Despite the presence of proven goal-scorers like Khiry Shelton on the field, Colorado Rapids and Sporting Kansas City played to a nil-nil draw at Kino North Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Read more» 
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Saturday's preseason soccer contest at Kino North Stadium will feature two MLS originals. Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids have played at Kino numerous times over the decade Tucson has hosted preseason, but it's the new faces that fans of those teams will be watching. Read more»
FC Tucson has announced dates for Major League Soccer preseason matches in Tucson, with organizers dropping the idea of a "Cup" tournament and billing the games as the "Desert Showcase." Read more»
The 2021 Visit Tucson Sun Cup featured two matches Saturday: an afternoon contest between Sporting Kansas City and the LA Galaxy and an evening match featuring Rocky Mountain rivals Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids. Read more»
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The Columbus Crew earned the Sun Cup trophy on Saturday night in the team’s first year of participating in preseason competition at Kino Sports Complex. This year marked the 10th February that Tucson has hosted Major League Soccer teams. Read more»
As soccer spring training wound up, Tucsonans got to see the first appearance of Alejandro Gamarra, known as Kaku, in a Red Bulls uniform. Portland's Armenteros was a game-changer, again. Read more»
If there were any doubts that U.S. national team keeper Sean Johnson was a great acquisition for New York City FC, they were allayed near the hour mark of the team’s match against Sporting Kansas City at Kino Stadium on Saturday afternoon in Tucson. Read more»
Sporting Kansas City made short work of an improvised line-up of the New York Red Bulls at Kino North Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Read more»
The promotional materials say that the Desert Diamond Cup begins on Saturday, but six soccer teams were in action on Wednesday night. Read more»
New England’s Charlie Davies and Lee Nguyen had numerous chances on goal, but it fell to Teal Bunbury to even things up for the Revs when they took on Sporting Kansas City in the Desert Diamond Cup on Saturday night. Read more»
As games got underway in the Desert Diamond Cup, Swope Park Rangers delivered defeat to the Colorado Rapids in their very first full match. Columbus and Kansas City tied in a see-saw competition during their preseason soccer match in Tucson. Read more»
They only spend a few weeks a year here, but for Sporting Kansas City, Tucson is like home. Peter Vermes and SKC are in the middle of their sixth preseason trip to Tucson. Read more»
Ten Major League Soccer teams will join FC Tucson in the 2016 Desert Cup and Desert Friendlies matches, along with U.S. National Team soccer stars such as Clint Dempsey, Kyle Beckerman and Nick Rimando. The fifth year of the preseason event will be in late January and early February. Read more»
