The US national team host Mexico in San Antonio on Wednesday, possibly the perfect city to host a meeting between the two CONCACAF powers. The US will be looking to keep an unbeaten streak alive against their rivals, but while Mexico manager Miguel Herrera may want to beat the US, he would probably rather do it in July.
Will Tommy McNamara be the leader of the band for the Irish national team?
There is at least preliminary interest in the New York City FC midfielder from the Football Association of Ireland.
the 2017 MLS official match ball, again by adidas, is here. (It's also available now on MLSstore.)
Based this year on the adidas concept of "from the stadium to the streets and back again," the look draws on how soccer transcends popular culture. It also tells the MLS story by incorporating design elements from both the USA and Canada.
Barca, the colloquial name for Fútbol Club Barcelona or F.C. Barcelona, is known and respected throughout the world as one of its premier teams, and is one of only three never to have been relegated from the Spanish La Liga. It is one of the most famous football teams in Europe, second in Spain only to Real Madrid. In fact, according to the official statistics it was the most successful team worldwide between the years of 1991 and 2015.
Old Trafford is the second largest stadium in England and home to Manchester United FC. The stadium has a capacity of 75,811 seats. In the first decade of the 20th century Manchester United played its matches at a 50,000-stadium at Bank Street, when then president Davies began planning for a new stadium with double that capacity. A site was chosen near Trafford Park industrial estate, and architect Archibald Leitch appointed to design the stadium.