Lots of soccer taking place this weekend. Lots of MLS action and lots of World Cup qualifiing action across the world! Here's a few to keep an eye on today and tomorrow: USA at Cuba - 8pm- ESPN Classic and Telefutura Jamaica at Mexico - 5:30pm- Telemundo New England Revolution at Columbus Crew - 7:30pm- HDNet New York Red Bulls [. Click to continue reading...

The past couple of days got me thinking, this year we've seen so many trades between the clubs. Some moves have paid off and others have been more of a waste than anything. I felt like today was a good day to look back at the moves that have paid off and the moves that [...] Click to continue reading...

Sorry i've taken a break from posting lately. Am in the middle of a very busy stretch. In the meantime, check out the first blog post ever by Chicago Red Stars Director of Ticket Sales Greg Zaskowski.

Greg and i worked together for 4+ years at the Chicago Fire and i'm very excited to be working with him again. Click to continue reading...

Week 24 is already off to a hot start with Colorado's rare road upset of FC Dallas last night. The move bumped the Rapids back into the playoff picture for the time being. Several other clubs hope their luck can change like that this weekend as each club faces some more must-win matches. Back to our [. Click to continue reading...

The Republic of Cuba is the largest island of the Greater Antilles and the most populous nation in the Caribbean. The name "Cuba" means "great place" which, depending on your political preference, you may or may not agree with. Cuba has been a Socialist Republic for almost fifty years now, but its history extends as far back as 1492. Click to continue reading...

So the Rapids surprised everyone, especially myself with their 1-0 win against Dallas in a very empty Pizza Hut Park. We'll see if Colorado can back that up and make a run at the playoffs, but I'll leave that til Monday. The big story for this weekend is the number of players who will be [...] Click to continue reading...

This weekend's game between the New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire will be a key clash between two clubs that have their sights set on the playoffs. But more than that, it will mark the return of head coach Juan Carlos Osorio from the Big Apple to the city that he abruptly left last December - which more than likely will see the Chicago fans giving him an earful. Click to continue reading...

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Juan Carlos Osorio will be making his first trip back to Toyota Park since leaving the Chicago Fire to take over as coach of the New York Red Bulls and the reception for him isn't likely to be a warm one.

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Toronto FC has signed forward Chad Barrett to a four-year extension, club officials announced Wednesday. Barrett was brought in by Toronto on July 27th as part of the deal that sent Brian McBride's rights to the Chicago Fire; Toronto also received a 2009 first-round draft pick and conditional future considerations in the trade. Click to continue reading...

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One team is in desperate need of some offensive help while the other team might just be raising the white flag.

That's one way to look at the Colorado Rapids trading of forward Herculez Gomez to Kansas City for allocation money and draft picks (4th rounder and 1st round supplemental in '09).

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Well, business is back to normal after the Kandji disaster last week. Weeks of good news and achievement took a backseat to the alleged communist behavior of the MLS. But people do forget rather quickly, especially after the team has performed so damn well in a historically disasterous period for previous Metro/Bull squads.

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Ok, so I want to try and write these recaps on Monday. I didn't get around to it this time, but I promise that it'll be better next week. Or not, as I think I have jury duty. Yuck. There wasn't as much Eastern dominance though, as only Columbus managed a win against a non-Conference [...] Click to continue reading...

With World Cup qualifiers in full-swing over the next ten days, several other MLS players have been called into the fold for their respective countries.The New York Red Bulls will be missing midfielder Jorge Rojas, who has been called up to the Venezuelan National Team for their upcoming matches against Peru (Sept. Click to continue reading...

I'm trying not to make this such a Columbus love fest here but when your hot it has to be noted and right now the Columbus Crew are indeed hot. The main reason is because of the way things are clicking on the offensive side of the ball and also to a degree on the [...] Click to continue reading...

Not a whole lot of change this week in the WVH Power Rankings. The Labor Day weekend saw the Crew go on top of the standing and the Rapids fall to the bottom of the standings. In regards to the standings here on WVH, it is pretty much the same on top as it is [...] Click to continue reading...

What can we really say about how things are going this season in Major League Soccer. From week to week we find a new club to move up the charts or a move down the charts. All it takes is a victory to do so with the jam packed standings these days. After 23 weeks [...] Click to continue reading...

I just watched the game via the archived stream on MLSNet. This team looks completely different from the team that lost to Chicago just a week earlier. At home.

Probably because it basically is a completely different team when you put in Landon Donovan, David Beckham and Eddie Lewis all at the same time.

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Echoing a sentiment expressed by many of Major League Soccer's fans, players and media members, commissioner Don Garber acknowledged in his blog the need for a regular season schedule that conforms more to the international calendar.

A big spotlight was thrown on the problem during ESPN2's national Thursday night game on 08/21, a game between the Chicago Fire and Los Angeles Galaxy, which was supposed to be one of the season's most-watched games: Beckham vs. Click to continue reading...

The Columbus Crew were the only Eastern Conference team to win and by doing so moved to the top of the division and the MLS overall table to round out Week 23 of the Major League season. LA Galaxy 2 New England Revolution 2 Landon Donovan scored a pair of goals for the Los Angeles Galaxy, but [...] Click to continue reading...

Red Bulls and United traded 26 overall shots, including 5 each on goal, but the result was a scoreless draw. All reports this game was highly entertaining with near misses and some good saves.

NY's road record in defending the title goes to 5-9-12(WDL). Not the most respectable, but not the worst (looking at Colorado). Click to continue reading...

Follow Chron.com's live game commentary. The Dynamo look to get the ball rolling again and rebound from last week's 3-0 loss at New York when they host Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Brian McBride and the rest of the Chicago Fire beginning... Click to continue reading...

It has been awhile. But after a few weeks of traveling and vacation, I've decided to make a triumphant return to MLS preview/picks as the season winds down. Lots have happened since I've been away, so much that it's been hard to keep up with. What's clear are a few things: the East dominates the [... Click to continue reading...

First off, sorry for the late start today (and yesterday even), I've been battling a lovely cold this week so hopefully that has all passed here as we head into the weekend. All 14 clubs are involved in action this weekend starting with a rare Friday Night Lights game tonight out in the Rocky Mountains. Click to continue reading...

Agencias - El técnico de México, el sueco Sven-Goran Eriksson, convocó hoy a 23 jugadores, diez de ellos "legionarios europeos" para encarar el 6 de septiembre a Jamaica y el 10 a Canadá, por la eliminatoria de la Concacaf hacia... Click to continue reading...

This week's show is now up as a podcast. You can listen to the show from here, via the On Demand player, or you can subscribe to the show via iTunes.

Plenty to talk about on this week's show.
* Full discussion of the weekend that was the Barclay's Premier League.

* Rantlines including the following: MLS and the CONCACAF Champions League, Chicago Fire's new president, bye bye to Sheva, and more.

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