Our KCW Reserve squad took on the University of Creighton today at our Swope Park Training Center, winning 1-0 on a goal from Ivan Trujillo. Creighton grad Michael Kraus provided the assist after coming on as a second-half substitute. Our reserves are now 6-0-0 against college and PDL teams in friendlies, including a 26-1 combined score line. Click to continue reading...

I wasn't able to watch the game live Friday night, but I did record the BYU-TV broadcast to watch on Saturday. I really wanted to see how the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency program looked. I've got to say that it's an impressive program.

For the most part, Vancouver owned the field last night coming away with a 2-0 win.

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With a 2-1 win over Central Florida last night, Bradenton secured the final PDL playoff spot in the Southeast division, putting the playoffs out of reach for the Cary RailHawks U23s. Cary finishes their season tonight at WakeMed Soccer Park with a 7:30p kickoff against Nashville. A win would closeout the year with a six match winning streak. Click to continue reading...

In case you read Eric Wynalda's comments on Claudio Reyna in today's notebook and wondering what the former U.S. forward and ESPN commentator is doing these days, the answer is he's in business with Joe-Max Moore. See the clip.

Wynalda says he doesn't miss TV at all, and he's watching more games than ever while spending time with his kids and occasionally playing with the PDL's Bakersfield Brigade.

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It's been a good weekend for the teams I follow. Both BYU and RSL won their games, with BYU claiming the season series over Ogden 3-0-1 and RSL climbing into 1st place in the (somewhat weak) west. RSL's U-17 team also won it's final round game against DC United's U-17 team, earning both the SUM U-17 championship and entry into the 2009 Trofeo Quixote U-17 tournament in Madrid, Spain.

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The second edition of SuperLiga begins today with a 5 p.m. game on TeleFutura between CD Guadalajara and D.C. United.

The Houston Dynamo-Atlante game follows at 7 p.m. on the same channel.

The MLS Players Union is apparently not pleased with that alleged $1 million in SuperLiga prize money figure the league throws around.

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The Springfield Soccer Club has initiated their Under 23 Men???s Program, which will open their season with a pair of games in St Louis this weekend and one in Bentonville on Sunday. For the 2008 season the team will play six away matches and three home matches at the Lake Country Soccer Complex.

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Tonight I've decided to try something new. I'm typing up this blog entry and will post it once I get home (I'd have posted it from here, but I can't get any WiFi signal here at Haws Field). Hopefully this goes pretty well.

After last weeks loss, BYU coach Chris Watkins talked about using the remainder of the season to get younger players some time as the Cougars build toward next season.

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Tied for first place in the Western Conference, the Galaxy and Chivas USA resume hostilities 8 p.m. Thursday on ESPN2 before the Red & White play Sunday in their opening SuperLiga game against last year's winner Pachuca. (That game is live at 7 p.m. on TeleFutura). I'll have a preview of the tournament in Tuesday's column.

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The U.S. Women's National Team beat Sweden 1-0 Saturday with Torrance's Shannon Boxx going the full 90 and USC striker Amy Rodriguez getting a few minutes late. The U.S. now returns home for its final two Olympic warm-up games.

If you want to get caught up on the Chivas USA win Saturday read the previous post; for game reaction and video highlights of the Galaxy's 2-1 loss to New England Friday go here.

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Let's deal with the "more" in the headline first for a change.

The U.S. Women's National Team game in Sweden kicked off at 9 a.m. Details and MatchTracker here.

More more later, if you catch my drift.

Back to regular programming.

Chivas USA (5-6-3) and (3-8-3) San Jose face off at 7:30 tonight at Home Depot Center in the second soccer game (and second fireworks display) of the weekend.

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Maria Burns Ortiz opens her article on Brad Friedel's soccer academy in suburban Cleveland like this:

"Brad Friedel's Premier Soccer Academy is the kind of program that makes a soccer parent do a double take. The kind of program that is followed up quickly with a 'What's the catch?' The kind of program that Americans have a hard time comprehending, even though clubs like his are relatively commonplace in other parts of the world. Click to continue reading...

