Only two pro teams (Tampa Bay in USSFD2 and Atlanta in WPS) haven't played a home game yet this season. So here's a look at attendance figures for all the teams at the professional levels to this point, just for fun.

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER Team G Total Average Seattle Sounders FC 4 144,450 36,113 Philadelphia Union 1 34,870 34,870 Toronto FC 2 40,372 20,186 Los Angeles Galaxy 4 76,978 19,245 New York Red Bulls 3 53,858 17,953 DC United 3 51,160 17,053 Houston Dynamo 4 65,541 16,385 Real Salt Lake 2 32,429 16,215 Chivas USA 3 45,639 15,213 Chicago Fire 3 44,812 14,937 Columbus Crew 2 27,858 13,929 Colorado Rapids 2 21,569 10,785 New England Revolution 3 30,997 10,332 Kansas City Wizards 3 30,658 10,219 San Jose Earthquakes 3 28,345 9,448 FC Dallas 3 27,084 9,028 MLS TOTAL 45 756,620 16,814 WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER Team G Total Average Boston Breakers 2 10,466 5,233 Washington Freedom 3 14,825 4,942 Chicago Red Stars 2 8,270 4,135 Sky Blue FC 2 8,238 4,119 Philadelphia Independence 3 11,694 3,898 FC Gold Pride 2 6,759 3,380 Saint Louis Athletica 2 6,656 3,328 Atlanta Beat 0 0 0 WPS TOTAL 16 66,908 4,182 USSF DIVISION II SOCCER LEAGUE Team G Total Average Montreal Impact 2 24,588 12,294 Portland Timbers 3 27,119 9,040 Rochester Rhinos 1 7,124 7,124 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 9,749 4,875 AC St.

The unlucky bounces, close calls, and heartbreakers have eased up on the Islanders for the time-being the Islanders have enjoyed a few weeks in the sun. After posting 1 win in their first 11 season games, the Islanders have won their last 3 USL-2 contests over Charlotte once and Real Maryland twice.

Here are attendance figures for the various levels of the outdoor game through this past weekend:

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER Team G Total Average Seattle Sounders FC 5 180,723 36,145 Philadelphia Union 2 59,908 29,954 Toronto FC 3 60,432 20,144 Los Angeles Galaxy 5 96,985 19,397 New York Red Bulls 4 71,758 17,940 Houston Dynamo 5 78,772 15,754 DC United 5 74,768 14,954 Real Salt Lake 4 59,798 14,950 Chicago Fire 3 44,812 14,937 Chivas USA 4 58,216 14,554 Columbus Crew 4 53,082 13,271 Colorado Rapids 3 31,451 10,484 New England Revolution 5 50,598 10,120 Kansas City Wizards 4 38,813 9,703 San Jose Earthquakes 4 38,056 9,514 FC Dallas 4 37,407 9,352 MLS TOTAL 64 1,035,579 16,181 WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER Team G Total Average Boston Breakers 3 15,749 5,250 Atlanta Beat 2 10,360 5,180 Washington Freedom 4 19,023 4,756 Chicago Red Stars 3 13,915 4,638 Sky Blue FC 2 8,238 4,119 Philadelphia Independence 3 11,694 3,898 FC Gold Pride 3 9,912 3,304 Saint Louis Athletica 4 12,109 3,027 WPS TOTAL 24 101,000 4,208 USSF DIVISION II SOCCER LEAGUE Team G Total Average Montreal Impact 3 36,853 12,284 Portland Timbers 5 45,993 9,199 FC Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 8,082 8,082 Vancouver Whitecaps 4 19,829 4,957 AC St.

Once again, here are the latest unofficial (and, at the lower levels, incomplete) attendance figures for The Major League Soccer, Women's Professional Soccer, the USSF Division II Professional Soccer League, the USL Second Division, the USL W-League and the Premier Development League:

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER Team G Total Average Seattle Sounders FC 9 325,257 36,140 Philadelphia Union 4 95,821 23,955 Los Angeles Galaxy 7 144,811 20,687 Toronto FC 8 164,706 20,588 New York Red Bulls 8 130,214 16,277 Real Salt Lake 8 130,216 16,277 Houston Dynamo 9 144,028 16,003 Chicago Fire 7 103,476 14,782 DC United 7 103,139 14,734 Chivas USA 7 101,155 14,451 Columbus Crew 7 100,573 14,368 Colorado Rapids 6 82,298 13,716 New England Revolution 8 94,375 11,797 FC Dallas 7 78,678 11,240 Kansas City Wizards 8 80,047 10,006 San Jose Earthquakes 7 66,607 9,515 MLS TOTAL 117 1,945,401 16,627 WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER Team G Total Average Boston Breakers 6 28,277 4,713 Washington Freedom 7 29,778 4,254 Chicago Red Stars 8 33,369 4,171 Atlanta Beat 5 19,692 3,938 Sky Blue FC 5 17,889 3,578 FC Gold Pride 8 25,293 3,162 Saint Louis Athletica 4 12,109 3,027 Philadelphia Independence 8 24,061 3,008 WPS TOTAL 51 190,468 3,735 USSF DIVISION II SOCCER LEAGUE Team G Total Average Montreal Impact 7 86,790 12,399 Portland Timbers 11 99,660 9,060 Rochester Rhinos 9 50,783 5,643 FC Tampa Bay Rowdies 5 26,901 5,380 Vancouver Whitecaps 8 40,239 5,030 Austin Aztex 9 31,574 3,508 AC St.

