Houston and Seattle played a classic match last night on national television. The unsporting Freddy Montero was unable to hand the physical pounding Dom Kinnear and the Houston defenders had in store for the much hyped, but little regarded (at least in Colombia) forward. Montero's solution: whine and go to ground easily.

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DeRo vs Nigel Henry/ Photo by Paul Giamou

• 5.4 million homes tuned into the Univision broadcast of US-Mexico in the Gold Cup final. The 5-0 Mexican win was the Nielsen ratings winner in its time slot in many markets. The top 5 markets in terms of ratings were:

1- Los Angeles

2- New York

3- Miami

4- Houston

5- Dallas

Considering the Mexican-American population in the New York and Miami markets is minimal, compared to the other three top markets, the ratings there (especially in NYC which hosted the match after all) reinforce my belief that MLS would be wise to ignore attendance and bring a second team to New York and return to the Miami market.

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Another week of professional football in the US complete as this season begins to solidify itself.

The biggest storyline of the week were the late comebacks by two of MLS' traditional best franchises, the Chicago Fire and DC United. The Fire stunned a national TV audience and a season high crowd at Crew Stadium with two late goals to salvage a 2-2 draw while United scored twice late at Giants Stadium to defeat rival New York.

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As part of our continuing commitment to bring you the best interviews on the internet related to American footy, MLS Talk will be interviewing Steven Cohen of World Soccer Daily and Fox Football Fone In next week for release the following week. It goes without saying that the opinions of your host and that of Steven have conflicted many times in the past so expect a lively discussion.

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Footage from Toronto FC's first ever home game in MLS in 2007. Anyone who saw footage of the MLS' newest club, the Seattle Sounders, open their campaign against New York Red Bulls could not help but make comparisons with the last team prior to them to have joined the league, dearest Toronto FC. The Candian club marked [. Click to continue reading...

Vinny Jones Did you hear about Vinny the other week? He got in a barney in LA and copped an unfortunate one in the mosh, so much for hardman eh? Not like the old skool legends like Chopper Harris, Billy Bonds and Martin Keown. Click to continue reading...