Major League Soccer once again earned high marks for its racial and gender hiring. The league received its third consecutive A for racial hiring on Tuesday from the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. It's gender grade improved to a B from a C-plus last year and a D-plus in 2007. The league office's A-plus for gender countered a D-plus for team professional positions and a C-minus for team senior administrators. MLS's combined race and gender grade of...Read Full Story
The MLS Cup this weekend matches features the Columbus Crew, the best team during the MLS regular season, against the New York Red Bulls, the Cinderella team in the playoffs. Buy MLS Cup Tickets
This game promises to be open and entertaining with two of the best players in the league going head-to-head. New York’s Juan Pablo Angel and Guillermo Barros Schelotto of Columbus, both of them candidates for the league MVP award. Together, these South American stars combined for 21 goals, and...Read Full Story
The management purge is complete at Chivas USA.
Vice President of Soccer Operations Stephen Hamilton tendered his resignation this afternoon after a woeful three-year spell in charge that saw any on-field advances Chivas USA had made after bottoming out in their debut season reverse course in dramatic fashion.
Chivas USA finished dead last in the Western Conference last season, winning just eight games, the second fewest in MLS.
He follows the likes of former Coach Martin Vasquez and ex...Read Full Story
An overcast day (ah, the sun is just beginning to break through) and 68 degrees here in Carson - perfect for football.
Still, quite a few empty seats; it will be interesting to see if they fill in.
The New York Red Bull starting XI (4-4-2): goalkeeper Danny Cepero; defenders Chris Leitch, Diego Jimenez, Carlos Mendes and Kevin Goldthwaite; midfielders Dane Richards, Luke Sassano, Sinisia Ubiparipovic, Dave van den Bergh; strikers Juan Pablo Angel (Capt.) and John Wolyniec.
Not much...Read Full Story
Honduras has hired former Juan Carlos Osorio ahead of the 2014 World Cup elimination rounds. National Selection Commission President Rafael Ferrari said Wednesday that "Osorio is the ideal person to lead Honduran football." Osorio met over the weekend with Ferrari and the president of the Honduran Football Federation before returning to his native Colombia.Read Full Story
In 2008, Conde told ChicagolandSoccerNews.com that he wanted to leave the Fire and play with former Chicago coach Juan Carlos Osorio, who was the Red Bulls coach at the time. However, the Fire, still angry over the Red Bulls poaching Osorio in the off ...
The 29-year-old Colombian was brought to the Fire by Juan Carlos Osorio and wanted to follow his countryman and coach when the latter came to the Red Bulls. The Fire, vexed at losing Osorio, adamantly refused to deal Conde; now Conde appears on the verge ...
In 2008, Conde told ChicagolandSoccerNews.com that he wanted to leave the Fire and play with former Chicago coach Juan Carlos Osorio, who was the Red Bulls coach at the time. However, the Fire, still angry over the Red Bulls poaching Osorio in the off ...
Finally, the team will be led by Colombian head coach Juan Carlos Osorio, who looks to be a good pickup. Though MLS fans remember the 49-year-old for his mixed results in Chicago and New York, he is fresh off a successful two-year stint in Colombia that ...
This weekend La Franja travels to Pumas (Sunday, 1 pm), with troubles off the field but the sense that on the field, Colombian coach Juan Carlos Osorio is starting to get the team playing how he wants it to. Puebla has picked up four points from its last two games.
Juan Carlos Osorio (born June 8, 1961 in Santa Rosa de Cabal , Risaralda ), is a Colombian football manager and former football player who began his career in 1980 with Deportivo ...
When the New York Red Bulls parted ways with head coach Bruce Arena at the end of last season, one reason cited was Arena's failure to turn the team into a championship contender in a single campaign. While opinions vary as to how realistic that ...