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And so it begins, the 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs kick off tonight with the league’s first wild card game between FC Dallas and the New York Red Bulls. With the new playoff format teams, players, media folks, fans, everyone really has no clue what the wild card round will really bring. One has to think…[continue reading]

Moving on today in the expansion draft lists, I really wanted to get to this one yesterday but ran out of time. DC United just missed out on the playoffs this season. Injuries and poor form down the stretch really hurt them when it mattered most. Ben Olsen’s side had games-in-hand in the final weeks…[continue reading]

This could easily be one of the easier draft lists that I do. Why? The Timbers owner Merritt Paulson said recently on Twitter that the Timbers and the Montreal Impact have an agreement in place for the Impact not to pick anyone from the Timbers roster. The tweet has not been removed by Paulson, but…[continue reading]

This is news we have to say we saw coming a long time ago. The writing was pretty much on the wall last year, if not the year before that, and it most certainly came full circle this season. The New England Revolution announced today that they have mutually parted ways with long-time manager Steve…[continue reading]

Toronto FC had what you could easily call an up and down year. First year manager Aron Winter came in and cleaned house a bit – which caused for plenty of early season losses. The defense never really got going and the offense struggled at times. But in the middle of the year the transfer…[continue reading]

Interesting that only one playoff game is not on national TV in the US. Probably a wise pick by the league if you ask me. Here they are (home team listed first): Wild Card FC Dallas vs. New York Red Bulls – Wed., Oct. 26, 9 p.m. ET (FOX Soccer, TSN2) Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus…[continue reading]

The 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs are set. We have 10 clubs going for the big prize next month in Los Angeles and we start on Wednesday with the first wild card round in league history with FC Dallas hosting the New York Red Bulls. Lots of clubs are going into the playoffs in different paths…[continue reading]

Thirty-two weeks are in the books. Each team has played 34 regular season games and now we are down to ten teams competing for one prize – the MLS Cup. WESTERN CONFERENCE 1. L.A. Galaxy (19-5-10, 67 points) 2. Sounders FC (18-7-9, 63 points) 3. Real Salt Lake (15-11-8, 53 points) EASTERN CONFERENCE 1. Sporting…[continue reading]