January 2012
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MLS SuperDraft 2012
The MLS SuperDraft is happening live on ESPN2 right now. I went home to get some food and watched a little bit. The Sporting KC fans are rocking it! They are louder than most basketball crowds ever get!
Get all the SuperDraft info here: http://www.mlssoccer.com/superdraft/2012/superdraft
December 2011
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incrediblydiverse asked: i hope he comes out of retirement to play in the mls , also what i believe for sure is that, even though he might seem quite old to still be playing football, it doesnt really matter actually, he's the greatest player ever to me and to most and i dont see him getting any worse on his balling abilities,, i hope he does come down here to new york though , it would be nice to see him play in...
November 2011
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MLS Cup 2011 Predictions
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Well well, who expected the Houston Dynamo to make it to MLS Cup 2011?
Without Brad Davis?
If you answered yes to the first question, you are probably a Dynamo fan. If you answered yes to the second question, I call BS.
Plenty expected the Galaxy to be here.
So who is going to win it? I guess I have to go with the Galaxy. They’ve got a few things going for them:
They are...
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MLS Cup semi finals are upon us!
Real Salt Lake vs LA Galaxy The Home Depot Center, Carson Sun, Nov 6, 9 pm ET/6 pm PT
Real Salt Lake survive a close one in Seattle after thumping the Sounders 3-0 in Salt Lake. The Galaxy took care of NY 3-1 and their fans developed a special place in their hearts for NY forward Luke Rodgers for this:
Houston Dynamo vs Sporting KC Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City Sun, Nov 6,...
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So LA/NY is now the game to watch
The first legs of the round of 8 are over.
RSL was very impressive in getting a 3-0 win over SSFC. The result may have been a surprise to a good number of people, but the score was a surprise to most all non-RSL fans. It will be very hard to Seattle to overcome 3 goals. I expect RSL to advance.
Sporting KC won 2-0 on the road over Colorado. Due to the crazy number of injuries the Rapids have...
October 2011
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Colorado Rapids or Columbus Crew?
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Columbus Crew @ Colorado Rapids
So one team finishes their season and one team goes on to play Sporting KC.
I got off to a bad start on the playoff predictions last night with the NY win, but I’m sure the Rapids are going to put me up to .500. I have to go with the Rapids because I’ll be able to watch the game because I happen to be close enough to Colorado that I get Altitude...
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Wildcard Weekend!
Now that the Dynamo have finished off the season we finally know what the playoffs are going to look like. Next weekend the wildcard teams will play.
NY Red Bulls (4) @ FC Dallas (1)
Columbus Crew (3) @ Colorado Rapids (2)
The the rest of the team join in on the fun. The winners of those 2 games will be placed based on which is the higher seed of the winners. The rest of the schedule will...
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Playoffs are set!
Well not really, but at least we know who is in and who is out.
The in teams:
WEST: LA Galaxy, Seattle Sounders, Real Salt Lake
EAST: Sporting KC, Philadelphia Union, Columbus Crew
WILD CARDS: FC Dallas, Colorado Rapids, New York Red Bulls, Houston Dynamo
There is still a whole lot to be decided in the last couple days of the season. FC Dallas and the Houston Dynamo could move into a...
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Who is where in the playoffs?
The Galaxy have had the top spot wrapped up for a while. The Sounders and Real Salt Lake have also had their playoffs spot for a few weeks. Now there is one position remaining that 4 teams have a shot at with New York in the best position to take it.
The East side is kinda crazy right now. Sporting KC and Philadelphia Union are tied on points with Columbus Crew and Houston Dynamo 1 and 2...
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Kasey Keller's last regular season home game
So Kasey Keller is retiring after this season :(
He is one of the greatest keepers we’ve ever seen, there is no doubt about that. But instead of showing of his complete awesome-ness in goal, I wanted to find a video of a goal he gave up to Mexico sometime in the 90’s. I remember seeing the goal on TV when it happened, but I don’t remember exactly what year or competition it...
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Major League Soccer on social media
I put together a Twitter list that is each of the MLS teams’ official Twitter account. You can follow the list here: http://twitter.com/#!/mlsfanblog/mls-teams
In the process of putting this list together I started noting the other social network-y type sites some of these teams had accounts with and thought it might be interesting to share here. Almost every team had Twitter, Facebook,...
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Important game of the week: Houston Dynamo at...
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The Houston Dynamo at Portland Timbers game on Friday night could determine the playoff fate of both teams.
pts (games played)
43 (32) Houston Dynamo - [in the playoffs]
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40 (31) Portland Timbers - [out of the playoffs]
After this game Houston goes to play at LA Galaxy to end their season. The...
