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It is that time of year again, the summer of friendlies here in America. Major League Soccer is doing things bigger and better this year by scrapping the worthless SuperLiga tournament in place of the World Football Challenge. While there hasn’t been much said as of the format of the tournament goes, a couple MLS…[continue reading]

The United States Under-17 national team learned the identities of its opponents for the group stage of this summer’s FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico. The US will open Group D play on June 19 against the Czech Republic in Torreon. Three days later they’ll face Uzbekistan in the same venue before traveling to Pachuca…[continue reading]

You can now mark the Columbus Crew off the short list of clubs that have yet to sign a Home Grown Player. The Crew announced Tuesday that they have signed forward Aaron Horton to a multi-year deal. “We are excited to welcome Aaron to our first team,” said Crew head coach Robert Warzycha. “He is a…[continue reading]

After the week that saw plenty of draws, week nine brought in a little more bite. With three games on Wednesday and a full slate over the weekend, a few teams saw the chance to move around a good bit in the rankings. The top clubs are still the same but it looks as though…[continue reading]

People always wonder when Las Vegas will be home to a top flight professional sport team. The time will come before long I believe and Major League Soccer could be that first team to step foot in the Casino capital. Reports this morning from the Las Vegas Sun say MLS commissionar Don Garber has placed…[continue reading]

Talk about an eye-opening weekend in Major League Soccer. With all teams involved for a change, we got to see what everyone had to offer. Some brought their A-game (LA, Dallas), while others slipped behind in surprising manners (New York, Columbus). Week nine is in the books and right now the Western Conference is slowly…[continue reading]

As cool as the Portland Timbers tifo was on their home opener, last night’s display by their rivals in Seattle may have one-upped them, at least for now. This was a pretty cool tribute by the fans from players, coaches and moments from over the years to show their “dominance” over Portland. Well done.

I mentioned yesterday that this is a busy weekend in MLS. Eight games tomorrow and one on Sunday make for a lot of soccer to watch. No doubt the talk of the weekend is going to center around Portland and Seattle’s match tomorrow night. A lot of folks talk about the importance of this match…[continue reading]

As we saw last night, week night is already underway but the weekend slate of games is jam-packed. Eight games on Saturday and one lone game on Sunday make for one busy weekend. Saturday alone will be one of the busier days in MLS with those eight games. I’ll admit it’s cool but at the…[continue reading]

It should come to no surprise that Chivas USA striker Marcos Mondaini would be suspended for his reckless tackle on Real Salt Lake midfielder Javier Morales. The question was always going to be how long. While many folks were hoping or expecting Mondaini to get the same punishment as Colorado’s Brian Mullan, the league’s disciplinary…[continue reading]