2010 LEVEL BEST Fire rally to 1-1 preseason tie with Dynamo
HOUSTON– Marco Pappa’s 71st-minute goal lifted the Chicago Fire to a 1-1 draw with the Houston Dynamo Thursday at Houston Baptist University’s Sorrels Soccer Field. After six weeks of training, the Fire are 3-1-2, with one preseason match to remaining before opening day.
March 11, 2010 PLAYERS UNIFIED League says talks productive
The Major League Soccer Players are unified and voted to authorize a strike, and the league says bargaining sessions have been productive. Sounds like a typical labor negotiation, where both sides can’t seem to agree on anything.
March 11, 2010 SOCCER BUSINESS MLS expansion teams gearing up for 2011
The two newest teams in Major League Soccer, the Vancouver Whitecaps and Portland Timbers, are gearing up for their entry into the top flight by hiring experienced sports business executives.
March 11, 2010 STRIKE! MLS players vote not to play if CBA isn't resolved by season opener
The MLS Players Union Thursday overwhelmingly voted to strike if their Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations aren't resolved by the Major League Soccer season-opener between FC Seattle Sounders and the Philadelphia Union on March 25, according to league sources.
March 11, 2010 A TOUCHING MOMENT U.S. team cries along with Haiti goalkeeper
ALAJUELA, Costa Rica – The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team opened the CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championships with a 9-0 victory against Haiti as forward Lindsey Horan led the team with four goals and two assists.
March 11, 2010 FOUR GOALS, TWO ASSISTS Horan leads 9-0 U.S. rout of Haiti
ALAJUELA, Costa Rica – Lindsay Horan scored four goals and added two assists for the United States in its 9-0 Group A win over Haiti in the first game of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championships Wednesday night.
March 9, 2010 ON SALE Tickets for Mexico May 10 at Soldier Field
Tickets are available to the general public for all Mexican National Team matches of the U.S. Tour, which includes a game at Soldier Field on May 10th against Senegal at 8:00 pm CT.
March 8, 2010 TUNING UP Red Stars set preseason schedule
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – The Chicago Red Stars have opened preseason training in Florida, and will play five tune-up matches on their way to Opening Day 2010.
March 8, 2010 Q&A Frank Klopas, Fire Technical Director
Frank Klopas has been involved in Chicago soccer during three different decades. He played for the Chicago Sting in the North American Soccer League, the Sting in the Major Indoor Soccer League and was a member of the Chicago Fire for their inaugural season. He scored both goals in a 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Mutiny in the Fire’s first game at Soldier Field, in 1998.
March 8, 2010 CALLED AGAIN National Team selects four from Red Stars
CHICAGO ---Fresh off their championship at the Algarve Cup in Portugal, three players from the Chicago Red Stars, goalkeeper Jillian Loyden, forward Casey Nogueira and midfielder Megan Rapinoe were called into the U.S. Women’s National Team camp in preparation for a pair of friendless against Mexico taking place on March 28 at Torero Stadium on the campus of the University of San Diego and March 31 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. In addition, defender Whitney Engen is getting her first call to a full national team camp.
March 7, 2010 FIRE SCORCH DALLAS Nyarko has two assists in 3-0 win
RIDGELAND, MS – Collins John, Marco Pappa and Julio Martinez scored and Patrick Nyarko had two assists as the Chicago Fire defeated FC Dallas3-0 in a pre-season game at M & F Bank Stadium Sunday.
March 7, 2010 HOLDING OFF A RAMPAGE Wave edge Rockford 13-11
MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Wave (11-6) had leads of four, six and four points, but had to hold off a sixth-attacker charge by the Rockford Rampage (6-11) to win 13-11 at US Cellular Arena Sunday.
March 7, 2010 CONTINUING THE TRADITION Todd Yeagley looks to return IU to past glory
There’s an old saying - “You can’t go home again.” But for Indiana University Coach Todd Yeagley there was never any hesitation about returning home to Bloomington to guide the program his legendary father Jerry piloted for three decades.
March 5, 2010 MEXICO ON TAP Hoosiers announce spring slate
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana men’s soccer team will play six games this spring, highlighted by a match with the Under 21 Mexican National Team April 27 on Jerry Yeagley Field at Armstrong Stadium.
