WVHooligan.com – MLS Blog

This weekend sure has the making of one that will spell out the entire playoff picture for this year. Three spots remain in the hottest race ever. Last night things were made even more interesting with Francis Doe’s coming out party against New England as DC United pushed themselves back into the mix. Just when…[continue reading]

Congrats to Major League Soccer. Really, for once a playoff race actually has meant something from week one to the end of the season. Usually by now we have at least six or seven clubs already in the playoffs with one or two going for the final spot. This year however is completely different. Right…[continue reading]

Its all sold out for tonight’s opener at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. It couldn’t be a bigger night to debut the league’s seventh soccer specific stadium too as Real Salt Lake and New York Red Bulls are eager to grab three points in their current playoff push. Stadium openings usually mean one thing:…[continue reading]

Everyone loves a new poll apparently, so why not add a new one here huh? I’ve been asked to update the ol’ WVH Poll and have done so with a new question for you all. Which club currently sitting in the bottom six of the standings has the best shot at reaching the playoffs? I…[continue reading]

Wow, love it when Major League Soccer decides to wait it out and tell us a day later that someone else has clinched a playoff spot. The New England Revolution has become the third team to qualify for the 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs. The results from Week 28 of the Major League Soccer schedule, coupled…[continue reading]

Well, well. Another weekend down and everything is still tight as can be in Major League Soccer. No club has been eliminated from playoff contention yet but we did get one more club into the playoffs with Columbus this weekend (Houston). A wacky weekend really, as there is no other way to put it. Toronto…[continue reading]

For a few teams in Major League Soccer, their chances of reaching the playoffs this season are rapidly fading away. Other clubs have little or not doubt that they are in and a few are actually battling things out here in the final stages of the season. Just as mentioned in the Power Rankings this…[continue reading]

Lots of people complain that the biggest thing against soccer is the lack of stats. Americans love their stats and honestly I can’t blame them. Other sports are full of them and soccer does lack some statistical value to some people. Well, today I found a site that puts the math to the test and…[continue reading]

Let’s just say things out west aren’t as good as they’ve been in years past. There’s been plenty of talk today all over the soccer blogosphere about how bad the western conference is in Major League Soccer. Most of you already know my feelings on the western side of the ball compared to the eastern…[continue reading]

Its mid-August and that means that it is not only hot out side but the MLS playoff race is heating up with every game. Most clubs have 11 games left on the menu so each team is starting to figure out where exactly that line is that they need to get to here to make…[continue reading]