We've focused on the demolition of Ninian Park, formerly Cardiff City's stadium, a couple of times before. Here are the latest photos of a sad end for a historic stadium, taken by Flickr Pitch Invasion Pool contributor joncandy today.

Photo credits: joncandy on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion Photo Pool.

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At the end of day, you can keep your Premier Leagues and your Champions Leagues. Hell, you can even keep your MLS Supporters Shield... The real deal for any football fan worth their salt is the four-yearly spectacle that is the FIFA World Cup Finals, and the good news is there's another one appearing on the horizon as we speak. Click to continue reading...

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There may not be a bigger mismatch on paper in the first round of the MLS playoffs than the Columbus Crew-Real Salt Lake series, but there is also no match brimming with more upset potential than this unique Eastern Conference clash.

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There may not be a bigger mismatch on paper in the first round of the MLS playoffs than the Columbus Crew-Real Salt Lake series, but there is also no match brimming with more upset potential than this unique Eastern Conference clash.

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The Major League Soccer 2009 regular season finished on Sunday, October 25, 2009. The playoff match-ups are now set with Columbus, Salt Lake, New England, Chivas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, and Houston qualifying. The Los Angeles Galaxy are the top seed in the Western Conference and will have home field advantage through the Conference Finals.

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The Columbus Crew owes The Chicago Fire a favor. Actually, the Crew owes Eduardo Lillingston a favor. Maybe a beer next time Chivas comes to town.

Lillingston chalked up an own goal tonight when the Fire took on Chivas at Toyota Park. Chicago held on to win the affair, and in the process handed the MLS Supporters' Shield to Columbus for a second straight year.

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The Chicago Fire could have settled for a draw in its regular season finale against Chivas USA, needing only a point to qualify for the post-season, but the Fire snapped a six-match winless skid and sparked some potential momentum by scoring a 1-0 victory at Toyota Park on Thursday night in Bridgeview, Illinois.

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The Chicago Fire could have settled for a draw in its regular season finale against Chivas USA, needing only a point to qualify for the post-season, but the Fire snapped a six-match winless skid and sparked some potential momentum by scoring a 1-0 victory at Toyota Park on Thursday night in Bridgeview, Illinois.

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Match Fit USA Soccer Show # 30 : This week on MFUSA, Jason and Zach tackle the lack of playing time for some USMNT players, bring in Dave Clark of Sounder at Heart to talk about the MLS Supporters Summit and the playoff prospects of his team, discuss the word "Eurosnob", and bat around a few items of MLS news. Click to continue reading...

This week on MFUSA, Jason and Zach tackle the lack of playing time for some USMNT players, bring in Dave Clark of Sounder at Heart to talk about the MLS Supporters Summit and the playoff prospects of his team, discuss the word "Eurosnob", and bat around a few items of MLS news. http://www.csrnusa.

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This week on MFUSA, Jason and Zach tackle the lack of playing time for some USMNT players, bring in Dave Clark of Sounder at Heart to talk about the MLS Supporters Summit and the playoff prospects of...

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Eddie Gaven scores the game winner at The Monster's Cave

While most people were still nursing their hangovers from a two day orgy of UEFA Champions League matches, the CONCACAF equivalent was contested at sites around Northern and Central America the past three nights. So perhaps you missed what is arguably the finest result yet by an MLS team in the 2009 edition of the tournament.

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I've read a great deal about perceived MLS failures in CONCACAF over the last week. As many of our readers know, I am not defender or apologist for MLS. But, calling two loses to FMF sides," failures" again show many MLS fans live in an alternate reality. If anything Columbus and DC United should be applauded for competing against the best this hemisphere has to offer.

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The Dynamo will face the Charleston Battery tonight in a U.S. Open Cup contest. While brushing up on our opponent, I noticed they have a Houstonian on their side. He is Nelson Akwari. Maybe you know him. Or maybe he's that neighbor you've never introduced yourself to.

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Position: D
Height: 6-0
Weight: 180
Birthdate: 2/4/1982
Hometown: Houston, TX
College: UCLA

Nelson Akwari returns to the Battery for a second season after an impressive year in 2008.

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A merger of the two leagues, USL and MLS, does not appear to be anywhere on the horizons.� Trying to figure out which league is stronger remains a difficult chore.� One of the only barometers out there is the US Open Cup.� USL had a tremendous night last night in the Cup, giving MLS executives a lot to think about.

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When we posted our editorial, the Punk Rockization of MLS little did we know that there were more connections between Punk subculture and MLS supporters groups than we originally though:
"This article is odd, but i can't believe you forgot to include Garden State Supporters (GSS). Click to continue reading...

5. Hating on MLS
The 'Good' MLS
Here's something you might not know: every single North American Football Fan hates MLS. What of the tens of hundreds of people lining up for concessions at Pizza Hut Park in the final minutes of Esquire Added TimeTM in the second half, you ask? They hate MLS too. Click to continue reading...

by Jason Davis - Match Fit USA
Tomorrow in Washington, D.C., supporters of DC United will gather in a park a few miles from RFK Stadium. Armed with signs, songs, and a collective birthed from frustration and fear, they will march. They will march because they feel they have no other choice; their beloved local club, as much an institution as can exist in a fourteen year-old league, is in jeopardy. Click to continue reading...

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This week's guest on the Jared Montz Soccer Podcast is Chivas USA's in form goalie Zach Thornton.� Zach is an MLS league vet who had a couple of down years, but is now proving again why when you look behind you and see him in between the posts you know your team has a great shot of winning.

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So if this is indeed coming to MLS in 2010 (nice badge and colors, by the way)... ...does that mean that we (speaking as a United fan) have a Name War on our hands? In the fine tradition of MLS supporters creating derbies, rivalries, and... Click to continue reading...

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This week's guest on the Jared Montz Soccer Podcast is Chivas USA's in form goalie Zach Thornton.� Zach is an MLS league vet who had a couple of down years, but is now proving again why when you look behind you and see him in between the posts you know your team has a great shot of winning.

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Rave Green Two Pole Attack
These come to us from Dave at Goal Seattle.com For a closer look at individual two poles click here.
By the way, for more stuff like this check out our partner site www.mlstifo.com where MLS supporters groups members post pics, videos, and sounds of them in action. Click to continue reading...

Sign me up for this. This sounds FREAKING AWESOME.

I mean, you get 4 MLS teams, 4 Mexican teams, 1 (maybe TWO) USL First Division teams and a handful from the Caribbean and Central America and what you get is WIN.

The preliminary round draw is now set, with the 8 winners moving through to play the 8 teams who already qualify for the group stage. Click to continue reading...

As the Riverfront Times article states, a national homeless soccer league is "a little out there."

Yet, Liberia-born David Flomo and soccer-mad Community Director Keith Deisner couldn't wait to get involved and form a team in St. Louis a few months ago. Recruiting their players from the local homeless shelter and holding training sessions in an empty parking lot, the six-man St. Click to continue reading...

As much as it pains me to say it, DC United have impressive supporters' groups, in particular Barra Brava and the Screaming Eagles. Sadly for them, their fervent support didn't help them as they lost in the playoffs to the Fire once again this year. No, I couldn't resist the cheap shot, and I'm not [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Photo Daily | November 15 | DC United", url: "http://pitchinvasion. Click to continue reading...

Houston are the defending MLS Cup winners, and face the New England Revolution in the final for the second year running on Sunday. They moved to Houston from San Jose only last year, and have garnered a strong support, including the El Batallon group pictured below. Photo credit: kainam13 on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Photo Daily | November 14 | Houston's El Batallon", url: "http://pitchinvasion. Click to continue reading...