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As we all know the new MLS club in Philadelphia will more than likely be called Philadelphia Union but the Philadelphia Inquire posted something today that could mean the name is still up in the air. A giant list was reduced to 135 choices, then to four announced finalists. Fans voted at Philly.com, the team…[continue reading]

Hold the presses, POTUS drops some soccer talk in a recent interview. President Obama sat down recently to discuss some footie things like the World Cup and what not. Video courtesy of Univision (via U.S. Soccer):

Want to know just how Zach Thornton is turning the clock back to 1998? Jared Montz sat down with him recently to find out (thanks to Jared for the link to the audio). I’ve met Thornton a couple times and he’s a cool guy to listen to so this interview was nothing short of what…[continue reading]

Week eight has already kicked off with a bit of a bang with two draws on Wednesday night in Kansas City and in Salt Lake City. The RSL-LA draw was something to talk about for sure while the DC-KC draw was pretty much expected. Time to shift focus to the weekend however as we have…[continue reading]

I’m sure by now you’ve all seen this logo somewhere on the ‘net. You know the more I say the name the better I like it. I know its kind of a cheap attempt to call them United but Union works for me for some reason. Plus lets be honest we have far worse names…[continue reading]

A trade came across the wire today that very few paid attention to until this evening. The Colorado Rapids acquired Generation adidas defender Rob Valentino in a trade with the New England Revolution in exchange for Generation adidas midfielder Nico Colaluca. Both clubs announced the swap today. Very little will come as a result of…[continue reading]

Fast starts don’t always happen in Major League Soccer. Usually it takes most clubs a few weeks into the season to get use to the new year before they start to reel off the points. But every few years a club comes hot out of the gate like this year’s Chivas USA. I went out…[continue reading]

Two midweek games for week eight. A big night in general if you count Toronto FC’s game in the Canadian Champion tonight against future MLS side Vancouver. But I’ll just stick with the MLS games for the evening to preview. RSL returns home to host the Galaxy who just scored their first win of the…[continue reading]

Good news for another club looking to get a stadium deal here. The San Jose Earthquakes are inching closer and closer to a soccer specific stadium of their own here. According to CenterLineSoccer, yesterday the San Jose City Council unanimously approved the sale of the property that Quakes owner Lee Wolff was looking to get…[continue reading]

Been a little sick today (mostly a bad headache so looking at a computer doesn’t help)…that is why there has been a lack of posts. I did have some thoughts on Chivas USA but I will probably save them for tomorrow. See you all tomorrow!