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I’ve been a little busy today so the links will be fairly light tonight. I guess that’s what you can expect when it is the week of your wedding and you have loads of things to do other than write on a blog. But I will have more on that in a couple days. Tonight…[continue reading]

Not too many goals to pick from this week with all the 1-0 games we saw. So this week all the goals are included in the list. My favorites were Beckham’s and Richards. What did you all like? Order of goals: Dane Richards, Julien Baudet, David Beckham, Pablo Campos, Bryan Namoff, Steve Ralston, Wells Thompson,…[continue reading]

The Colorado Rapids are hoping to reach the playoffs and some defensive help should go a long way in correcting some of their inconsistent issues. Today they have traded with FC Dallas for defender Drew Moor in exchange for Ugo Ihemelu, according to both clubs. The Rapids also pick up a second-round pick and allocation…[continue reading]

It’s just what we expected, a very tight playoff race this year is happening. Out of the 15 clubs in the league, 11 are in playoff contention. Sorry San Jose, Dallas and KC fans…we’re pretty much writing you all off for the playoff race this year along with the Red Bulls who have been out…[continue reading]

Last night in the links and thoughts we discussed the MVP race that is heating up, tonight we shall take a look into an even tougher Rookie of the Year race. We all know how deep this year’s rookie class is and right now we could make a serious case for about five or six…[continue reading]

We have another loaded week of soccer ahead of us. Week 24 got off to a bang earlier in the week in Salt Lake as Real Salt Lake got their playoff chances back on track with a resounding 4-0 blowout of expansion mates Chivas USA. One has to wonder if this is more to come…[continue reading]

Editor’s Note: Geoff Reid appears on WVHooligan each week. Today he returns to us with his weekly series on the life of a Liverpool fan in America. Feel free to leave him your thoughts below. Premiership football is back in full swing and it doesn’t feel any better does it? Well that depends on who…[continue reading]

U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team head coach Thomas Rongen has finalized the 21-player roster that play at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup from Sept. 24-Oct. 16 in Egypt. Several are comprised of MLS players. GOALKEEPERS (3): Sean Johnson (Central Florida; Lilburn, Ga.), Josh Lambo (FC Dallas; Middleton, Wis.), Brian Perk (UCLA; Rancho Santa Margarita,…[continue reading]

A pretty big deal to those who want MLS clubs to get better youth academies. Steve Goff is reporting that DC United has signed Abdul “Bill” Hamid, a 18-year-old goalkeeper from their youth academy. A few adjustments were made to the original offer from the league and should be finalized in the coming days, a…[continue reading]

We’ve had a full day of interesting news with the UEFA Champions League draw, the US Men’s National team roster announcement that took four hours to do, and random news here and there. Time now to close down the day with some links and thoughts on what’s going on. I wanted to get into some…[continue reading]