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I can’t say how happy I am that it is Friday here. It hasn’t been a nasty-long week here at work for me but for some reason this week dragged by more than it should have. It’s hard to believe it but after this weekend, we’ll be in the month of May. Let’s go a…[continue reading]

It should come to no surprise to many of you that saw the reckless tackle by Colorado Rapids midfielder Brian Mullan on Seattle Sounders FC midfielder Steve Zakuani last week. Today, Major League Soccer handed out it’s punishment that will see Mullan sidelined for 10 games. The Major League Soccer Disciplinary Committee today suspended Colorado…[continue reading]

I’m usually not for big friendly tournament mid-way through a season but this one may be too cool to pass up. The New York Red Bulls have been invited to play in the Emirates Cup in London this July. New York will be the first MLS team to participate in the tournament, which is in…[continue reading]

Lucky number seven. Let’s hope this week blows last week out of the water and that there won’t be any more big stars sidelined with injuries. Last night got things started for four MLS clubs in other competitions. We sadly saw Real Salt Lake fall at home to Monterrey in the CCL final. I’ll be…[continue reading]

Just as the hexagonal was thrown out late last year in hopes that CONCACAF would get an extra automatic qualifier in the 2014 World Cup, CONCACAF is back at it again with a new proposal to the FIFA Executive Committee. CONCACAF has submitted a new proposal for the 2014 World Cup qualifying that see the…[continue reading]

By Geoff Reid Real Madrid vs Barcelona from the Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid The time is finally here to see the best rivalry in all of sport anywhere in the world, and the third meeting between these two rivals in a matter of weeks. This is what we live for watching matches like these, and if…[continue reading]

This graphic below was done by some folks at Dish Network. It’s a pretty cool graphic that shows what all Real Salt Lake has done to get where they are at in the CONCACAF Champions League and what they need to do to wrap up a title win tomorrow night.

The battle is on. If you really consider it a battle. Sporting Kansas City’s Teal Bunbury and New York Red Bulls’ Juan Agudelo seemed joined at the hip right now with everything that they do. The two are good friends off the pitch and probably have a lot in common because of that. Yesterday they…[continue reading]

Like I mentioned yesterday, week six in Major League Soccer was a pretty ugly one. While the Red Bulls and Galaxy were stomping their way through their games, most of the folks out there were yet again focused on the fouls and one non-foul that hurt two big stars in the league. The last couple…[continue reading]

Week six was a fairly educational week for MLS. We learned that both LA and New York are definitely here to stay as contenders with Real Salt Lake. And we also saw a couple middle tier clubs move up the path a little bit with big results. Still some injuries to key players overshadowed the…[continue reading]