One thing we always see from year to year is around the end of June and the start of July a couple clubs will pull away, others will bunch up together and one or two will be left in everyone else’s dust. The 2008 edition of Major League Soccer is really no different, though the clubs pulling away are finding it to be a little harder this year than we’ve seen in years past.

The dog days of summer are hitting some teams right now like bricks. Clubs are really counting down the summer transfer window almost to the seconds it will open next month.

1. New England Revolution (27 pts., same) – Two games and only a point this week. Not their best week so far but certainly not their worst. But at their midway point this season (Revs have played 15 games so far) you can easily say this is the best side in the league. You throw in a healthy Taylor Twellman and this club has very little need to make any sort of moves next month. Continue Reading…

I’m gonna handle this one real quick because there was no doubt in my mind and plus I already took care of this earlier in the day via email with some people.

But Landon Donovan is the WVH player of the week for week 13. Two goals, his tenth and eleventh of the season was more than enough in week that saw some weird goals and a lot of nothing really.

No big shocker that the league and the rest of the media voted for Donovan as well. No one else really stood out as much as LandyCakes.

Now as for that all important goal of the week. It was an easy one again for me, this time with DC’s Gonzalo Martinez’s blast against San Jose on Sunday.

Sorry to be so quick about this. I’m just trying to catch up on a few things around the office and with everything else today!

Week 13 did prove to be unlucky for some. Road clubs had trouble figuring out their way while the home sides were able (for the most part) to get the job done. Two clubs remained undefeated at home, and one club remains a tough cookie to crack.

Yeah, week 13 was interesting alright. The start of the week proved to be practically goalless, which moved into the start of Saturday but as the evening went on some clubs found their goal scoring ways. That trend continued yesterday afternoon in DC.

Not bad attendence figures as well for the weekend. Pretty typically numbers across the board. The good in Toronto, DC, LA, and even to a lesser extent in New York. The more troubling numbers came in the Rocky Mountains with Real Salt Lake and Colorado posting some slightly sub-par numbers. More RSL than Colorado though. Something must have been going on in that region this weekend.

I left this weekend really not surprised by most of the results. Lots of draws across the board with a few wins that really weren’t too shocking to see. Maybe just one will stand out to most but when we think about it, its really not all that shocking.

Sorry for the delay this morning. It turns out, the internet issue I was having last weekend was due to a blown out modem. Thanks for your patience too this morning, I’ve gotten a few emails asking my opinion on the weekend.

I will be honest though with you all as I usually am, I didn’t see a lot of these games this weekend. I had to attend some family fuctions of the lady Hooligan so it put me away from the telly for the most part. But seeing highlights gave me enough knowledge of each game that I missed.

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Oh, the week 13, the unlucky 13 to some. So far this week has seen three games and each have seen their fair share of unlucky sides. Last night in LA was no different as Chivas downed Chicago 2-0. I won’t go too into that game but what I did see was a Chivas side that took care of the ball and took care of their chances.

Also, nice crowd for a Chivas game in LA last night. Probably the first non-LA game in a while that has seen a solid crowd. Yes, I know it was a Blanco number but its still a positive thing for Chivas fans to have a near-full stadium for their games. I think it made a difference last night.

What’s going on in Chicago is starting to make some wonder. I think they need to bite the bullet here soon and trade away some parts that Toronto is asking for in the Brian McBride deal. Their scoring has dramatically dropped off in the last few games.

Putting last night’s game aside, its time to move on to the weekend. Plenty of action across the board. Five games on Saturday and one on Sunday, just like we always do. A few interconference matchups and a couple of games that have a few clubs in desperation mode already I think.

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