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I’m a little busy today at the day job but until I get around to some mid-week previews you can take a listen to a podcast I was on recently. I took part in a FC Dallas-Seattle preview for the Sounder At Heart podcast, Nos Audietis. Take a listen.

I saw this list over at MLSSoccer.com and felt it was worth re-posting here for you all. I know after yesterday’s call-up news for the Gold Cup a few of you were wanting a list of all MLS players called into action this summer. So far it looks like New York, Kansas City, Salt Lake…[continue reading]

We’re finally putting the closing number on week 10. A few changes here and there in this week’s rankings. First up is LA taking over the top spot again. With RSL’s ho-hum of a draw down in Dallas it felt like a proper time to place LA back on top. The middle got mixed up…[continue reading]

Wow, just wow. Most expected a pretty straight forward roster announcement today by Bob Bradley but what came out was anything but expected. Goalkeepers (3): Marcus Hahnemann Tim Howard Nick Rimando Defenders (8): Carlos Bocanegra Jonathan Bornstein Steve Cherundolo Eric Lichaj Clarence Goodson Oguchi Onyewu Tim Ream Jonathan Spector Midfielders (9): Freddy Adu Michael Bradley…[continue reading]

The end of the world didn’t come this weekend which was nice but at the same time it also brought us some very tight games in week 10. In all, week 10 in Major League Soccer went nearly as I thought it would on Friday. Close games, plenty of draws and a couple close wins…[continue reading]

It is nearly a full slate of games this weekend in Major League Soccer. There are a couple big matches this weekend as we get the SuperClasico out in Los Angeles and on Sunday we get a big Western Conference battle between Real Salt Lake and FC Dallas. Let’s just say this will be a…[continue reading]

We’ll know on Monday who Bob Bradley picks for the US National team for this summer’s Gold Cup and for the upcoming friendly against Spain. I figured today would be as good of a day as ever to throw out my 23-man roster that I think Bradley could select come Monday. As we know this…[continue reading]

  Here we are, ten weeks into the 2011 MLS season. Hard to believe it but we’re heading into summer here really quickly. May is nearly up and while teams are still cluttered in the standings, there are a couple games this week that could help those at the top break away. Some how this…[continue reading]

Kudos Houston, kudos. After placing a billboard in Dallas saying they are two times better, the Houston Dynamo marketing folks put this little ad together. Well done. We’re still waiting on FC Dallas to bring a response to the table. The clock is ticking Dallas, come on!

The draw for the next tournament was announced today and once again the MLS road to CONCACAF glory runs through Mexico. The Preliminary Round matches will be played on July 16-28 (1st Leg) and August 2-4 (2nd Leg). The Group Stage is tentatively scheduled to begin the second week of August. The Preliminary Round matches…[continue reading]