Remember the good old days when there was a summer break of a month or two between the end of the English football season and the start of the new one? For me, the summer break was synonymous with following cricket matches, Wimbledon and monotonous days of no soccer news on Sky Sports News for what seemed like weeks.

Here are the latest attendance figures from the various soccer leagues around these parts, through yesterday's games:

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER G Total Average Seattle Sounders FC 11 397,701 36,155 Toronto FC 11 227,205 20,655 Philadelphia Union 9 183,122 20,347 Los Angeles Galaxy 9 182,871 20,319 New York Red Bulls 10 174,249 17,425 Houston Dynamo 11 187,668 17,061 Real Salt Lake 11 184,310 16,755 Chicago Fire 9 139,370 15,486 DC United 11 159,182 14,471 Chivas USA 9 128,413 14,268 Columbus Crew 11 155,903 14,173 Colorado Rapids 9 118,420 13,158 New England Revolution 10 118,139 11,814 FC Dallas 10 108,889 10,889 Kansas City Wizards 11 111,202 10,109 San Jose Earthquakes 10 96,376 9,638 MLS TOTAL 162 2,673,020 16,500 WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER G Total Average Boston Breakers 12 53,878 4,490 Chicago Red Stars 11 46,283 4,208 Washington Freedom 10 39,216 3,922 Atlanta Beat 9 32,976 3,664 Sky Blue FC 9 29,299 3,255 FC Gold Pride 11 33,667 3,061 Saint Louis Athletica 4 12,109 3,027 Philadelphia Independence 12 34,179 2,848 WPS TOTAL 78 281,607 3,610 USSF DIVISION II SOCCER LEAGUE G Total Average Montreal Impact 12 147,276 12,273 Portland Timbers 12 115,078 9,590 Rochester Rhinos 13 81,974 6,306 Vancouver Whitecaps 11 55,938 5,085 FC Tampa Bay Rowdies 10 43,730 4,373 Austin Aztex 13 46,363 3,566 AC St.

USSF announced today that the USL Second Division has received sanctioning for the 2010 season despite having only six active clubs.
The following clubs will compete in USL-2 this season, playing a 24 game schedule with each team playing each other twice at home and twice on the road: Charlotte Eagles, Charleston Battery, Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Real Maryland Monarchs, Harrsiburg City Islanders and the Richmond Kickers.

Rapids GK Steward Ceus has tweeted that he'll be returning to the USL-2 Charlotte Eagles on loan again this year. Ceus joined Charlotte in June last year for the remaining part of their season, playing 10 times for them and helped to lead the Eagles to a 4th place finish and runners-up in the Championship game.

Thursday afternoon, the Harrisburg City Islanders announced the signing of local product JT Noone. Noone, as you probably remember, has been a trialist with the Union since shortly after the Superdraft in January. Noone has signed a 21-day contract with the Islanders and the team plans to take him on the road for its two matches against Charleston and Charlotte; he is rumored to be wearing #15.

After being overlooked for so many summers, the United States will have several Premier League clubs coming to North America in July. In addition to Manchester United confirming a tour of North America and Tottenham Hotspur playing a couple of friendlies, Manchester City today announced additional tour dates, while Bolton Wanderers today announced a three-game tour of North America.

By TRAVIS CLARK

U.S. Soccer's knockout tournament is officially back. After two months of intermittent play-in matches between a handful of MLS matches, the tournament proper began between a number of amateur and second/third division clubs in action.

Perhaps the only upset emerging from Tuesday night's opening-round matches was the triumph of USL-2 side Richmond Kickers, winners over USSF D-2 side Crystal Palace Baltimore 1-0.

With the World Cup still fresh in our memories, it's good to know that we didn't have to wait long to get our fix of international soccer now that several Premier League sides are currently in America training in preparation for the new season which begins on August 14.

Wednesday night marked the first friendly by a Premier League team this summer when Bolton Wanderers beat Charlotte Eagles 3-0 in North Carolina.

