Things are slowing down around the holiday, so as we do every year around this time, we scatter some "best posts" among our usual content. So here is our interview with Justin McCord of FC Dallas. Have a great Christmas, Chanukah, weekend or whatever and we'll be back live on Monday.

Over the last couple of weeks, we posted our Q&A with Timbers VP of Marketing Cory Dolich and interview with Revs COO Brian Bilello.

You can't swing a corner flag these days without whacking a soccer podcast.
Truly, we're stocked up on those puppies like quarts of egg nog at the local Piggly Wiggly.

But some broadcasts and podcasts do manage to distinguish themselves -- like the one I'm on, if I do say so.

STARTERS
Here we go! MLS playoffs begin tonight!
MLS CUP PLAYOFFS
Wild Card Round
Matches & Scores:
(Seed included)
-Wed Oct 26
FC Dallas(1) v New York Red Bulls(4) - 8:00PM CT on Fox Soccer
-Thu Oct 27
Colorado Rapids(2) v Columbus Crew(3) - 9:00PM CT on Direct Kick
Quarterfinals
Matches & Scores:
1st Leg
-Sat Oct 29
Real Salt Lake v Seattle Sounders FC - 9pm CT on Fox Soccer
Higher seeded WC winner v Sporting Kansas City - 6pm CT on Fox Soccer
-Sun Oct 30
Philadelphia Union v Houston Dynamo - 3pm CT on ESPN2
Lowest seeded WC winner v LA Galaxy - 7pm CT - TV TBA
2nd Leg
-Wed Nov 2
Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake - 7pm CT on ESPN2
-Thu Nov 3
Houston Dynamo v Philadelphia Union - 7:30pm CT on ESPN2
-TBA
LA Galaxy v Lowest seeded WC winner
Sporting Kansas City v Higher seeded WC winner
dN
Seedings
WEST
W1 67 LA Galaxy
W2 63 Seattle Sounders
W3 53 Real Salt Lake
EAST
E1 51 Sporting Kansas City
E2 49 Houston Dynamo
E3 48 Philadelphia Union
WILD CARD
WC1 52 FC Dallas
WC2 49 Colorado Rapids
WC3 47 Columbus Crew
WC4 46 New York Red Bulls
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General Playoff News
Jeff Carlisle of ESPN previews the Wild Card games.

Dynamo finally win one on road in victory over FC Dallas [Houston Chronicle]

Cameron's the star in first away win of 2011 [MLS Soccer]

Cameron's late goal gives Dynamo first road win [MLS Soccer]

Armchair Analyst: Is Cameron a modern-day sweeper? [MLS Soccer]

Houston Dynamo takes home El Capitan with 1-0 win [ESPN Dallas]

Playoff picture looking brighter for Dynamo [FS Houston]

Dynamo fans right at home in Frisco [Dallas Morning News]

STARTERS
Rumors are spreading like a sandstorm that Bob Bradley will be announced as the new head coach of the Egyptian national team.
-Any Egyptian readers care to give us their thoughts?
dN
Stumbling Columbus hosts bumbling Houston in MLS action tonight.

David McNabb is a buddy who worked with me at The Dallas Morning News back in the day. Yesterday, he saw something I wrote about Jurgen Klinsmann and told me a quick story via Facebook. It's so quintessentially Klinsi. Remember, this was around the time Klinsmann was discovering the United States on summer drives.

On the road tonight, so we thought we would revisit our interview with Justin McCord of FC Dallas. On Monday, we'll back with our usual Monday After post including a look at the business ramifications of Bob Bradley's departure and some more tidbits from Don Garber's media Q&A at the All-Star Game.

Dynamo 2, FCD 2

• FCD surrenders late lead, ties short-handed Dynamo, 2-2 [Dallas Morning News]
• Dynamo rally twice to tie FCD [MLS Soccer]
• Never-say-die attitude pays off for Dynamo [MLS Soccer]
• Shorthanded Dynamo rally for 2-2 tie against FC Dallas [Houston Chronicle]
• Late goal saves the day for the Dynamo [Houston 11 Soccer]

Riordan rumors cooling:

• Derek Riordan demands cool Houston Dynamo interest [BBC Sport]
• Houston Dynamo in talks with Scottish striker Derek Riordan [Sporting News]

In other news:

• Inside the cult of Houston Dynamo supporters groups: When a game becomes a standing sing along [Houston Culture Map]

Since this is the inaugural edition of a new daily post, I'll give it a proper introduction!

Welcome to Orange Slices, your daily stop for a roundup of all the Houston Dynamo links and news. I'll do my best to scour the Internet and find all the news related to the Dynamo that's out there and I encourage my readers to submit stories either through the comments or via email at dtblogstaff[at]gmail.

Over the last couple of weeks, we posted our Q&A with Timbers VP of Marketing Cory Dolich and interview with Revs COO Brian Bilello. Today, we are fortunate to have had an opportunity to chat with FC Dallas' Director of Marketing and Digital Media Justin McCord. Mr. McCord has been with the team for three seasons following a couple of years with the Dallas Morning News and Mandalay Baseball Properties.

Rhonda Aikman and Troy Aikman are getting a divorce. If you haven't seen Rhonda Aikman pictures, scroll down and view below. The two were married for a decade and had two children together. Troy Aikman will find it difficult to stay out of the spotlight considering he is scheduled to be the color commentator for the Super Bowl on February 6th, which is being played in his adopted home of Dallas.