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MLS week eleven average attendance is 15,812. The regular season average has decreased 1.3% to 17,053 from 17,272 last week. Stadiums were 73.1% filled throughout the week and now 79% on the season. Four matches were sold out this weekend – Kansas City versus Seattle at Sporting Park on Wednesday, and Seattle versus San Jose [...]

MLS week ten average attendance is 16,267. The regular season average has decreased 0.6% to 17,272 from 17,377 last week. Stadiums were 86% filled throughout the week and now 80% on the season. Two matches were sold out this weekend – Portland Timbers versus New England Revolution at JELD-WEN Field (39th straight home sellout) and [...]

MLS week five average attendance is 15,122. The regular season average has declined 3.4% to 17,803 from 18,434. Stadiums were 72.4% filled on Saturday. Two matches were sold out this weekend including Real Salt Lake versus Seattle Sounders at Rio Tinto Stadium (20,359) and Sporting Kansas City versus Montreal Impact at Sporting Park (18,467) . [...]

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Follow @ChrisSavino Certified Public Accountant Managing Editor and Founder, BusinessofSoccer.com Former Columnist and Contributor, Goal.com Former Columnist and Contributor, BrotherlyGame.com   Saint Joseph’s University, Class of 2010 Accounting and Finance NSCAA “Special Topics – Match Analysis” Diploma, September 2010 NSCAA “Goalkeeping Level I” Diploma (formerly “State”), April 2010 NSCAA “Advanced Regional” Diploma, March 2010 NSCAA [...]

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Former United States and Mexico National Team Goalkeepers Surprise West Philadelphia Hurricanes Youth Soccer Club   By Christopher Savino Follow @chrissavino   Philadelphia, PA – Yesterday in West Philadelphia, former U.S. Men’s National Team Goalkeeper Tony Meola and former Mexican National Team Goalkeeper Adolfo Rios surprised the players of the West Philadelphia Hurricanes Youth Team. [...]

The results of the United States in the FIFA Women's World Cup and the recent Major League Soccer All-Star Game provide a boost for the sport. By Christopher SavinoFollow @chrissavino   The second invitation to Major League Soccer's All-Star Game provided a better result than the first time around for Manchester United. While the Red Devils remain [...]

U.S. Men’s National Team and Everton Goalkeeper discusses with Goal.com a return to Major League Soccer, the upcoming All-Star match and a career after soccer.   By Christopher Savino Follow @chrissavino Leading up to Wednesday’s Major League Soccer All-Star match between the league’s best and Manchester United, United States men’s national team and Everton goalkeeper [...]

By Christopher Savino Follow @chrissavino   Despite the 2-1 result for Real Madrid and the many positives that the Philadelphia Union are able to take away from yesterday's match from both a youth development and tactical perspective, the City of Brotherly Love has a long road ahead in developing into supportive soccer culture. The efforts [...]

By Christopher Savino Follow @chrissavino   United States national team goalkeeper Tim Howard confirmed this morning that he would not see any playing time this evening against the Philadelphia Union. Howard will not be included on the game day roster and also likely will not be in attendance at PPL Park as he continues his [...]

Five teams in Major League Soccer without corporate sponsors on kits could utilize space differently. By Christopher SavinoFollow @chrissavino What may appear to be a weakness of sport or a lack of popularity can present itself in another form as an opportunity. Albeit a rare circumstance, the bottom line and finances should not always be [...]

By Christopher SavinoFollow @chrissavino   Goalkeeper: Tally Hall (Houston Dynamo), Faryd Mondragón (Philadelphia Union) Defenders: Corey Ashe (Houston Dynamo), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo), Bobby Convey (San Jose Earthquakes), Sean Franklin (LA Galaxy), Jamison Olave (Real Salt Lake), Heath Pearce (Chivas USA), Tim Ream (New York Red Bulls). Midfielders: Kyle Beckerman [...]

By Christopher SavinoFollow @chrissavino   On Sunday, the United States Women will seek to win their third FIFA World Cup. The victory must come against a Japanese side that was able to defeat Sweden, who claimed the number one seed in Group C over the United States more than a week earlier. 

By Christopher SavinoFollow @chrissavino   A brief summary of Wednesday’s transfer news.  – English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur are preparing to sell Luka Modric; Bid $19.6M for Real Madrid Midfielder Esteban Granero. – Real Madrid are expressing interest in Manchester City star Carlos Tevez. No financial details disclosed. – Blackburn is preparing a bid [...]

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By Christopher SavinoFollow @chrissavino   MLSgear.com released additional images of this year's All-Star Game kit. For additional pictures, read past the break.

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By Christopher SavinoFollow @chrissavino   Without much fanfare, Major League Soccer added this year's edition of the All-Star Game jersey on MLSgear.com. The kit appears to be a relief over the mockup that had been shared across the web, which appeared to have several glistening areas. Refer to this post on Brotherly Game for the [...]