The Union announced Friday that they have signed midfielder and local product JT Noone. The terms of the signing, following league policy, were undisclosed.

Noone, grew up in Harrisburg where he attended Central Dauphin High School. He played at Temple University where he was named to ESPN Magazine Men's Soccer Academic All-District 2 University Division Second Team as a sophomore.

On Wednesday, March 10, the New England Revolution embark on a 12 day pre-season excursion, with the entire roster, including Taylor Twellman and Matt Reis, making the trip. The team will be operating out of Cary, N.C. and will face off against USL-2 side Charlotte Eagles and the Revs' old U.

The Carolina RailHawks downed Southern Derby rival Charleston Battery 2-1 in a friendly today at Blackbaud Stadium in Charleston.

The match, which received limited publicity from either team in advance, was played in front of a largely empty stadium. The first half ended 0-0, but the RailHawks will have felt they lost the first half when Kupono Low was tackled hard just before halftime and had to leave the game with a knee injury.

Union news

Philadelphia soccer fans are a buzz with the news that Manchester United will play the Union on July 21 at the Linc. After the pre sale for Union season ticket holders the event is likely to sell out in minutes, something the Glazers, perhaps the most hated owners in the world of soccer today, have said they have no intention of doing.

Some tidbits to get us through this bye weekend:

• Yesterday was the 4th anniversary of the last regular-season league game the Rapids won when the opposition scored first. While its been a little over a year since we came from behind to win its been 4 years since we won after giving up the first goal.

The Harrisburg City Islanders (1-4-1 ) will host the Charlotte Eagles (3-3-1) this saturday night, May 29th, at 7pm on City Island. The Islanders will have the benefit of 6′4″ Rochester Rhinos forward Andrew Hoxie for the match. Hoxie was a San Jose draft pick in January who latched on with the Rhinos before the start of the season and has made five appearances, netting once.

The Harrisburg City Islanders (1-4-1 ) will host the Charlotte Eagles (3-3-1) this saturday night, May 29th, at 7pm on City Island. The Islanders will have the benefit of 6′4″ Rochester Rhinos forward Andrew Hoxie for the match. Hoxie was a San Jose draft pick in January who latched on with the Rhinos before the start of the season and has made five appearances, netting once.

The City Islanders played to a scorless draw with the Charlotte Eagles saturday night in front of about 1,400 at Skyline Sports Complex. Despite dominating possesion and testing Eagles keeper Eric Lefebure throughout the game, the Islanders failed to find the back of the net. The Islanders outshot the Eagles 12 to 7, nipping the crossbar on a scorching header from Sheannon Williams and catching the post on two other occassions.

The City Islanders played to a scorless draw with the Charlotte Eagles saturday night in front of about 1,400 at Skyline Sports Complex. Despite dominating possesion and testing Eagles keeper Eric Lefebure throughout the game, the Islanders failed to find the back of the net. The Islanders outshot the Eagles 12 to 7, nipping the crossbar on a scorching header from Sheannon Williams and catching the post on two other occassions.

The Harrisburg City Islanders will continue their USL-2 campaign on City Island friday night against the last-place Pittsburgh Riverhounds. The Islanders faced a difficult road trip last week but came away from their southern swing of Charlotte and Charleston with a point. They will look to build on their two good, but incomplete performances against the struggling Hounds.

Former fantasy stud Martin Petrov (#10) in live action last night for Bolton
The guest contributors continue to flow like wine here at NCNB for the pre-season. This article comes through from Gman26 - following on the heels of a superb first post on the newly promoted teams by Jamie Ratcliffe.

Photo via Charlotte Eagles' Facebook.
Bolton have kicked off their preseason games with a victory! Mind you, it was against a team that even most Americans haven't heard of, but still, a win's a win and I'll take it. Some semblance of highlights here (via @epltalk on Twitter), complete with an interview with Sam Ricketts.

Photo via Charlotte Eagles' Facebook.
Bolton have kicked off their preseason games with a victory! Mind you, it was against a team that even most Americans haven't heard of, but still, a win's a win and I'll take it. Some semblance of highlights here (via @epltalk on Twitter), complete with an interview with Sam Ricketts.

Here are the latest unofficial attendance figures for the various levels of soccer in the USA (and, occasionally, Canada).

