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Below are match predictions of the top international friendly matches to be played on May 30, 2012. Times listed are USA Eastern.

Spain v South Korea, 2:00 PM Spain wins 2-1

Switzerland v Romania, 2:15 PM -Â Switzerland wins 2-0

Sweden v Iceland, 2:15 PM Sweden wins 3-0

Netherlands v Slovakia, 2:30 PM Netherlands wins 1-0

United States v Brazil, 8:00 PM 1-1 Draw

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Below are match predictions of the top international friendly matches to be played on May 27, 2012. Times listed are USA Eastern.

Albania v Iran, 1:00 PM Iran wins 2-1

France v Iceland, 3:00 PM -Â France wins 3-1

Mexico v Wales, 3:05 PM Mexico wins 2-0

Jamaica v Panama, 7:00 PM 1-1 Draw

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Below are match predictions of the top international friendly matches to be played on Saturday May 26, 2012. Times listed are USA Eastern.

Denmark v Brazil, 9:30 AM Brazil wins 3-1

Ireland v Bosnia-Herzegovina, 10:00 AM Ireland wins 1-0

Poland v Slovakia, 11:00 AM 1-1 Draw

Portugal v Macedonia, 12:00 PM Portugal wins 4-0

Spain v Serbia, 12:00 PM Spain wins 3-0

Switzerland v Germany, 12:00 PM Germany wins 1-0

Netherlands v Bulgaria, 2:00 PM Netherlands wins 3-0

Finland v Turkey, 2:00 PM Turkey wins 2-1

Greece v Slovenia, 2:30 PM 0-0 Draw

Norway v England, 2:45 PM England wins 2-0

El Salvador v Moldova, 3:00 PM El Salvador wins 1-0

United States v Scotland , 8:00 PM USA wins 2-1

Honduras v New Zealand, 8:30 PM Honduras wins 2-0

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Below are the list of the top international friendly matches to be played on Saturday May 26, 2012. Times listed are USA Eastern.

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Vancouver's TEAM 1410 is now the official voice of Vancouver Whitecaps FC, with exclusive radio broadcast rights to the club's matches for the next two years.

The Dog Days of September are upon us. Forgive me from borrowing a phrase from baseball used to describe the difficult stretch run toward the end of a season. While in baseball, the dog days happen in August, I think we are seeing these trying times come upon MLS players in late August and carry over into September.

Every World Cup cycle we are always ready for our US Men's National Team to improve with new players and challenge the best or what is considered the best teams within the Confederation of CONCACAF. That also includes the trip to Estadio Azteca and of course our rivals coming to the freezer at Columbus Crew Stadium during the final round of qualifying of every World Cup.

Below are television listings of the top international friendly matches to be played on May 27, 2012. Times listed are USA Eastern.

Albania v Iran, 1:00 PM SuperSport (Africa)

France v Iceland, 3:05 PM ESPN (UK), Orange Sport (Poland), Al Jazeera Sport (Middle East), SuperSport (Africa), Sport 1 (Germany/Israel), TF1 (France), TV5 Monde (Africa), ESPN Deportes/ESPN3 (USA), ESPN (South/Central America), Setanta Sports (Australia)

Mexico v Wales, 3:05 PM Al Jazeera Sport (Middle East), S4C (Wales), Univision (USA)

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When US Soccer and the US World Cup Bid Committee, launched "The Game is in US" campaign at the beginning of the fall, the 27 potential host cities for World Cup games were asked have petitions signed to show local fan support for the efforts.

As an analyst, I had determined my final eighteen cities would be the following.