Today Miami FC announced 4 more players starting with former Chivas USA keeper Lance Parker. fighting for that starting goalkeeper position will be Caleb Patterson while in midfield we get Sean Cameron and local product Gabriel Hoyos.

It's great to have these two quality goalkeepers on the team.

A fascinating interview in today's Herlad Scotland showed why Alexei Lalas just may be the best ambassador for US soccer today. Whenever Lalas speaks you get a real sense of his passion and love for not only the USMNT, but also the MLS and the growing passion for the game in our country.

A few highlights from the article include:

- After bragging about the success of Maurice Edu, Stuart Holden and Clint Dempsey, Lalas was asked who might be next to leave MLS and thrive in Europe.

Stuart Holden is on his way to Bolton. (Getty Images)

The day has some for those Houston Dynamo fans, their club no now longer has Stuart Holden. Bolton manager Owen Coyle has confirmed that the club will sign Holden as one of two winter acquisitions.

Holden joins former Dynamo teammate Ricardo Clark, who has signed with Eintracht Frankfurt, as Americans to make major transfer moves from MLS this winter.

Former Missouri State Bear Lance Parker (2008), after spending two years with Chivas USA, has signed with Miami FC of the NASL. A native of Oklahoma City, Lance Parker made his official Chivas USA debut on July 13 in a 2-1 SuperLiga loss to Pachuca, and his MLS debut on Aug. 8, 2009. Parker made his MLS debut in Chivas USA's 4-0 loss to Colorado on Aug.

HOUSTON, Tex Team icon Brian Ching, fellow 2010 MLS All-Star Brad Davis and talented, young midfielder Geoff Cameron highlight the list of 11 players the Dynamo will protect during Wednesday's expansion draft. The Dynamo could protect 11 players, and they chose to protect Ching, Davis, Cameron, Lovel Palmer, Bobby Boswell, Colin Clark, Mike Chabala, [.

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I'm hearing rumors about a few upcoming roster moves from the Dynamo. Nothing is confirmed as of yet and there is always the chance that things could change, but the news is interesting enough to at least mention.

David Agrell at the MLS Insider says Dom's not scared, so why should anyone else be? Well, to look further into that question after reading Agrell's great piece (see it here), I think there are no reasons why DYNAMO fans should be scared. But the rest of the league? They may just start seeming to the team like each of them looks like a certain Harris County Commissioner.

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LA and Kansas City are still two of the league's best at this point. (Getty Images)

We knew going into the weekend that some games would prove to be bigger and better than others. Turns out some that we didn't expect much out of turned out to be better than advertised. The bigger story may be Seattle's rough week where they lost in Toronto on Sunday and pretty much lost in a draw to FC Dallas on Thursday.

FC Dallas takes on the Houston Dynamo tonight (8pm, Galavision) in a match-up of teams that have won a combined six MLS Cup titles, but are going through periods of transition this year.

The Dynamo (4-4-1) enter in better shape than D.C., but inconsistency has doomed Houston to an average season so far as Dom Kinnear's squad copes with the loss of Stuart Holden and Ricardo Clark (as well as the season-ending surgery for Geoff Cameron).

U.S. Open Cup continues for Miami FC as they take on MLS side Houston Dynamo in the third round of the cup. The game takes place today Tuesday, June 29 at Robertson Field and will start at 8:30 p.m. EST.
As of this moment there seems to be no live video feed (If I find one I'll let you know) but you can listen to the game if you go to Sports Talk 790 in Houston.

Jonny Bornstein, seen here playing against Houston's Geoff Cameron earlier this season, said Monday his toughest opponent in MLS was the Dynamo (and individually it was Brian Mullan, incidentally). (AP photo).

Jonathan Bornstein has always been among the most approachable players in the league.

J.R. Eskilson can see the future.
Quote: This is as close as you may ever see to a perfect draft. Every single player has a purpose for the team and could see significant minutes by the end of the season. Mwanga immediately gives Union a player to build around. How can he possibly know this?

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Last one out of Robertson Stadium, turn off the lights, eh?

It's not exactly that dire, but the club from South Texas finds itself in a state of alarming flux. Let's look at the score sheet:

Ricardo Clark, the team's rock in midfield, is reportedly in the final stages of signing with Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany.

