The Montreal Impact may be months away from taking the field as a MLS club but manager Jesse Marsch and company are already beginning to make the transition a big one for the club. Today they have announced the signing of Colombian defender and former Inter Milan man, Nelson Rivas.

Rivas will be eligible for MLS games in 2012 pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate and work visa.

Vancouver have yet to win away from home and are sitting at the bottom of the Western Conference. They recently fired manager Teitur Thordarson and put Tom Soehn in charge. The Sounders are pushing to make the playoffs and sit third in the West, coming into this match thinking they could get all three points.

Welcome to the New England Revolution vs. Vancouver Whitecaps home match live game thread!

Since I just released the preview a few hours ago, I'll cut right to the keys of the game. The Revolution have to score, and they should probably score quickly. Vancouver's defense is big and physical but not particularly effective; most of their strength lies in attack, but their offense is erratic.

The Major League Soccer Players Union has released their latest update on Major League Soccer player salaries. David Beckham remains the highest paid player in Major League Soccer. As iron81 pointed out, Marko Maric is the highest paid player on the Chicago Fire. Thierry Henry, Rafael Marquez, Landon Donovan and Julian de Guzman round out the top 5 current MLS players.

Now it is time to put that loss behind us and start looking forward to the next game. With international duties ending and hopefully some injuries healing we should see a more cohesive side when SKC travels to Empire Field in Vancouver.

Both teams will be playing with our their designated players as both received red cards last week and will be forced to support from the stands.

The Starting 11

This was much much better from the US!
There was some intent to build an attack instead of firing cannonballs up field.

Now for some context and conclusions:

1) The obvious one.

This was not Argentina. Nor was it against a Uruguay, Colombia, Mexico, or any team whose style is to keep the ball.

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A Spanish court has ordered the Primera Division to play their games this weekend. The teams had been prepared to walk out over a dispute of TV revenue.
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The Guardian reports that the Chinese government paid for the rebuilding of the national stadium in Costa Rica.

Let's be honest. After the stirring fightback against Argentina, you always knew the heavy legs and emotional comedown were going to cost the US against a side built to grind out results. While there were significant flaws, the performance was actually better than I expected and, save for a set piece let down and a possible missed PK call by the ref, the song might have been a more satisfying one come the final whistle.

Let's be honest. After the stirring fightback against Argentina, you always knew the heavy legs and emotional comedown were going to cost the US against a side built to grind out results. While there were significant flaws, the performance was actually better than I expected and, save for a set piece let down and a possible missed PK call by the ref, the song might have been a more satisfying one come the final whistle.

I've renamed this one where we gather the line-ups, pre-game thoughts and eventually highlights and reaction. It figures to be easier to find these that way for any later reference.Tonight, Tim Howard, Oguchi Onyewu and Benny Feilhaber are not dressed. Thus, this is what I'd like to see: Yelldell; Chandler/Lichaj (half each), DeMerit, Ream, Bornstein - Edu, Bradley, Diskerud - Donovan, Altidore,

Sorry I have not posted this sooner. I've had one of the worst weeks in terms of schoolwork.

Bradley started off the game was a 4-2-3-1 formation that was mostly ineffective. I don't know why Bradley tries this formation. It has not worked well for us in the past, and Bradley still hasn't gotten the starting XI right.

The U.S. men's national team heads into tonight's friendly vs. Paraguay searching for its first win of 2011, but also searching for the right combination of players as the team draws closer and closer to this summer's Gold Cup.

Tonight's friendly (8pm, Fox Soccer Channel) should provide a showcase for some talented youngsters who impressed in Saturday's match against Argentina.

I'm discouraged by the lack of a proper ideas man in midfield, as you'd probably have guessed.Tonight, we will not see Yelldell, Lichaj, Benny or Mix in uniform. Hopefully, they will get starts against Paraguay.Enjoy the game.Howard; Spector, DeMerit, Onyewu, Bocanegra - Jones, Bradley, Edu - Dempsey, Donovan - AltidoreBench: Hahnemann, Bornstein, Ream, Chandler, Kljestan, Agudelo, BuddleAndujar;

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The injury to Stuart Holden's knee is so bad that he will be out of action for 6 months, meaning he will miss the rest of this season at Bolton and the Gold Cup with the USA. Via the Guardian.
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Clint Dempsey became the first American to score 10 goal in a Premiership season over the weekend.

Here is the 24 player roster for the two upcoming friendlies:
G:
Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton
Tim Howard - Everton
David Yelldell - Duisburg
D:
Carlos Bocanegra - St Etienne
Jonathan Bornstein - UANL Tigres
Timothy Chandler - Nurnberg
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover
Jay DeMerit - Vancouver Whitecaps
Oguchi Onyewu - Twente
Tim Ream - Red Bull New York
Jonathan Spector - West Ham
Zak Whitbread - Norwich
M:
Michael Bradley - Aston Villa
Clint Dempsey - Fulham
Mikkel Diskeruud - Stabaek
Landon Donovan - LA Galaxy
Mo Edu - Rangers
Benny Feilhaber - AGF
Stuart Holden - Bolton
Jermaine Jones - Blackburn
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht
F:
Juan Agudelo - Red Bull New York
Jozy Altidore - Bursaspor
Edson Buddle - Ingolstadt
A couple of big surprises selections: Veteran goalkeeper David Yelldell of Duisburg in Germany's 2.

We've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly in the preseason matches from the Whitecaps. The good came right away, with the 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake. The bad came against the Seattle Sounders, the 105 minute training match which finished 1-0 for the Sounders. And the ugly came today against Chivas USA, especially in the first half when the team was too defensive.