The regular season is over and the playoffs are the order of the day in Major League Soccer. Surprise qualifiers Real Salt Lake made themselves known in the first leg of their tie with Supporters Shield winners Columbus Crew, while all four conference semi-finals were even matches with little to separate the sides. Click to continue reading...

Major League Soccer's playoffs begin tonight -- in less than ten minutes, as a matter of fact -- with the Sounders hosting Houston Dynamo, or Dynamo Houston. Here are the other matchups: East: Columbus vs. Real Salt Lake Chicago vs. New England West: LA Galaxy vs. Chivas USA When I look at the playoff matchups, any of the eight teams can appear at MLS Cup next month, and it's possible to see a path to a league championship for all eight sides. Click to continue reading...

Here's the Official Press Release from the Houston Dynamo:
HOUSTON, TX (Monday, July 27, 2009) -- Major League Soccer announced today that Houston, home of the two-time MLS Cup champion Houston Dynamo, will host the 2010 MLS All-Star Game next summer. MLS Commissioner Don Garber joined Dynamo President / General Manager Oliver Luck in Park City, Utah to make the announcement. Click to continue reading...

The standings continue to change in Major League Soccer as teams go through hot and cold streaks in the long season. Seattle is now back in the number one spot, which they held for the first few weeks of the season, and other teams like the LA Galaxy are finally starting to get some wins. The East remains very crowded while New York is now 14 points out of a playoff spot.

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After scoring the first goal of this past weekend's match of Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo, Houston striker Kei Kamara reached down into his pants, pulled out a white glove and proceeded to emulate the fallen pop star Michael Jackson.
Hate to say it but, Red Bull New York forward, John Wolyniec beat him to it by several months. Click to continue reading...

It was another light schedule with SuperLiga matches taking place this weekend. There were 2 matches on Saturday and 2 on Sunday with several teams continuing to recover from bad starts. After a bad start, the Columbus Crew have found their form from last season as they stand 2nd in the Eastern Conference.

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A busy weekend of soccer with all three pro teams playing at home and the U.S. in the final of a FIFA competition for the first time:

10 a.m. Saturday - The runaway WPS-leading Sol plays its last weekend game of the season at the early hour at Home Depot Center against the Chicago Red Stars.

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It's a lighter weekend schedule in Major League Soccer as the SuperLiga begins. Several teams including the Chicago Fire and Kansas City Wizards are playing in SuperLiga and therefore have no matches in Major League Soccer this weekend. Notable matches include Houston looking to continue their hot streak against Real Salt Lake.

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3-1 loss at home to the Houston Dynamo sends that dumb cannon back south. FC Dallas looked dangerous at times but couldn't finish if their lives depended on it. Time for the best of the reader comments...Sunday edition. I think this could be a fertile ground for great comments so I'll add new comments all week as long as they come in. Click to continue reading...

To his credit, Bob Bradley has left very few stones unturned since taking over as head coach of the United States Men's National Team in his quest to field the best-possible American squad. But following what may have been the poorest performance by the country since crashing out of the 2006 World Cup in the group stage, maybe now is a good time to take a look at a few more MLS-based players who could help supplement the team for the remainder of World Cup Qualifying and into South Africa 2010. Click to continue reading...

Sir Alex can talk about winning the double this year but New England Revolution coach Steve Nichol is trying to do him one better by winning the triple. The first leg in the triple was the SuperLiga championship which New England won 3-2 last night in a penalty shoot-out with  the Houston Dynamo. Houston had beaten [. Click to continue reading...

No official announcement yet but I think we have the answer of who is the mysterious Atalanta player to sign for Toon today.

Atalanta's 17-year-old forward, Fabio Zamblera no single first-team appearance for his old club so far, but he is a member of the Italy Under-18 International squad and was highly regarded amongst the European young talent scouts.

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