In no particular order:

• Has Landycakes been hitting the gym? I don't ever recall him shrugging off so many tackles and shoves without going down. He must have made at least 3-5 strong runs with the ball where he suffered two or more fouls and kept on truckin'. That is the Kissypants we need going forward for the US. Forget the falling over and leaving it to the ref to make a decision.

Last night Jamie Moreno scored his 109th career MLS goal as DC United took down the New York Red Bulls 3-1. This moved him past current Real Salt Lake head coach Jason Kries for the most career MLS goals. Ante Razov is up there over the 100 mark and either of these guys could add a lot more to that total.

Who do you think will retire with the goal scoring crown, and how high will that tally be by that time?

Some random thoughts from last night's less-than-stirring goal-less encounter between Chivas and Dallas.

• The forward pairing of Merlin-Cunliffe doesn't inspire the same sort of fear in defenses that Galindo-Razov do. Losing Razov for 4-6 weeks might just have doomed Chivas' chance at MLS Cup and the Supporters' Shield. The Goats seem to have the same problem that DC United are afflicted with--after the top two strikers, the drop-off in quality to the numbers three and four is immense.

Ante Razov's devastating knee injury Thursday Night leave DC United as the only fully healthy, hitting on all cylinders club entering the MLS post season. Chivas USA's depth has been questioned much of the season, but Preki's club had been able to continue to chase the Supporters Shield largely due to the consistency of the starting XI which faced little in the way of injuries.

Chivas USA Record (W-L-T): 15-7-8; 46 GF, 28 GA Source Material: Schedule/match reports; roster (whoa...updated already) Overview It can't possibly be so simple, can it? Surely, the reasons for Chivas USA's first-round exit from the playoffs don't begin and end with the absence of starting forwards Maykel Galindo and Ante Razov.

Hell hath no fury like a Razov scorned! Or something like that. Remember that abortion of a season that Ante split between Columbus and the Meadowlands? Remember how Arena constantly snubbed him for the national team? He certainly does, and he took it out on both the Meadowlands and Arena last night, scoring one goal and setting up the other in Chivas' 2-0 win.

Last night, for the first time in my time as a Major League Soccer (MLS) fan, I pulled for the Los Angeles Galaxy. I couldn't help myself, not with them dragging desperately around the pitch like a three-legged dog. I pulled, especially, for Landon Donovan and Abel Xavier, who, together, seemed to be [...]

Chivas take a 3-0 victory over the LA Galaxy tonite to move into first place in the west.

At times the Galaxy made it look like a game. They had chances but just couldn't finish them.

Ante Razov moved one goal closer to Jamie Moreno and his MLS career goal tally as he notched the game winning goal in the first half. That was enough to get him the man of the match award.

For all the hype around Major League Soccer regarding Jaime Moreno's quest to become the leading goal scorer in league history his record is likely to be very short lived. Moreno finally broke Jason Kreis all time scoring mark just over a month ago but now very quietly Ante Razov has closed to within one goal of Moreno's current mark of 110.

For all the hype around Major League Soccer regarding Jaime Moreno's quest to become the leading goal scorer in league history his record is likely to be very short lived. Moreno finally broke Jason Kreis all time scoring mark just over a month ago but now very quietly Ante Razov has closed to within one goal of Moreno's current mark of 110.

Ante Razov's devastating knee injury Thursday Night leave DC United as the only fully healthy, hitting on all cylinders club entering the MLS post season. Chivas USA's depth has been questioned much of the season, but Preki's club had been able to continue to chase the Supporters Shield largely due to the consistency of the starting XI which faced little in the way of injuries.

I have to post the Daily Sweeper early, so's I can go into hiding from the soccer world, thus leaving open the possibility of watching the U.S. v. Switzerland on tape-delay. * I have some kind of psychological resistance/distaste for the word "playoffs." Moving on... - Though I'm posting MLSnet.com's useful enumeration of the varying alternate realities-to-be that [.