The best photo from a blurry batch of cell-phone pictures. I'm glad to say that I was lucky enough to be able to go to Empire Field's last Vancouver Whitecaps game against the Seattle Sounders. When I go see matches live, I'm usually too engrossed in the action and swept up by the atmosphere to be able to properly focus on what I'm going to write later in the match report.

Happy Friday to you! With national team thoughts, Real Salt Lake/Philadelphia coming up and the transfer window, here's whats on my mind for this Friday.
Jurgen Klinsmann and the National Team: Klinsmann is certainly making waves in the media despite only being in charge only a month.

photo courtesy of Jarred Donalson
KC set a new attendance high for a game at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park tonight in their 2-2 draw with the LA Galaxy, pulling in 20,512, topping the old record set in the US Gold Cup game earlier this year by about 400. For a look at the attendance after 12 games check here.

Not much this week in terms of stats, some big ones coming up though. Here are the few from this week.
The 20,512 in attendance was the highest crowd at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park for any competition, topping the Gold Cup game in KC earlier this year.
KC scored their 40th league goal of the season last night, that's the first time that KC has scored 40 goals in a season since 2007.

Bolton gift United their 200th Premier away win

• Saturday, September 10, 2011
• Venue: The Reebok
• Attendance: 25,944
• Referee: Andre Marriner

• Javier Hernandez [5]
• Kevin Davies [13]
• Mark Davies [13]
• Wayne Rooney [20]
• Wayne Rooney [25]
• Javier Hernandez [58]
• Wayne Rooney [68]

Another home defeat for Bolton Wanderers — is the season over already for The Trotters?

photo courtesy of Jarred Donalson
The home stand is over, and it looked like the run had finally gotten to a lot of people, as the team had their lowest attendance of the season, 14,791 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park yesterday for the game. Still, the 2011 season leads the way in attendance.

The video says pretty much everything one needs to know about the situation and I don't want to say too much about it myself. The following is a short write up with some pictures of the tribute to 9/11 victims and America that the Sons of Ben, and other Philadelphia Union fans, did during the game against he Portland Timbers last night.

Don't panic! City's super strikeforce will come good in Europe

Perhaps the most surprising thing about the reduced attendance at Eastlands last night, was that people weren't desperate to see this City side. Ignoring the team on the pitch for a second, the list of players in reserve would be enough to get the fans of most Premier League teams excited.

Dallas 1 - Tauro 1 FC Dallas got things started the right way, with Daniel Cruz scoring right after the game started. Though Tauro pressed for stretches in the first-half, they would get on the board from a 41st minute penalty. That was it for the goals, with the point keeping Dallas at the top of Group C.

With tickets being sold at just £25 for adults and £5 for kids, Manchester City failed to sell out their first ever Champions League game last night.

The opposition were no minnows either, with Napoli finishing 3rd in Serie A last season and boasting the talent of Edinson Cavani, who was last season's 2nd highest scorer.

With tickets being sold at just £25 for adults and £5 for kids, Manchester City failed to sell out their first ever Champions League game last night.

The opposition were no minnows either, with Napoli finishing 3rd in Serie A last season and boasting the talent of Edinson Cavani, who was last season's 2nd highest scorer.

The build up to tomorrow's game against Blackburn is as low-key as I can remember for Arsenal in recent times.

Usually, in the immediate aftermath of a press conference, from which many Tweets are sent by those in attendance, there are a host of stories scrambling to the top of the various news feeds.

Someone didn't tell Atlanta they were supposed to lose to the Strikers Saturday night in Fort Lauderdale. The team sitting 8th in the standings gave the Strikers all they could handle. The fans in attendance, announced at 4688, saw a flurry of goals in the dying moments. With the match destined to end 0 – [.

Big weekend in Major League Soccer as teams are jockeying for playoff position in the last few weeks of the season. Whatever the downsides of the over inclusive MLS playoff setup, the 10 team system does keep more teams in the hunt until the end of the season. The possibility of playoffs keeps an informed fan base interested (there is certainly an argument that a fair number of MLS in stadium attendees have limited knowledge of the home team's place in the stadiums) and coming to games.

Of all the topics upon which MLS fans love to bicker, nothing can touch the Playoffs. Some of us hate the dependence on conferences, some of us hate the amount of clubs that are admitted in, and some of us hate them all together. Me? I like the idea of a playoff, and I think the current model is okay, but just okay.

Underfire Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger fumed at suggestion that his future at the Emirates is in serious doubt after he was given an ominous vote of confidence from club chief executive Ivan Gazidis. Frustrated Arsenal fans also voted with their feet as just 46,539 turned up to watch the Gunners' 3-1 Carling Cup Third Round [.

Game notes later - atmosphere at BMO first...The weather helped to set the scene last night at BMO Field, it was a perfect Toronto in September evening. The wind never picked up off of the lake, the sky was clear and the temperature was somewhere between balmy and cool. As the sun was setting, I had made sure to pack a hoodie and a fleece vest, yet they were never needed.

photo courtesy of Jarred Donalson
With just 2 home game left in the season, Sporting KC has set a record for average attendance. No one could show up for the team's final two matches against Columbus and New York, and KC would still set an attendance record this season. KC's average if no one shows up the final two games of the season would be 15,589, topping the 15,573 that was set in the 2003 season.

Another sending off adds to BWFC's misery

• Saturday, September 24, 2011
• Venue: The Emirates Stadium
• Attendance: 59,727
• Referee: Mark Clattenburg

• Robin van Persie [46]
• David Wheater [54]
• Gretar Steinsson [58]
• Robin van Persie [71]
• Alex Song [89]

Bolton Wanderers fail to make a good impression at The Emirates.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admitted that disappointing results as well as the financial crisis are two reasons why the Emirates Stadium is not enjoying a full attendance. Speaking after the 3-0 win against Bolton Wanderers on ...

photo courtesy of Jarred Donalson
Another game in the books, another decent night of attendance at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, 17,838. The 2011 season extends it's lead, and with the finale against New York already nearly a sell out, KC is very likely to pass the 18,000 attendance mark for this season.