We're over the halfway stage now in Angola and it has proved to be everything I hoped for; excitement, bags of goals, ridiculous refereeing, gravity defying longshots and abysmal defending. What I didn't hope for was the terrible Togo shooting incident that overshadowed the earlier part of the tournament.

1. This match will make it onto ESPN Classic. Unfortunately, tonight's live broadcast will be both its first and last appearance on the Classic channel, as it will never make it into their must-see replay rotation.

2. Jonathan Bornstein will get beaten numerous times by his man, but praised overall for his crossing ability.

Just saw this on the WV Hooligan blog that Dynamo just traded to get the rights to Adrian Serioux. (And click here for the Toronto Sun's story on the deal.)
Personally, I think this is a great move as it really shores up the Route 1 defense while Geoff Cameron finds his footing in the CAM role.

A game that began in stuttering fashion sparked into life with four goals in five first half minutes. The Eastlands outfit, looking to lay claim to fourth spot, went two goals up with goals from Carlos Tevez and Nedum Onuoha. Cameron Jerome then immediately replied for the away side.

Emmanuel Adebayor then restored the two goal lead and the second half saw Manchester City play some very attractive football and they deservedly scored a fourth when Onuoha scored his second before Adebayor completed the rout.

Despite the rough loss at Chicago Fire last weekend and the PCL rupture suffered by Dynamo Midfielder Geoff Cameron, Coach Dominic Kinnear manages to field a side that picked up a strong victory over the Kansas City Wizards here in Houston on Saturday night. Meanwhile, in Italy, Inter maintains a 2 point lead over Roma in the Scudetto race with only two match days left in the season.

FC Dallas takes on the Houston Dynamo tonight (8pm, Galavision) in a match-up of teams that have won a combined six MLS Cup titles, but are going through periods of transition this year.

The Dynamo (4-4-1) enter in better shape than D.C., but inconsistency has doomed Houston to an average season so far as Dom Kinnear's squad copes with the loss of Stuart Holden and Ricardo Clark (as well as the season-ending surgery for Geoff Cameron).

New Zealand
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 1982)
Best result Round 1, 1982
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances 8 (First in 1973)
Best result Champions, 1973, 1998, 2002 and 2008
Confederations CupAppearances 3 (First in 1999)
Best result Round 1, 1999, 2003 and 2009
New Zealand has never won a World Cup match, they were 0-3, in their only appearance back in 1982.

Starting Line Ups

Fire

GK Johnson

D Conde, Brown, Robinson, Segares

M Pause, Husidic, Pappa, Castillo

F Ljungberg, McBride

Subs : Dykstra, Kinney, Krol, Banner, Lowry, Nyarko, Carr

Dynamo

GK Onstad

D Mulrooney, Boswell, Cameron, Hainault

M Cruz, Obodai, Palmer, Mullan

F Ching, Oduro

Subs : Hall, Chabala, Cochrane, Robinson, Davis, Ngwenya, Weaver

So the challenge was simple enough: Pick an MLS starting eleven that which has a total 2010 Guaranteed Compensation under $1,000,000.

The results were simple enough too. A pretty good team, I'd say. (Review it here.)

But as it turns out, the process of choosing the team and some insight about the league that came from it are probably what was the most interesting.

Robbie Findley played out his MLS contract in search of a European contract and appears to have secured one.

The U.S. national team striker and former Real Salt Lake forward has signed with English League Championship side Nottingham Forest, the club announced on Thursday.

Three state seniors were named to the NSCAA All-Central/West Region Scholar boys soccer team.

Middleton defender Matt Hanus, Madison Memorial midfielder Robin Forslund and Fond du Lac forward Cameron Pieper made the squad, which featured just 11 members.

Find it here: MLS Talk Podcast #129: Sean Grybos, Soccer City FC
And for the two interviews I reference at the beginning of the chat:
1) Patrick Phelan Interview Prior To Combine
2) Technical Sessions: Geoffrey Cameron

So here we are in 2010, a year that will again provide us with another month of top quality entertainment, our eyes stuck to the screen as we see great names perform to the highest levels of peak perfection until there can be left just one standing at the final whistle.........my money is on Vinnie Jones.

Group C – Benin, Egypt, Nigeria, Mozambique

Benin
Not a lot of people have heard of Benin and less have seen it, the gaff is tiny and the squad is tinier but they definitely have the best nickname, The Squirrals! Most of the ickle Benin team make Shaun Wright Phillips look like Crouchy on stilts.

