Jack Jewsbury Leads Portland Timbers Against Montreal Saturday

Coming off their 1-0 win over Sporting KC last week, the Timber’s will face the Montreal Impact on Saturday at 1:00 pm in Montreal. The expansion Impact are 9th in the Eastern Conference, with a single win in eight games played. The Timber earned only their second win in the game against Sporting KC so [...]

Sporting Kansas City Holding Open Tryouts

LIVESTRONG-Sporting-Park-by-Jason-Patrylo

Sporting Kansas City will hold open tryouts for prospective players on Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10 at the team’s Sporting Club Training Center in Swope Park, the club announced Tuesday. The tryouts are open to players who are 18 years of age and older, and are among the first 300 registrants. “The quantity [...]

Alex Riggs Signed By Columbus Crew

Missouri State, Alex Riggs (2011)

Congratulations to Missouri State University goalkeeping standout Alex Riggs on turning professional. Following a tryout in Arizona with the team, Alex has signed a contract with the Columbus Crew of the MLS. The conversation leading up to the signing, according to the Crew Extra Blog went along these lines: The Crew continues to mull its [...]

Jack Jewsbury Interview

Jack Jewsbury, April 2008

The Kansas City Wizards began training in Phoenix, Arizona late last month, signaling the start of a five-week preseason camp to prepare the team for the 2010 MLS season. Jack Jewsbury is not with the team however, but rather has begun his recovery from surgery for a tear in his hip. It’s been three months [...]

KC Wizards Break Ground On New Kansas Complex

Kansas City Wizards ownership group OnGoal, LLC announced Tuesday that approval has been granted for a state-of-the-art soccer-centric stadium for the Wizards and a nearby youth-soccer complex. Construction is set to begin tomorrow at the stadium site, located across from Nebraska Furniture Mart and The Legends in the Village West district of Kansas City, Kansas. [...]

Cody Reinberg And Harrisburg City Islanders Surprise NE Revolution

Congratulations to Drury grad Cody Reinberg who was part of the upset win over the MLS New England Revolution in the US Open Cup last night. Geoff Bloes’ sitter with time winding down in the first overtime — off a David Schofield corner that fluttered off goalkeeper Brad Knighton’s fingers — lifted the Harrisburg City [...]

Represent SGFsoccer in Major League Soccer

With the opening of the Major League Soccer season coming this weekend, it’s time for me to get caught up with the comings and goings on the MLS rosters. In particular, what’s up with the goalkeepers that Missouri State has sent to the major leagues. But before I dive into those details, a quick update [...]

St Louis, Major League Soccer And Anheuser Busch

In case you haven’t seen this… MLS expansion race reaches final stretch The race to MLS expansion in 2011 is in the homestretch and the race still looks too close to call even though two favorites have emerged. Vancouver and Portland look like the most likely candidates for expansion, but St. Louis hasn’t given up [...]