The BBC is reporting that Fire GM John Guppy admitted to trying to sign retired Real Madrid star and 2006 World Cup Best Player, Zinedine Zidane out of retirement to play with the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer. According to Guppy, "We reached out to Zidane ... the feedback we've all gotten is that he's retired." The Fire has also unsuccessfully tried to sign Swedish striker Henrik Larsson but lost out to Manchester United.... more ›

This weekend many MLS fans were expecting to hear about new acquisitions to their teams via the Major League Soccer SuperDraft, which takes place tomorrow in Indianapolis. Los Angeles has upstaged the entire MLS SuperDraft hullabaloo by finally, after months of rumors, inking a deal to bring soccer star David Beckham to play with the L.A. Galaxy. Beckham agreed to a five-year, $250 million deal with the Galaxy and will leave Real Madrid at the... more ›

If ever there was an occasion for Chicago to become soccer mad, it was this past weekend. Real Madrid played an exhibition against Chivas Guadalajara, a match that had David Beckham -- the world's most famous soccer star -- playing against Mexico's most popular team. Real Madrid won the match 3-1 in front of a crowd of 54,432. "The atmosphere was electric, especially after the goals started going in," Beckham said. Yet there were about... more ›