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Galaxy win Supporters' Shield Again
The LA Galaxy have clinched the Supporters’ Shield for a 2nd year in a row and a 4th title overall. The 4th title pulls them into a tie with D.C. United for most times having won the Supporters’ Shield.
Last year the Galaxy won the Supporters’ Shield and what happened to them in the playoffs? Will this year be different? The Galaxy haven’t won an MLS Cup since 2005 and...
September 2011
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How good is Rafa Marquez?
This is the question everyone wants to know the answer to - how good is Rafa Marquez?
Okay, maybe everyone isn’t waiting to find an answer to that question - but Marquez certainly knows. Better than the rest of the NY defense. After a recent 3-1 loss to Real Salt Lake Marquez had this to say according to mlssoccer.com
“I think this is a team game and, unfortunately, there...
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2011 MLS Playoff race is on!
With just over a month of the MLS regular season remaining the LA Galaxy are the only team to have secured a playoff spot. Seattle Sounders FC and Real Salt Lake are looking to wrap up their playoff spots this weekend.
58 LA Galaxy *
51 Seattle Sounders FC
48 Real Salt Lake
46 FC Dallas
41 Colorado Rapids
41 Columbus Crew
40 Sporting Kansas City
39 Philadelphia Union
39 Houston Dynamo
36 New...
March 2011
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So you want to play in Major League Soccer?
I get a lot of emails and comments from people that want help getting onto an MLS team.
I have no idea what to do.
but I did a tiny bit of research and found this:
Most teams will want you (or more likely your agent) to send them your soccer resume along with some video. That is pretty much a minimum.
So this is what you have to do:
Go to http://mlssoccer.com and click on any one of the...
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MLS Preseason Predictions
Recently the owner of One Match Ban emailed and asked a few quick questions about what I’d predict for the upcoming MLS season. I decided to write them down and make a post of it right here.
1. Tip for the MLS Cup? Los Angeles Galaxy. The best team through the regular season last year has added Juan Pablo Angel and Frankie Hejduk. At 35 and 36 years old they aren’t building a...
February 2011
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2011 TV Schedule
The 2011 MLS TV schedule is available. After looking at it a bit I decided to count up the number of games each team gets on national TV. Keep in mind there are only 2 Canadian team which might give them better chances to get more games shown on the Canadian channel.
It is no big surprise that the Galaxy top the list. The Galaxy will be on TV 4 more times than San Jose, Real Salt Lake, and...
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A new year, a new playoff format
As another MLS season is upon us, so is a brand new playoff format. With the addition of Vancouver and Portland the playoffs have expanded to 10 teams in order to keep with the stupid tradition of sending at least half the league into the playoffs.
The playoff system does get one thing right at least - they reward the winners of the Supporters’s Shield, but just barely. More on that...
June 2010
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MLS Players in the World Cup
As the Sounders and DC United prepare for their Thursday night MLS game I started to think about what the list of MLS players in the World Cup would look like. The list is much smaller than it was in 2006 much due to the increasing number of Yanks leaving MLS to play in other countries. Let me know if I missed anyone. I just browsed through the whole list of World Cup rosters and picked these...
May 2010
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Final World Cup Squad Prediction
The final roster for the World Cup is scheduled to be announced today. After a friendly loss to the Czech Republic last night Bob Bradley should have his mind made up on everyone. The current list of 30 needs to be trimmed down by 7 to 23. See my choices below.
Keepers
Tim Howard (Everton, England)
Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton, England)
Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, England)
All the...
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30 man World Cup training camp roster announced
The 30 man roster for the World Cup training camp was announced just a little bit ago on ESPN News. The biggest news of this roster was the absence of striker Charlie Davies who was seriously injured in a car accident last year.
Here is the full list:
Keepers
Tim Howard (Everton, England)
Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton, England)
Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, England)
Defense
Oguchi Onyewu...
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Sounders FC lose big to Galaxy - offer refund to...
The Seattle Sounders have sent a message that they won’t tolerate more beatings like the 4-0 the Galaxy put on them last week. They’ve offered refunds to all season ticket holders in the form of a one game credit if they renew their season tickets for next year.
Maybe the Sounders had decided they were going to reduce renewed season ticket prices anyway and they just decided to wait...
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Major League Soccer Power Rankings
I always enjoy reading the MLS power rankings of various other MLS blogs around the blogosphere. With 6 games in the bag (for most teams) there is a big gap between 2nd place and 3rd place in the single table. This is what it looks like.
1. LA Galaxy 5-0-1 16pts
2. NY Red Bulls 5-1-0 15pts
followed by Colorado Rapids and Houston Dynamo with 10 points each.
So it is reasonable...
