Professional - MLS

FIFA Executive Committee mandates water breaks, a la American youth soccer

Rio Rapids Soccer Club added to the Rapids adidas Alliance

Game changer: MLS announce N.Y. expansion team with Man City, Yankees

Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber announced Tuesday that a partnership of global sports powers, Manchester City Football Club and the New York Yankees, has acquired MLS' 20th expansion club. The new team will be named New York City Football Club (NYCFC) and expects to begin play in 2015.

Newtown Parent Connection, Inc. (NPC) announces Soccer Revolution fundraiser in New Britain

From the ground up: The rise of the Portland Timbers youth system

Olney-Bethesda, Philly Union, Phoenix FC admitted to U.S. Soccer Development Academy

The U.S. Soccer Development Academy continues to expand in number and quality of competition as three elite clubs are joining the Academy starting in the 2013-14 season. Olney-Bethesda (Olney/West Bethesda, Md.), the Philadelphia Union (Wayne, Pa.) and Phoenix FC (Tempe, Ariz.) were selected following an extensive review process of the technical and programmatic aspect of each club.

President Obama welcomes MLS Cup champions LA Galaxy, schoolchildren to White House

For a second consecutive year, the L.A. Galaxy visited the White House on Tuesday to receive the warm congratulations of President Barack Obama for their MLS Cup championship, this time alongside the NHL's Stanley Cup-winning Los Angeles Kings.

Dylan Tucker-Gangnes Q&A: Portland is “the team that I love”