Ladies and gentlemen, it's that time of the year again. The regular season is over, so now we can look at the official numbers for fouls committed and fouls suffered and put them in the context of "per 90 minutes" rather than just raw totals. Which players will lead in the eight categories below?
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The buzz of qualification is starting to wear off, and the overcast skies match my mood this morning. So with that cheery thought in mind, let's plunge into some of the stuff cluttering my desktop... Major League Soccer Clearly, Uncle Sepp's... Click to continue reading...

Colorado Rapids midfielder Colin Clark has been named to the 23-player roster that will represent the U.S. at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup from July 3 to July 26.

Clark looks to make his first-ever appearance for the U.S.; his prior national team experience was in November 2008, when he participated in the U.

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GOALKEEPERS - Jon Busch (Chicago Fire), Troy Perkins (Valarenga), Luis Robles (Kaiserslautern)

DEFENDERS - Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Jay Heaps (New England Revolution), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaellands), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock)

MIDFIELDERS - Davy Arnaud (Kansas City Wizards), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Colin Clark (Colorado Rapids), Sam Cronin (Toronto FC), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders), Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo), Logan Pause (Chicago Fire), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)

FORWARDS - Freddy Adu (Benfica), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas), Charlie Davies (Hammarby), Santino Quaranta (D.

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As much as the state of TFC's paper-thin roster is worrying, supporters have to be proud of Sam Cronin for getting the call from the USA squad for the Gold Cup. In a short time with TFC, Cronin has become a reliable and consistent performer in the midfield. Under the obvious mentoring of Carl Robinson, the young midfielder makes few mistakes and has a burgeoning offensive instinct. Click to continue reading...

Steve Zakuani (SSFC, 1st overall)
Zakuani played like a #1 draft pick should in Seattle's 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes last Saturday. He looked extremely dangerous on the left throughout the night and consistently torched 'Quakes defender Chris Leitch with ease. He came off after 77 minutes of superb play, having recorded one shot on goal with three fouls suffered, the stats not nearly telling enough of what kind of evening the youngster enjoyed. Click to continue reading...

When I saw Chad Barrett wasn't in our starting eleven on Saturday, I knew we were going to score more than once. And we did, we scored two. Ali Gerba must have been watching from his private box thinking to himself "finally - a team that really, really needs me...".
It was a really ugly win, but three points is three points no matter which way you look at it. Click to continue reading...

The King's Club. The White Ballet. The Galacticos (but not the Landycakes version). Rumour has it that one of the world's most storied clubs is coming to town on August 7th. They are so special that MLSE has agreed to lay down real grass over the turf for the game in order to protect the precious knees of their numerous stars.

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Columbus. Saturday. 4:00. Be there. (...or watch on Gol TV @ 7:00)br /br /div style="text-align: justify;"Let's start to talk about our game this weekend. It is one of those dreaded international dates that MLS has ignored, yet again. We're not without nine guys this time, just two. Unfortunately, the two in question are Carl Robinson and Amado Guevara. Click to continue reading...

With the SuperDraft only a SuperWeek away from SuperTakingPlace, I thought I'd collect some of the random bits and bytes dancing around the electronic ether, keeping DC United implications firmly at the fore. Let's get started with . . . Mad Mo Ready To Rumble . . . Why is conducting a mock draft in MLS such a pointless, masturbatory waste of reason and gray cells? Click to continue reading...