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Kei Kamara's miss vs Galaxy
Did you miss this great scoring chance thrown away by Kei Kamara vs the Galaxy last weekend? If you haven’t see it check it out in the video below. It is hard to see exactly what happened when they show it in full speed, but the replay gives you a good view.
So is this the worst miss you’ve ever seen?
March 2010
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All Seattle Sounders FC goals
As the preseason rages on you can enjoy every goal from the first season of Seattle Sounders FC right here!
February 2010
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MLS 2010 seasons opens with Philadelphia Union...
The 2010 schedule for Major League Soccer was recently announced. The season will open with the expansion Philadelphia Union visiting last season’s newcomers Seattle Sounders FC. Last year the Sounders started off the season on a high note - giving a good beating to MLS Cup runners up New York Red Bulls. The season gets underway on Thursday, March 25th and can be seen on ESPN2 &...
January 2010
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New Shoes - The Adidas Samba Nua II
About a week ago I receive a new pair of indoor shoes - the Adidas Samba Nua II Germany edition. I was told these were very nice shoes but I was a little bit skeptical at first. If you look at the collection of Adidas Samba shoes they have, you’ll notice several different countries are represented in the Samba Nua II shoes. I choose these because the yellow matches both of the indoor...
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Does Landon Donovan have a weakness?
As I was going to dig to see what I could find out about Landon Donovan’s loan to Everton I read something interesting. What would you say Landon Donovan’s weakness is?
Donovan has been a beast for the United States throughout his career. He’s set records and won numerous awards. His MLS career isn’t too shabby either. He had spent some time playing in Germany on...
November 2009
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MLS Best XI
How does this look for a best XI lineup. This is the group that was named to the MLS best XI for this 2009 season. Only a single player from the best XI will be represented in the MLS Cup this Sunday. That is of course Landon Donovan - US player of the decade.
Conor Casey - Jeff Cunningham
Dwayne De Rosario - Landon Donovan - Stuart Holden - Shalrie Joseph - Freddie Ljungberg
Geoff Cameron -...
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MLS Cup 2009: Real Salt Lake vs LA Galaxy
MLS Cup 2009
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Real Salt Lake (#4 East) vs LA Galaxy (#1 West)
The semi-final tonight between Real Salt Lake and the Chicago Fire was a wild one. Some people might say 120 minutes with no scoring is a boring game - but this was far from boring. The game eventually went to a shootout and went to 7 shooters before Nick Rimando took over saving the last couple of Fire PKs.
Real Salt Lake had...
October 2009
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MLS Cup Playoff Schedue is set
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Columbus Crew (#1 East) vs Real Salt Lake (#5 West)
Game 1: Saturday October 31st - 5:30 PM @ Salt Lake
Game 2: Thursday November 5th - 7:00 PM @ Columbus (ESPN2)
Regular Season Series tied 1-1
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Chicago Fire (#2 East) vs New England Revolution (#3 East)
Game 1: Sunday November 1st- 1:00 PM @ New England (Fox Soccer Channel)
Game 2: Saturday November 7th - 7:30 PM @ Chicago (Fox Soccer...
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Chicago Fire join the playoffs
The Fire joined the 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs tonight with a victory over Chivas USA. A single point would have put them in, but they ended up with a 1-0 victory on an own goal scored by Eduardo Lillingston in the 67th minute.
Here is the updated standings:
49 Columbus
45 Los Angeles
45 Houston
45 Chivas USA
45 Chicago
44 Seattle
40 Colorado
39 Toronto FC
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39 FC Dallas
39 New England...
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Chivas USA and Seattle Sounders FC join playoffs
Chivas USA and Seattle Sounders FC both have guaranteed themselves a spot in the 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs. They are joining defending champions Columbus Crew along with Houston Dynamo and LA Galaxy.
That leaves 3 positions up for grabs on the last weekend of the year. Those 3 spots that are up for grabs will have 7 teams possibly still alive to grab one of them. Right now the 3 teams that...
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Galaxy, Dynamo and Crew reserve spots in playoffs
Three teams have booked their spots in the 2009 Major League Soccer playoffs. The defending champions Columbus Crew are in and currently leading the whole league with 46 points and even a game in hand over several of the teams chasing them. At 44 points the champions of 2006 and 2007 Houston Dynamo are in. The LA Galaxy are also in the playoffs with 44 points as well. The Galaxy also happen to...
August 2009
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Watch USA vs Mexico Live
You might be looking for a place to watch USA vs. Mexico coming up in about 15 minutes. This is kinda late notice - but better late than never.
You should be able to watch the game here live:
http://envivo.terra.com/deportes/live/259-eu/
I have Dish Network and I will be recording the game on channel 838. The game will be shown on mun2 which some providers are offering a free 1 day sneak...
