Daily news roundups
MLS All-Stars fall 3-1 to Roma. Don Garber says league will expand to 24 teams by 2020. Harrisburg tops Phoenix, new stadium plan in the works. Reading United’s Lowe and Plumhoff named to PDL All-League team. More.
MLS
by Earl Reed × on July 31, 2013 at 12:31 pm ×
When Don Garber gives his defacto “State of the League” comments during halftime at the All-Star Game, his first order of business should be dealing with Chivas USA.
US Soccer History
All-Star games are a fixture of American pro sports. In American pro soccer, they date back to the 1920s.
USMNT
Jeremy Lane looks at which USMNT players saw their stock rise, and whose stock fell, at the Gold Cup.
Daily news roundups
Stoke City’s Brek Shea injured after a nasty tackle in Tuesday night’s win over the Union.MLS All-Stars take on Roma tonight. Columbus Crew has new owners. Iceland is angry. More news.
Postgame
Video of John Hackworth’s postgame press conference and interviews with Ray Gaddis, Michael Farfan, and Antoine Hoppenot. Plus: postgame quotes including Mark Hughes and Brek Shea on Shea’s injury.
Union match reports
Stoke City dispatched the Union 2-0 with a tidy, professional display on Tuesday night, with the Union reserves conceding two first half goals from which the starters, playing in the second half, could not recover.
Analysis / Union
by Dan Walsh × on July 30, 2013 at 11:16 am ×
A tale of two columns. 1) What happens when the North American version of Stoke City meets the actual Stoke City? 2) What the Union should do about Danny Califf.
Philadelphians Abroad
Two assists from Convey help Toronto break six game winless streak. Late Hoppenot goal gives Union big road win. Locals tally in Harrisburg goalfest.
Daily news roundups
Brek Shea joins Geoff Cameron and Maurice Edu in Philly with Stoke. Hack plans to play “a bunch of guys.” Gaber says not a question of if MLS expands but when and how much. Holden diagnosed with torn ACL. More.
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