D.C. United selected Louisville midfielder Nick DeLeon with the seventh pick in 2012 MLS SuperDraft in Kansas City, Missouri yesterday. DeLeon, a Phoenix, Arizona native, was United's lone pick in the two-round draft held at the Kansas City Convention Center. ...

Creighton hopes to slow down Maryland. (Photo via Creighton Athletics Department)

In men's college soccer this weekend there is yet another big match that pits two of the top teams in the country against one another. A defensive powerhouse against an offensive juggernaut. For those who are keeping tabs of course I am talking about Maryland and Creighton's match tonight.

Mamadou Diouf scored his sixth goal of the season for UConn. (Photo via UConn Athletic Department/Stephen Slade)

Conference play is heating up around the country but we still had a few big out of conference games that were fun to take note this past weekend in college soccer. Below are a few of the bigger results from a jam-packed weekend.

Christopher Santana and UIC battle South Florida this weekend. (Photo via UIC atheltic department)

Conference battles begin to heat up but a looming West Coast match may prove to be the biggest game in college soccer this weekend.

Below are some of the bigger games this weekend that I'll be keeping an eye on.

Austin Berry and Louisville have two big games this weekend. (Photo via Louisville Athletic Department)

If you thought the opening weekend in college soccer was a good one, well buckle up because the Labor Day weekend slate is possibly even better. A couple more high-profile match ups headline this holiday weekend as we once again have a #1 v.

Akron celebrates their first NCAA title. (AP Photo)

School is back in session for another year, which means it is time to dive into the college soccer world once again. It doesn't seem that long ago when Akron took home the NCAA trophy and then saw a mass exodus of players to Major League Soccer.

Escalade is dead. You know him from being the huge bigman on the AND1 Mixtape Tour. He died in Los Angeles while in town for the 2011 NBA All-Star Game. Escalade's real name is Troy Jackson and he's the younger brother of Mark Jackson, the former star point guard who now calls games for ABC next to Jeff Van Gundy.

In case you missed it, February 5 was Cristiano Ronaldo's birthday. The Madrid goalscorer probably celebrated by taking the day to think about himself.

31 year old Brazilian Ricardo Villar signed on with FC Dallas.

Bright Dike was drafted 12th overall by Columbus a year ago. He was released before the season began but caught on with Portland in the USL.

It seems most years before this one, the MLS Superdraft was something of an event for FC Dallas, because we were usually looking at a pretty good pick close to the start of the draft. And while that may have been a good thing on draft day, I wouldn't have traded our run last year to get stronger picks this year.