SOCCER: Sounders FC will play in MLS 2009 opener at home vs. New York
The first Seattle Sounders FC game will be the first game of the 2009 Major League Soccer season. Seattle?s MLS expansion club will open at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 19 at Qwest Field against the New York Red Bulls, who played in the 2008 league finals. The game will be televised by ESPN 2 ...

Major League Soccer Announces MLS First Kick
Major League Soccer (MLS) announced Tuesday MLS "First Kick" 2009, Week 1 of the League's 14th regular season.

MLS Stars Headline Instructors At 2008 Winter Husky Soccer Camp
Former Husky standouts and current MLS stars Craig Waibel, Ely Allen and Mike Chabala will serve as guest coaches and headline the instructors at the 2008 Winter Husky Soccer Camp to be held Dec. 26-28 at Washington's Dempsey Indoor Facility on the UW campus.

MLS Announce '09 Opening Fixtures
Major League Soccer?s 14th season begins with ?First Kick,? the weekend of March 19-22, 2009, when 14 teams kickoff the 2009 MLS regular season.

MLS Releases '09 Schedule
The following is a news release from Major League Soccer -- NEW YORK, NY (Dec 2, 2008) USSoccerPlayers -- Major League Soccer?s 14th season begins with ?First Kick,? the weekend of March 19-22, 2009, when 14 teams kickoff the 2009 MLS regular season. Highlights of First Kick include the inaugural game for 2009 expansion team Seattle Sounders FC. Seattle, the League?s 15th team hosts the New York ...

New MLS Stadium in Chester to be ?powered by Panasonic?
CHESTER - Keystone Sports and Entertainment, LLC, the Major League Soccer (MLS) Philadelphia 2010 ownership group, Monday named Panasonic the ?Official Technology Partner? of its new stadium and waterfront complex.

Major League Soccer Announces MLS First Kick; Kansas City Wizards Move 2009 Start Times to 7:30 p.m. CT
Kansas City Kicks Off Home Schedule with Season-Opening Tilt Versus Toronto FC Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. CT at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in KCK

The Limey: Gallas plays the villain, our thoughts from MLS Cup
LAS VEGAS -- Coming at you with a bucket of hot wings and a, ahem, perfect view at Hooters, it's the Limey. Half of Team Limey is halfway through its American vacation, and this week we've got an exclusive interview with New York Red Bulls coach Juan Carlos Osorio, an English perspective on MLS Cup and all the latest English Premier League goings-on.

Sharks to invest in MLS San Jose Earthquakes
The San Jose Sharks of the NHL are set to purchase a 10 to 15 percent stake in the Earthquakes of Major League Soccer.

Groundbreaking today for MLS soccer stadium
CHESTER ? With more than a year before Major League Soccer hits the turf at the planned $115 million Chester stadium complex, fans are greeting today?s groundbreaking ceremony with the team?s very first tailgating party.

MLS season opens with Seattle v. New York
Toronto FC will open its campaign March 21 in Kansas City before heading to Columbus to play the MLS champions

Miami's withdrawal has MLS altering its expansion plans.
(Sunday, November 30, 2008) -- As Major League Soccer officials gathered in Los Angeles for MLS Cup 2009 and held their various league meetings, the expansion picture seemed pretty clear.

Ground Broken on Soccer Stadium Near Philadelphia
Officials with Major League Soccer, along with representatives of local and state government, broke ground today on a multi-use stadium on the banks of the Delaware River near Philadelphia. The $115-million, 18,500-seat stadium in Chester, Delaware County will be home to a Major League Soccer team in 2010.     [ WEB LINK: ( MLS 2010 ) ]

MLS MVP Schelotto will return in 2009 as Crew's Designated Player
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The MLS Cup Champion Columbus Crew announced today that it has exercised the option year on the contract of 2008 league and MLS Cup MVP Guillermo Barros Schelotto, keeping the Argentine superstar in Black & Gold for the 2009 season.

Officials to start work on Philly area MLS stadium
Workers are scheduled to break ground on a $115 million soccer stadium just outside Philadelphia.

Sounders will open MLS season
Seattle Sounders FC will kick off the 2009 Major League Soccer regular season against the New York Red Bulls on a Thursday night, March...

Earthquakes Kick Off 2009 Home MLS Campaign Against New England Revolution on March 21
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San Jose Earthquakes announced that they will kick off their 2009 Major League Soccer season on Saturday, March 21 at Buck Shaw Stadium against the New England Revolution. The game will start at 7:30 p.m. PT. The Quakes' second game of the season was also announced today.

Guilfordite wins major league soccer award, exec of the year
Chris Canetti (far left) hands out the 2006 MLS Cup championship rings to Dynamo assistant coach John Spencer and Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear, April 14, 2007 at Houston's Robertson Stadium.

Rabid soccer fans mark stadium groundbreaking
CHESTER ? Just before an explosion of glittering streamers burst over the crowd on the Chester waterfront, almost a dozen private and public officials donned hard hats and ceremonially broke ground on what will be, in a little more than a year, the region?s new Major League Soccer stadium.

MLS in Chester on its way
Major League Soccer, state and local officials broke ground on a planned $115-million soccer stadium in Chester, just outside Philadelphia, on Monday.