FC Tucson faced their toughest opponent in preseason, and it showed by the scoreline: Sporting Kansas City 5 - FC Tucson 1. Plus: Robles to make Tucson debut?... Read more»
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Sporting Kansas City won its penultimate preseason scrimmage Saturday, defeating a DC United line-up featuring several Arizona players. Plus: Arizona boys De Leon and Danny Cruz near home for spring training.... Read more»
FC Tucson did well against New England and San Jose, but the team is preparing for a very different opponent in Sporting Kansas City. Plus, Brad Evans and remembering Harry Keough... Read more»
Major League Soccer preseason continued in Tucson on Saturday, with the San Jose Earthquakes falling to Sporting Kansas City, 2-1. Plus: street soccer Downtown for 2nd Saturday.... Read more»1
MLS players C. J. Sapong and Jon Busch joined their coaches and FC Tucson staff to announce a series of local soccer-related events in a press conference at Desert Diamond Casino on Tuesday. Plus: no WPS this year?... Read more»3
Major League Soccer teams San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City will be calling Tucson home for their pre-season training.... Read more»1
Desert Diamond Cup organizers aren’t making lists of what big name players will make their way to Tucson in February. This is because we are entering a silly season rife with speculation. Plus: No U.S. Open Cup for FC Tucson * Earthquakes to spend 6 days in S. Az.... Read more»1
The University of Arizona Wildcats soccer team lost their final road match of the 2011 season on Sunday, losing to the University of Southern California Trojans 1-0. Plus: Desert Cup teams in MLS playoffs.... Read more»
Major League Soccer Vice President Nelson Rodriguez will be making another appearance in Tucson on Thursday. He is scheduled to appear at a press conference at Kino Stadium dubbed a “major sports announcement” by organizers. They are expected to announce plans for next year’s Desert Cup.... Read more»
The University of Arizona Wildcats are up in Provo on Monday to face BYU. The Cougars have had an impressive season so far, winning a game Friday against Cal State Fullerton to bring their record to 3-1-1. Plus: FC Tucson; 4 MLS teams in Desert Cup.... Read more»
Could major league spring training return to Tucson? Before you get your hopes up about seeing the White Sox, Diamondbacks or even the Indians suit up in Tucson, it could be a very different kind of spring training. Think Red Bulls, Rapids and Sporting Kansas City.... Read more»
A reported crowd of 10,097 fans watched as Sporting Kansas City faced the New York Red Bulls in the inaugural Desert Cup. Unlike the previous day’s matches, both teams went with what is expected to be their regular starting line-ups, featuring players from 13 countries. (with video)... Read more»
The loudest soccer fans at the Desert Cup, a four-game soccer event that spanned two days, cheered and booed in unison from the reserved seats in Hi Corbett Field’s upper deck Saturday night.... Read more»1
Despite having their share of chances in the first half, fitness issues plagued the Arizona Sahuaros as they went down in defeat to MLS’s Sporting Kansas City, 6-2 in the first match of the Desert Cup at Hi Corbett Field.... Read more»
Although Major League Soccer played its first season in 1996, many Tucson soccer fans, much less local sports fans in general, may be unfamiliar with the two pro teams that are visiting the Old Pueblo this weekend for the Desert Cup.... Read more»
1996. That was the last time Tucson hosted a soccer match between two first-division teams. This weekend, the drought will be broken as two Major League Soccer teams, the New York Red Bulls and Sporting Kansas City, will be playing at Hi Corbett Field.... Read more»1
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