FC Dallas general manager Michael Hitchcock issued the following statement regarding FC Dallas' third SuperLiga match versus the Los Angeles Galaxy on Tuesday, July 31 at Pizza Hut Park (7 pm CT): "Tuesday's SuperLiga match against the LA Galaxy is one of the most important matches in our club's history. A win would advance FC Dallas [...] Click to continue reading...

TDS match reports for the past week here. Including Superliga matches. Are people genuinely interested in the Superliga? There seems to be an unusual amount of pride and motivation for this. Maybe it's the US vs. Mexico thing (what if Toronto ever qualifies?), maybe it's the big fat sack of cash [...] Click to continue reading...

I was so sincerely skeptical of Curt Onalfo implementing an attack-first scenario, getting the Wizards to buy into it, getting Eddie Johnson on board. Consider this an apology. I don't believe anymore that they're going to choke out of the playoffs in the first round, or whatever the hell I said in my [...] Click to continue reading...

Two assists for the overpaid no-neck hunchback who still stinks, I don't care if he holds up the MLS Cup MVP Award for his four goals, to me he will always stink. Besides, those two goals were down to (a) an incredible shot by Guerrero, and (b) a totally unlucky deflection on Carr's shot, not that [...] Click to continue reading...

I'm going to do some pretty blatant lying in this post. I'm going to manipulate some statistics unfairly. And I'm going to come to a series of increasingly unwarranted conclusions. What's Guadalajara doing, drawing less than 40,000 on a Saturday night in the LA Coliseum? They didn't even draw twice as much as [...] Click to continue reading...

Climbing the Ladder is ranking the USL logos. I love logo discussions the way John Belushi loved speedballs, or the way Kennedy loved motorcades. They're not good for me. I have no standing to criticize or compliment logos, except for That Shore Looks Purty or Grody To The Max. But what, you want [...] Click to continue reading...

Wow! Standing room only for the Dallas-Los Angeles Superliga game! Even though David Beckham is injured! This is destined to end well! Click to continue reading...

Avoid the big, red, flashing CHIVAS USA IS WINLESS ON THE ROAD sign (EDIT - oops, forgot they went to Bridgeview on Free Points Night), and this in theory would be a great matchup. And Little Bighorn was a banner day for Custer if you ignore the several thousand Indians. To be fair, [...] Click to continue reading...

The All-Stars beat Celtic, Chicago tied them. The Galaxy beat Pachuca, champions of North America. Dallas tied Chivas. DC tied Morelia, and Houston beat Club America. That makes MLS, so far, undefeated in the Superliga. (Shut up, Tigres.) Weirdest of all, Salt Lake tied Boca Juniors and beat Everton. [...] Click to continue reading...

Most home games left. 1. Dallas (8) 1. Toronto (8) 1. Chivas USA (8) 1. Real Salt Lake (8) 5. New England (7) 5. New York (7) 5. DC United (7) 5. Los Angeles (7) 9. Kansas City (6) 9. Chicago (6) 9. Colorado (6) 12. Columbus (5) 12. Houston (5) Editorializing after the time warp. Click to continue reading...

Hometowning announcers are a big part of the Direct Kick package, of course, and not everyone enjoys seeing how the other twelve-thirteenths live as much as I do. Especially when the team I support is winning, which sadly for me isn't something I've gotten to enjoy terribly often over the past few years. [...] Click to continue reading...

Other MLS games? And these count in the standings? Wait, the season has started? And yet, there are match reports. How can this be? Also, Rob updates us on WSII. Not only is it great to check in with the new league, but I love the defiance of being literally the only soccer [...] Click to continue reading...

The news about David Beckham's game ankle had spread sufficiently wide to drive down scalper prices, so I decided to go to the Chelsea game anyway. I don't hate Chelsea as much as I used to, anyway - which is to stay, I only stay up seven hours a night thinking up new ways [...] Click to continue reading...

From Jamie Trecker's blog. Probably a little short notice for you to get to Beverly Hills tomorrow afternoon, but Steve Jones' Hollywood United Football Club is holding a benefit match for the victims of political violence. Information is here. I'm assuming that even if you don't attend the match, they will accept [...] Click to continue reading...

By and large, Galaxy fans are dealing with Beckham Fever better than I am. Article on the Riot Squad buying Victoria a seat in Section 138. Click to continue reading...

Last night, Angel and Toja celebrated the return of the Colombian player to MLS stardom for the first time since Valderrama retired. No, we don't count Alex Comas' mustache. Had Schelotto (or "Barros Schelotto," if you're the Crew's alphabetical roster) arrived earlier, he would have had Ronnie O'Brien's spot, and it would have [...] Click to continue reading...

This is probably the biggest "Are you KIDDING?" trade since the Metrostars acquired Mamadou Diallo. These days, you don't get too many "How could HE play for THEM?" deals. Especially in MLS, where there's a huge turnover of players from team to team, and fans of opposing teams still have more in common [...] Click to continue reading...

How was Jimmy Conrad on that not-Cold Pizza thing? I totally missed it. Click to continue reading...

Josh has it all here, but tape your head to prevent it from exploding. Yeah, Chicago has been horrifying, and yeah, Chivas USA is probably the worst Cup team in American history, but I didn't see them both crashing out. I thought the USL fulfilled its upset quota and then some with Richmond [...] Click to continue reading...

I kinda like the All-Star Game, to be honest. Always have. I liked the pointless, nonsensical East-West games. I like seeing players and coaches who hate each other work together for the good of the league. I like how I catch myself cheering for players where I would otherwise, were I [...] Click to continue reading...