How could the USL outwit, outplay & outlast the MLS in the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League?

The answer is simple!

The level of play in the USL (as an alternative league) is closer to that of the MLS, than many (in the USSF and MLS) would like to admit to.

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Disappointing...Frustrating, humiliating, horrible, pathetic, atrocious, hideous, embarrassing...And those are the words I can use in front of my daughter.This was one of the trips that the supporters group made this year. I almost went along and Saturday afternoon I was really regretting not going. By the end of the match I was extremely glad I did not go after all. Click to continue reading...

Week 1# of the Preliminary Round of the CONCACAF Champions League is completed, and there were some interesting results...

The most important result (to this blog anyway) was the Islanders 1-0 away win over the MLS'ers Toronto FC.

The 'underdog' (¿?) Islanders were again sub-estimated by the 'superior' (¿?

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This guest editorial was written by Jeremy Catskill and in no way should be interpreted to represent the opinions of the staff and other writers of MLS Rumors. They are solely his alone.
If you can't stand the heat then get out of the kitchen. So the saying goes.
It appears quite a few of you agreed with me that Steve Cohen's unbridled and unrelenting criticism of MLS at every possible chance on his radio show, World Soccer Daily, was over the top and that it and smacked of hypocrisy because he kicked off yesterday's show with reference to you all, feeling the heat. Click to continue reading...

The following Guest Editorial is from Jeremy Catskill, writer and futbol connoisseur. The opinions expressed by him in no way reflect all MLSR writers, contributors or editors, they are his alone. We pass it on because it is MLS related and no doubt some of you feel the same way:

Yesterday I made the mistake of tuning my satellite radio to a show that I long since put in the trash can.

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Either the mighty capitalistic MLS is in denial, or the they behave like a government controlled media dictatorship like Cuba, Russia and North Korea among others.

Things have never been worse for the MLS. The "Major" label next to "League Soccer" just doesn't do justice to the quality of the league.

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Music Bruce Likes
And on the Seventh Day He Rested
I'm sure you've all seen the news by now if you are like thousands of other Major League Soccer fans and make du Nord on your daily stop. Bruce is officially going on hiatus, and it could be a permanent break. In his own words:

"I am definitely going to take a break from du Nord.

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Last August I'd written about my frustration with the paper of record in Kansas City, The Star, and their lack of coverage of the Wizards. When Hillcrest Road responded to my post with information on who to email about my complaints, I sent emails asking why the lack of coverage and links to other cities team blogs as proof of how far behind the Star was in covering the team. Click to continue reading...

Listening to Dr. Dre – The Chronic While Reading
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Emo Update
Hey ya'll. Today I'm going to go all whiny and emo on you and talk about myself and this blog instead of going on about soccer news like supplemental drafts and Peter Crouch and Generation Adidas Players. Click to continue reading...

Yo vivo en Estados Unidos. Aquí es donde elegí construir una familia y hacer mi vida. Es la tierra de mi esposa y el lugar que mi primer hijo llamará su casa.
Hace cinco años vine con la idea de estudiar y volver a Chile pero como todo en la vida, yo propuse y ésta misma se encargó de disponer. Click to continue reading...

It seems like it's going to be another slow week for Wizards news. We have the rumors of the potential trade to fill Scott Sealy's roster spot, as well as waiting on the renderings of the Wizards stadium to be released. But nothing of any real substance to touch on. But isn't there news to report on, how serious is Wolff's injury? Click to continue reading...

So the news now is that Kansas City could be bringing back in former Wizard, Josh Wolff to try and help cure their scoring woes. Those woes include only scoring 10 goals this season, 1 less then Landon Donovan has himself. They also include a current scoreless streak of 320 minutes, and been shut out a total of 5 times, which is as many times they've shut out a team.

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Over the last 5 days a lot has happened since someone posted a video of an anonymous Columbus Crew fan hurling racist epithets at an African player for the New England Revolution. We decided that rather than shy away from the story we'd report everything we could find out about the incident and any linkage between Crew fans and organized hate groups after someone sent us some artwork for a band associated with Nazism that had a striking resemblance to a Crew supporter's logo. Click to continue reading...

It is not often that we post an editorial, we usually only do when it is something we feel strongly about. Usually on a subject like this we'd stay quiet but because this was posted on one of our partner sites, we felt need to respond and debunk some of it. If you disagree with our view or theirs feel free to post in the comments below. Click to continue reading...

Pardon us this long-winded editorial. If you can't be bothered to read the whole thing then skip to the "FACT" section below. If you are not A.D.D continue...
When we first broke this story weeks ago, we did not foresee the overwhelming amount of displeasure with the prospect of the Seattle MLS club being named something other than the Sounders. Click to continue reading...

Um, hey. So, slight change in plans to how I'll be handling the project of clocking the real or imagined revival of the Columbus Crew versus the Colorado Rapids. I received an invitation to cover the Rapids for The Offside - and (sucker!) I have accepted. The upshot of this is pretty simple. I'll just [. Click to continue reading...

Here's to hoping no one either saw or remembered the last post of this sort (posted September 17, for the curious). But this being a slow Friday, it feels like a good day to get an editorial issue off my chest. There's some searching going on out there of, at very least, intentions. In [...] Click to continue reading...

The good people at Footballing World have been kind enough to publish a piece by me on Lanús's recent championship win, going back over what's been an unpredictable twelve months on the pitch in Argentine football: 'The dream of a first-ever Argentine league title wasn't to be for Tigre. The newly promoted side from the river [. Click to continue reading...

Look no further. In yet another editorial freak-out, I've decided to ditch the "Top 5" feature.
You want crazier? I felt compelled to tell you about it.
Ta da!
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