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It is shaping up to be a fairly busy day here between the weekend slate, the USMNT coaching announcement and a few other things I have going on here myself (hopefully more on that later). Anyways, I wanted to share my weekend picks for MLS as the league turns to their second half of the…[continue reading]

Jürgen Klinsmann has been named head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team today, making him the 35th coach in the history of the program. “We are excited to have Jürgen as the head coach of our Men’s National Team,” said Sunil Gulati. “He is a highly accomplished player and coach with the experience and…[continue reading]

And just like that, Bob Bradley is out as manager of the US Men’s National team. He was relieved of his duties today by the US Soccer Federation. Just totally out of the blue really. “We want to thank Bob Bradley for his service and dedication to U.S. Soccer during the past five years,” said…[continue reading]

Well that was fun now wasn’t it? The MLS All-Star Game is over and done with for another year. We can now move on to things that are a bit more important like another CCL match tonight for a MLS club, this time FC Dallas. Both Seattle and Toronto have already played the first leg…[continue reading]

With the 2011 MLS All-Star Game over and done with, its already time for the league to plan ahead to next year’s game. Kudos to the Brotherly Game for posting this earlier this morning too by the way. Right now the league and Don Garber are looking at three potential places for the 2012 ASG…[continue reading]

I’ve given this one a decent thought. I’ve said before that I’m not a huge fan of the current MLS All-Star game format but it is what it is. Its not perfect and its definitely a risky game for some teams when they see two or three of their star players involved. But I thought,…[continue reading]

Thierry Henry is really enjoying life in the Big Apple. As the league gets ready for the All-Star game this week, Henry and others are out doing the whole PR thing in the city. This photo came from a small set over on the league’s Facebook page. I may do more on the ASG tomorrow…[continue reading]

The Chicago Fire announced today that the club has signed former Mexican international Pavel Pardo. The 35-year-old defensive midfielder will be added to the Fire’s roster upon the receipt of his P1 Visa and International Transfer Certificate (ITC). Yup, all of those Pardo rumors to MLS are finally over as he signs with the Fire.…[continue reading]

Back in April the 2010/11 CONCACAF Champions League ended in a thud for Major League Soccer. The one club (Real Salt Lake) with any dreams of having CCL glory come their way was dashed away as they fell to Mexican side Monterrey in the final match. What is in the past is in the past…[continue reading]

With 11 games in Major League Soccer this past week we figured we’d get a fair amount of movement in the rankings. For the most part we did. Finally, a week with no scoreless draws made things so much more enjoyable as we had plenty of goals to discuss and plenty of points to talk…[continue reading]