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Houston to New York - MLS single table at the all...
Here is the Major League Soccer single table at the all star break. It isn’t uncommon to see Houston on the top along with FC Dallas and San Jose near the bottom.
This table doesn’t take into effect any of the games that will be taking place today. Ten teams will be seeing action later today while there is only one game tomorrow. Of course the LA Galaxy are taking on FC Barcelona...
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Kenny Cooper is leaving us - and FC Dallas
Kenny Cooper is leaving Major League Soccer to join the former home of Kansas City Wizards striker Josh Wolff. Cooper will join 1860 Munich for reportedly somewhere a little over $1 million.
What is FC Dallas going to do without Cooper? Without Cooper on the team Jeff Cunningham is the leading scorer with 4 goals on the season.
July 2009
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2009 MLS All Star Game vs Everton
MLS All Stars 3 - 1 Chivas (Mexico)
MLS All Stars 4 - 1 Fulham (England)
MLS All Stars 1 - 0 Chelsea (England)
MLS All Stars 2 - 0 Celtic (Scotland)
MLS All Stars 3 - 2 West Ham United (England)
MLS All Stars ? - ? Everton FC (England)
Wednesday night the MLS All Stars look to continue their perfect record when they’ve faced off against other professional teams from...
Shakeup on the single table standings!
31 Houston
28 Seattle
27 Los Angeles
27 Chivas USA
25 Chicago
25 Toronto FC
24 Colorado
24 D.C. United
24 Columbus
20 Kansas City
20 Real Salt Lake
17 New England
17 FC Dallas
13 San Jose
10 New York
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Bad day for MLS in US Open Cup
Several MLS teams took place in the 3rd round of the US Open Cup today. A few of those teams will play again in the 4th round - several will not.
Defending MLS Champions Columbus Crew went to OT and then to PKs against the always dangerous Rochester Rhinos. The Rhinos came out on top in PKs at 5-3 to move on.
The Chicago Fire have been hot in MLS play - but they couldn’t keep it up...
June 2009
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The Major League Soccer single table
I used to try to keep the MLS single table up to date here, but quit doing that after last year. I was too often several games behind and sometime would forget to update it for a whole week. It was not very reliable so I quit doing it. Today I started to miss the single table so I put together a very simple one. Here is the current standing after the Galaxy upset league leaders Houston...
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Social networking for football fans
I just got my profile set up at www.footbo.com - social networking for football fans by football fans. Something between my cable modem and my computer is going really slow this evening so I haven’t been able to get around the site as much as I would like yet, but I look forward to exploring it soon.
After registering I was able to get a profile image uploaded, select some of my favorite...
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MLS Pub Guide
The official MLS website has a nice little pub guide that tries to list the pubs that are very soccer friendly. We all know it can be tough to find a bar that you can watch a soccer game at with sound. Usually you get some weird looks if you ask for Fox Soccer Channel. So this is a great idea to have a pub guide. Check it out here:
http://web.mlsnet.com/mls/fans/pubs/
So the only problem...
May 2009
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Seattle Sounders FC dominating all star voting
Fan voting is under way for this years MLS All Star Game. Just like with other all star games sometimes the fans of one team can dominate the voting. Luckily for everyone that is not on the Seattle Sounders FC roster the fans vote only count 25% of the final tally to determine the starting 11. If that were not the case - as of today the All Star starting 11 would be made up of 8 Seattle...
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Get free Red Bulls tickets
The Red Bull Reader has an interesting contest to give away tickets to this weekend’s game when the Chicago Fire come to town. They have apparently gotten into Facebook and are asking that you change your profile image to the Red Bull crest. Then some user that has has the Red Bull crest as their profile image will randomly be picked and given tickets. Sounds pretty easy.
Go check out...
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Who is the man?
These guys are on fire right now. Sorry if you think I’m excluding someone more deserving.
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This 32 year old striker for the Kansas City Wizards struck Real Salt Lake for 2 goals today. This has Wolff right up near the top of the season scoring...
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Start voting for your MLS All Stars
The MLS All Star voting is underway. This year Everton FC from England’s top league is coming over to get beat up on by our MLS All Stars! The MLS All Stars have historically done very well in these all star games vs European teams. This time they will likely have to face former MLS goalkeeper Tim Howard. Howard has had a pretty successful run at Everton this year.
People are worried...
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New team will be called Philadelphia Union
Philadelphia will start play in MLS in just about 11 months and they today named their team for the first time. The 16th team to join Major League Soccer will be known as Philadelphia Union. The blue and gold colors represent the colors of the American Revolutionary Army. Check out the new Philadelphia Union logo below.
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