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You have to like what some clubs are doing right now. This week has been a big week of trades as clubs get ready for the First Stage of the Re-Entry Draft next week. Today another trade came down the pipe – and while others haven’t been as big – this one certainly has the…[continue reading]

Just the thought of two western conference clubs playing for the eastern conference final still makes me giggle. Geography aside this one could be a fun game to watch. Yes they are technically the lowest two seeds left in the playoffs but that won’t mean they fail at making this one worth watching. Both sides…[continue reading]

For a couple weeks now I’ve held off on reveling my end of the year awards. I mainly wanted to see the season end and the playoffs begin before I wrote this all out. Plus I honestly had no idea how I wanted to present this. But on Election Day it just feels right to…[continue reading]

One team tonight still has a tiny bit of hope while the other is starting to hit their stride at the right time this year. The Philadelphia Union comes into San Jose tonight to meet the Quakes in a pivotal midweek matchup. The Quakes are looking to sweep the season series with the expansion side tonight and…[continue reading]

I know I’ve been a bit light lately in my posting. Hopefully this week will make up for that. The last couple days I’ve put together a list of the ol’ sports writer staple, a hot or not list. Some folks may love it while others may not, whatever. I’m a list guy so I…[continue reading]

Forgive me for a second for this coming out as late as it did. I had every intentions earlier in the week to get this one out on Wednesday but a certain clash in Holland kept me from finishing it until yesterday. Anyways, we continue on with out look at each Major League Soccer club’s…[continue reading]

The speculation has begun for the Philadelphia Union and their expansion draft that takes place tomorrow afternoon. The 15 clubs released their protected list last night and now the Union have a full list of guys that they can get 10 players from. And the talent is there for Union to get off on a…[continue reading]

It’s hard to decline as a club after being an expansion team in 2008 but the 2009 version of the San Jose Earthquakes did just that. They became the first team to lose more in their second season than in their expansion season. The only difference is this version of the Quakes are actually improving.…[continue reading]

Time to round out the end of the work week with some links and thoughts. I have a couple MLS thoughts and one US national team item to discuss tonight. DC Plays For Trophies Link I love DC United and how they market their club. They’ve put little stickers on newspapers throughout DC with the…[continue reading]

While yesterday I was writing about the problems here in Dallas with Schellas Hyndman’s club, out west there is another club that is facing similar issues. The San Jose Earthquakes are off to one of their worst starts in club history (the 1999 club had 6 points through 10 games…this club has five through eight).…[continue reading]