Birmingham City continued their fine run of form with a draw against champions Manchester United in a game that the Blues often outplayed their Old Trafford based opponents.

Cameron Jerome put Birmingham City ahead and were unlucky to concede an own goal that leveled the game early in the second half.

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Cameron Jerome scored for Birmingham after Jonny Evans made a hames of a clearance.
Man U managed to draw the game when an unfortunate Scott Dann turned the ball into his own net.The linesman had his flag up for offside or something but he was over ruled and the goal stood.

Let's be clear here: let's just stop making excuses for our team. We can go on about our dominant possession; throw stats out in the air on how much of pitch area our players covered. And perhaps go on a rant about sides parking their bus against us. Or, how unfair Cameron Jerome's goal was.

But what's the point?

E' la Coppa d'Africa delle sorprese. Dopo aver letto, con stupore, i risultati che hanno dato avvio alla manifestazione calcistica africana (il 3 a 0 del Malawi all'Algeria, per esempio), registriamo ora il ko pesante dei "leoni" del Camerun che capitolano contro il Gabon (0-1 il risultato finale) nella sfida di esordio del Gruppo D a Lubango.

Here is a link to an interview that the USSF did with Geoff Cameron from the Houston Dynamo.

We're less than an hour away, and we have the USMNT line-up card. O brother, where art Geoff Cameron?Perkins; Wynne, Conrad, Marshall, Bornstein; Kljestan, Feilhaber, Beckerman, Rogers; Cunningham, FindleyBench: Rimando, Goodson, Pearce, McCarty, Bedoya, Casey, DavisBack later with the wrap, enjoy the game.

He's returned only 5 goals in 17 league starts, but coming in at a price of just 4.7M in the official Fantasy Premier League, Cameron Jerome is this week's Funny Feeling Friday.
While his strike partner Christian Benitez is more talented, and possesses even better pace (and a better first touch) - we have already featured Benitez as a Funny Feeling Friday way back in September.

The U.S. has had its share of tall defenders here and there throughout the years, and certainly the aerial game has been considered a team strength, and still one can't help but notice the collection of (relative) giants here at the January training camp. Take a look at the list of potential centerbacks for the game against Honduras, and you can see where re-starts could be a big factor Saturday:
Geoff Cameron: 6-3
Jimmy Conrad: 6-2
Omar Gonzalez: 6-5
Clarence Goodson: 6-4
Chad Marshall: 6-4
And for good measure, toss in a 6-3, 230 pound Zach Thornton in goal!

Match & Score:
-Wed Feb 24
USA v El Salvador
Where: Tampa FL
The USA will convene a training camp on Wed Feb 10 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA in preparation for the International Friendly two weeks later.
Here is the all-MLS-player roster for that camp:
G:
Troy Perkins - DC United
Nick Rimando - Real Salt Lake
Zach Thornton - Chivas USA
D:
Kevin Alston - New England Revolution
Jonathan Bornstein - Chivas USA
Omar Gonzalez - Los Angeles Galaxy
Chad Marshall - Columbus Crew
Michael Orozco - Philadelphia Union
Heath Pearce - FC Dallas
Marvell Wynne - Toronto FC
M:
Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake
Geoff Cameron - Houston Dynamo
Brad Davis - Houston Dynamo
Brad Evans - Seattle Sounders
Eddie Gaven - Columbus Crew
Sacha Kljestan - Chivas USA
Dax McCarty - FC Dallas
Chris Pontius - DC United
Robbie Rogers - Columbus Crew
F:
Conor Casey - Colorado Rapids
Brian Ching - Houston Dynamo
Jeff Cunningham - FC Dallas
Robbie Findley - Real Salt Lake

Image via Houston Dynamo

This week's guest on the Jared Montz Soccer Podcast is Geoff Cameron. Geoff was named an MLS Best XI player in 2009, received his first U.S. National Team call up in January of this year and he is entering his third season professional season with the Houston Dynamo.

As has often happened this season, Liverpool went away from a match frustrated. The performance wasn't there but enough chances were created to win it. Just as disappointing was the nature of Birmingham's equaliser as Liverpool had defended impeccably until then. Of course much of the focus will go on the substitution of Fernando Torres and the chances missed by David N'Gog.