I believe that the most interesting thing that happened in the last round of sub-MLS Open Cup play was that the Seattle Sounders knocked out actor Anthony LaPaglia's USASA team, Hollywood United, 6-0. When last we checked in on the US's most-ignored tournament, the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, MLS teams were playing for the two [. Click to continue reading...

Needed a deep breath after the weekend (and spent the day writing Tuesday's column), so late blogging.

Chivas USA is one of 16 teams participating in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup at 7 p.m. Tuesday playing a game in Seattle against the Sounders you can see here. Chivas USA lost at this stage of the competition last year to Seattle.

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Here are the essentials for tonight's Chivas USA-New York Red Bulls game at Home Depot Center:

*NYRB are without Claudio Reyna, Juan Pablo Angel (both injured) and, of course, one Senor Altidore (sunning himself in Spain).

*Fear not. Chivas USA has Justin Braun.

*The Red Bulls are playing their fifth game in 15 days tonight, which could help Chivas USA avoid losing twice to New York in one season.

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Hey, it looks like the Deseret News has some coverage up from Thursday's game. It's not much, less than BYU's own press release, but it is something.

I'd love to see more regular coverage of the PDL (especially the local Ogden and BYU teams) in our local papers. If you'd like to help make it happen, drop a line to the Sports Editor, Kent Condon.

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Saturday night, the Cougars will visit the suddenly hot Cascade Surge. BYU has been playing well too, chalking up road wins at Ogden and Spokane. Zack De Francis is continuing to score with a goal in each of the last two games bringing him to a season total of 7 (check out my interview with Zack if you're a De Francis fan).

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When I first heard about the Major League Lacrosse exhibition at Wake Med Soccer Park, I wasn't surprised (as Triangle Professional Soccer explicitly negotiated their lease with the Town of Cary to include Lacrosse rights), but I have to admit that I was worried that it might be the first step in the imminent investment by TPS in an MLL team in the Triangle. Click to continue reading...

After dropping two decisions away earlier this season to the Carolina Dynamo by identical 2-1 scorelines, the Cary RailHawks U23s bounced back with an impressive 4-2 win over their local rival tonight at WakeMed Soccer Park. The U23s were lead by two impressive goals from NC State's Ronnie Bouemboue. Click to continue reading...

(Very) late blogging this evening, but wanted to pass along that:
* Maykel Galindo, who has played in discomfort all season long finally underwent a second hernia surgery Wednesday and is likely lost until early August, the club said Thursday.

From the Chivas USA press release:

Galindo's surgery was performed by Dr.

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In case you missed your home club or region's first round game in the 2008 US Open Cup, here are some results to catch you all up. Most of the top clubs won their games, a few had some close calls, and one USL-1 side was upset. First off, Chicago defeated Columbus in overtime in U.S. [...] Click to continue reading...

RailHawks fans needn't feel too bad about it taking 85 minutes to separate ourselves from Brooklyn's PDL team last night when you look at some of the results from the other matches in the US Open Cup first round.
Hollywood United, a club featuring former professionals from the US and England, as well as a mix of Hollywood celebrities managed by Anthony Lapaglia, fittingly wrote the movie plotline of the night as the lone amateur side to win against professional opposition upsetting Portland 3-2. Click to continue reading...

Tim Candon over at SWakeChat blog has a bunch of interesting notes on tonight's matchup against the PDL Brooklyn Knights including:

• Stokes, Antoniuk, and Edozien are all suspended for tonight's match due to 2007 card accumulation
  
• Expect Coggins and Watson to start up top, with Ryan Solle slotted into the midfield
  
• Richard Perdomo will likely deputize in Stokes' absence from the backline
  

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Zack De Francis has been the most searched for name on my blog, and has played a big roll in BYU's success so far this year. Over the last several days, Zack has been kind enough to trade emails with me to create the interview below. Read on to learn a little bit more about BYU's star striker.

Right now you're among the statistical leaders in the PDL, despite having played fewer games than the other players.

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Galaxy Preview It's Galaxy-Red Bulls at Home Depot Center tonight.

But more importantly, it's BritWeek (more on that later).

Game preview here.

As usual, Red Bull Claudio Reyna is out injured for this one, proving yet again he's not New York's answer to David Beckham.

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