Perhaps you have heard of the popular, free to play, online game called League of Legends. Perhaps not. Maybe you have played its progenitor Defense of the Ancients; maybe not. Or you might be acquainted with Storm of the Imperial Sanctum, though, if you said no to the above, probably not. Whether you have or haven't, hopefully you will enjoy the interesting parallels we might draw between these Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) games and our beloved sport of soccer.

By Chris Wright

Owl abuse in football is a serious issue. Only last year did we see a poor, defenseless hooter kicked to death during a game by Deportivo Pereira defender Luis Moreno.

Moreno was fined and given community service in a zoo.

By Soraya Soemadiredja, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Part One of Three Parts in AFR's FIFA Elections coverage.

All over the world, on every continent, it's election fever. You just have to turn on any news channel, open any website or read the paper to know that.

During this downtime while the team prepares for the season and there is little action to discuss, I thought I'd bring up a deeper topic that I've pontificated on from time to time. Specifically, the purpose of the MLS. I'm not talking about the profit motive that exists in MLS just as it does in any business.