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I know this week has been pretty light from me. Blame the main job that pays the bills for keeping me away from the laptop more than usual. I do hope to have a couple other posts up today though with this being a fairly big weekend for both MLS and US national team. Plus…[continue reading]

The battle for the Atlantic Cup resumes tonight in Washington as United play host to the New York Red Bulls on ESPN2′s weekly telecast. Both clubs are in need of three points to stay up in the eastern standings and a win over a rival is always nice to say the very least. We also…[continue reading]

Right now we nearly 40 percent (if not more) through the 2009 season. While we all know of the guys making headlines I thought it would be a good time to discuss some of those guys that are making a difference who aren’t getting all the love from the press. Some may be names that…[continue reading]

A month ago I was one of the few approached by a group called the International Marketing Council of South Africa offering a  trip to South Africa to cover the US national team in the 2009 Confederations Cup. The trip was totally free including flight to and from, as well as travel costs and hotel…[continue reading]

Another week in the books and time to see where things stand here. A decent amount of movement this week thanks to games not ending in a draw for once. As always feel free to leave a comment if you agree or disagree with what you see. Team Rank (Last Week) Record (W-L-T) Comments 1…[continue reading]

Add another youth product to their roster. The club announced today they have signed 18-year-old Cesar Zamora to a professional contract. The outside midfielder becomes the third product of the Red-and-White’s youth system to earn a professional contract, along with fellow Los Angeles area natives Gerson Mayén and 2007 Sueño MLS winner Jorge Flores. Zamora…[continue reading]

Plenty of quality goals this past week in Major League Soccer. Week 11 definitely saw its fair share of goals (and cards too). Below are this week’s best. One video is a package of highlights and the others were goals I had to dig up to find! Order of highlights: Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas), Aljeandro…[continue reading]

New Philadelphia Union manager Peter Nowak is already looking for players to form his club for next season. Apparently he has some big time say in who can and can’t be signed to his club according to Jack Bell over at the New York Times. With his first signing for the expansion side, Nowak may…[continue reading]

I guess one could say things are getting a little more interesting here. Summer is here which means clubs either distance themselves from others or some start to figure things out and turn things around for their season. I think after week 11 we saw some of that with some clubs flipping a switch and…[continue reading]