The awesome picture is courtesy of Adam over at TiAS, who also has a great post of the Summer of Soccer program in NYC.

Tons of great photos and a video. What are you waiting for?

• Edu and crew can't breathe in Beijing. [MauriceEdu.com]
  
• Is Tottenham still shopping?

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I was reading a few threads on Bigsoccer about possibly expanding the World Cup, which is something that was considered by FIFA a few years ago. It actually almost seems kind of inevitable given the almost certain expansion of Euro 2016 to 24 teams. It's sad because 32 teams is the perfect number to set up a 16 team second round. Click to continue reading...

Last night was ridiculous. Our unofficial official blog photographer Chris Leon captured some of the craziness, including the shot below during the 2-hour 54-minute delay. You can see additional shots from last night on the Video & Pics page.

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Chicago Fire midfielder and designated player Cuauhtemoc Blanco issued an apology in regards to last week's craziness in the US Open Cup that he caused. "I sincerely regret my inappropriate actions during the game against D.C. United on Tuesday. I disappointed my Fire teammates and coaches, D.C. United players and staff, Major League Soccer, the U. Click to continue reading...

Congratulations to Spain! The Spanish team was consistent all throughout the tournament, giving classy performances against Italy, Russia and Germany; a promising team that can aim higher now. Euro 2008 is over and so are the 21 days of football craziness in Switzerland. It's been a great success and has Click to continue reading...

Unfortunately, the tournament won't visit Atlanta this year as the Silverbacks fell 1-0 in Miami. Atlanta FC didn't make it out of the USASA qualifying round down in Jacksonville. It's a shame, I love this tournament and the craziness that can happen in it.

We've had one upset tonight, as Cleveland City scored two goals in extra time to defeat the USL-D1 Thunder in Minnesota. Click to continue reading...

These previews will be fairly brief as I am about to travel this weekend back east for a week and I have a couple things lined up for today that I have to do. So on with the games and the predictions I suppose. Columbus Crew at Chicago Fire: Both teams playing well as of late, [...] Click to continue reading...