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER G Total Average Seattle Sounders FC 10 361,590 36,159 Philadelphia Union 5 113,097 22,619 Toronto FC 9 184,449 20,494 Los Angeles Galaxy 8 162,523 20,315 Real Salt Lake 9 149,685 16,632 New York Red Bulls 8 130,214 16,277 Houston Dynamo 9 144,028 16,003 DC United 9 134,543 14,949 Chicago Fire 7 103,446 14,778 Chivas USA 7 101,155 14,451 Columbus Crew 9 126,255 14,028 Colorado Rapids 7 95,123 13,589 New England Revolution 8 94,375 11,797 FC Dallas 8 89,848 11,231 Kansas City Wizards 8 80,047 10,006 San Jose Earthquakes 7 66,607 9,515 MLS TOTAL 128 2,136,985 16,695 WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER G Total Average Boston Breakers 8 35,980 4,498 Washington Freedom 8 34,587 4,323 Chicago Red Stars 9 37,042 4,116 Atlanta Beat 6 22,906 3,818 Sky Blue FC 6 20,697 3,450 FC Gold Pride 9 27,869 3,097 Saint Louis Athletica 4 12,109 3,027 Philadelphia Independence 8 24,061 3,008 WPS TOTAL 58 215,251 3,711 USSF DIVISION II SOCCER LEAGUE G Total Average Montreal Impact 10 122,478 12,248 Portland Timbers 11 99,660 9,060 Rochester Rhinos 10 58,122 5,812 Vancouver Whitecaps 11 55,938 5,085 FC Tampa Bay Rowdies 8 36,751 4,594 Austin Aztex 10 35,276 3,528 AC St.

El Bolton ha mostrado pocas novedades, muy pocas si quiere mantenerse en permier League, esta temporada salio el Portero Ali Al-Habsi que se sumara como refuerzo del Wigan, Asi como han salido pocos tampoco han llegado pocos jugadores, el primero en llegar fue Robbie Blake, un viejo zorro que procede del Burnley y que curiosamente el año pasado no tuvo su mejor temporada, me atrevo a decir que tuvo una de sus peores temporadas con tan solo dos goles en 31 apariciones, no se si este jugador se pueda considerar un refuerzo pero sera una de las alternativas de gol del Bolton, el otro jugador que llega es para mi gusto un magnifico jugador que no tuvo mucha continuidad con el Manchester city pero que seguramente demostrara de que esta hecho, hablo de Martin Petrov, el búlgaro de 31 años llega gratis y seguro sera el pilar del ataque de este bolton.

The latest numbers from the various levels of soccer in these parts:

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER G Total Average Seattle Sounders FC 10 361,590 36,159 Philadelphia Union 6 131,244 21,874 Toronto FC 9 184,449 20,494 Los Angeles Galaxy 9 182,871 20,319 Houston Dynamo 10 168,778 16,878 Real Salt Lake 10 167,404 16,740 New York Red Bulls 8 130,214 16,277 DC United 9 134,543 14,949 Chicago Fire 7 103,446 14,778 Chivas USA 8 114,574 14,322 Columbus Crew 10 139,840 13,984 Colorado Rapids 8 105,719 13,215 New England Revolution 8 94,375 11,797 FC Dallas 8 89,848 11,231 Kansas City Wizards 9 90,432 10,048 San Jose Earthquakes 8 76,958 9,620 MLS TOTAL 137 2,276,285 16,615 WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER G Total Average Boston Breakers 9 40,448 4,494 Washington Freedom 8 34,587 4,323 Chicago Red Stars 9 37,042 4,116 Atlanta Beat 8 29,487 3,686 Sky Blue FC 7 24,236 3,462 FC Gold Pride 9 27,869 3,097 Saint Louis Athletica 4 12,109 3,027 Philadelphia Independence 10 28,529 2,853 WPS TOTAL 64 234,307 3,661 USSF 2ND DIVISION G Total Average Montreal Impact 11 134,833 12,258 Portland Timbers 11 99,660 9,060 Rochester Rhinos 10 58,122 5,812 Vancouver Whitecaps 11 55,938 5,085 Tampa Bay Rowdies 9 41,168 4,574 Austin Aztex 11 38,504 3,500 AC St.

Today the Missouri Comets announced the signings of their first two players, goalkeeper Danny Waltman and forward Worteh Sampson. Waltman played at the University of Washington before hoping around a few other indoor teams around the US, including the Chicago Storm, Detroit Ignition, and Rockford Rampage.

The team with one of the best logos in minor league soccer is back in business. The Wilmington Hammerheads will play in the 2011 season as a USL Pro team.

The announcement was made today at a press conference in Wilmington, NC. The team will be led by majority owner Bill Rudisill and Head Coach David Irving.

The West Coast is getting USL PRO representation next year with the announcement of the new LA Blues franchise, set to begin play in 2011. The club, which had been rumored for about a month to be the newest franchise for U.S. soccer's new third division, will play in Cal State Fullerton's Titan Stadium and be coached by Charlie Naimo, the former head coach of the Pali Blues (a professional women's soccer club) and team general manager.