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Of course the day I decide to take most of the day off to rest, relax, buy a new bed, all that usual holiday stuff is the day that not one but two MLS coaches get canned. Teitur Thordarson in Vancouver and Carlos de los Cobos in Chicago. I’ve said for the majority of this…[continue reading]

And we’re back. After the much deserved day off here it’s time to get back in the swing of things and take a quick look at what happened in week 11 in Major League Soccer. With so many games there was a good amount of movement in the rankings here. Big moves this week were…[continue reading]

Just wanted to let you all know I’m taking the holiday off here. I’ll be back tomorrow with more of  a weekend recap and power rankings like I normally have. Until then, here are some news to look at: Thordarson out as Whitecaps coach, Soehn in as interim boss. Koke departs ways with Houston? DC…[continue reading]

By Geoff Reid The time has finally come for the biggest sporting event in 2011. We couldn’t have asked for two better teams in this final with the best of Spain going up against the best of England. Both sides won their first European Cup at the old Wembley Stadium, Manchester United back in 1968…[continue reading]

It is a big weekend in Major League Soccer, all 18 clubs are involved in matches, mostly all of them are tomorrow evening. The most interesting match of the weekend is likely the Texas Derby between FC Dallas and the Houston Dynamo. With Gold Cup callups beginning to mess with MLS teams, this will be…[continue reading]

  I’ll just post this quick photo and leave it at that. I always say reading is fundamental, but I suppose so is writing and proper spelling. (H/T to the GoSounders.com site for posting this)

Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber was at the AT&T Sports Franchises and Facilities conference, hosted by SBJ/SBD. He took part in a little Q&A and offered up some interesting nuggets on expansion and TV ratings. On expansion: We are focused on New York. It’s a big market. The Cosmos have a great legacy and they…[continue reading]

I’m pretty sure this week is already the craziest, if not the busiest we’ve seen thus far this season. So many teams involved in midweek games last night and all are playing this weekend. Talk about short rest for everyone but at least in some matches there is a level playing field. The busy Saturday…[continue reading]

By Geoff Reid It’s been a very good UEFA Champions League season with a dream final for most fans, and neutral fans at that. You can also definitely say that from a marketing perspective, you couldn’t have asked for a better final, maybe a Barcelona vs Real Madrid final arguably, but we already saw that…[continue reading]

Don’t feel bad when you look at the MLS slate for this evening, it looks very much like a weekend’s worth of matches when you add the USOC match, a friendly in Portland and the final leg of the Canadian Cup. Loads of games all over the place, as 11 of the 18 clubs will…[continue reading]