With soccer ever becoming affected by the amount of money in the game, and the changing of the older ways of doing things as shown by the mess at Newcastle United I thought that we could all use some inspiration about what a truly great game that soccer is. When you need the best you turn to the best and in this case its the goal that George Best scored for the San Jose Earthquakes back in his NASL days. Click to continue reading...

Check out these descriptions, renderings, and photographs of pending, aspiring and newly constructed Soccer Specific Stadiums. The Red Bulls show us that playing on your pre-SSS field bears an inverse relationship to how sweet your new digs are going to... Click to continue reading...

We love N*E*R*D and we love what's going on in San Jose so we were compelled to post this.


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As we head into September the shift in MLS has gone from building teams to preparing for the stretch drive and securing playoff positions. The New York Red Bulls and D.

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Ok, so I want to try and write these recaps on Monday. I didn't get around to it this time, but I promise that it'll be better next week. Or not, as I think I have jury duty. Yuck. There wasn't as much Eastern dominance though, as only Columbus managed a win against a non-Conference [...] Click to continue reading...

I'm trying not to make this such a Columbus love fest here but when your hot it has to be noted and right now the Columbus Crew are indeed hot. The main reason is because of the way things are clicking on the offensive side of the ball and also to a degree on the [...] Click to continue reading...

Not a whole lot of change this week in the WVH Power Rankings. The Labor Day weekend saw the Crew go on top of the standing and the Rapids fall to the bottom of the standings. In regards to the standings here on WVH, it is pretty much the same on top as it is [...] Click to continue reading...

What can we really say about how things are going this season in Major League Soccer. From week to week we find a new club to move up the charts or a move down the charts. All it takes is a victory to do so with the jam packed standings these days. After 23 weeks [...] Click to continue reading...

At times this season, it's seemed like the Wizards don't realize the game if 90 minutes long. They played about 55 minutes against Colorado earlier this season before playing the last 10 to get the win in that game. They played 70 minutes against Chivas USA before sitting back and letting Chivas almost get a point. Click to continue reading...

A colleague shouted this out as the "statistic of the night" after the Chivas USA match on Saturday:

With David Beckham and Landon Donovan in tow, the LA Galaxy has the same exact record of the expansion San Jose Earthquakes.

The Galaxy almost had their first win in quite a while on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards will try to get only their second away win of the season when they go to take on San Jose this weekend. Not since the 1-0 win against Chicago the first away game of the season have the Wizards taken all 3 points on the road. Since then the Wizards are 0-5-5 on the road getting only 5 of the 30 points available for them. Click to continue reading...

It has been awhile. But after a few weeks of traveling and vacation, I've decided to make a triumphant return to MLS preview/picks as the season winds down. Lots have happened since I've been away, so much that it's been hard to keep up with. What's clear are a few things: the East dominates the [... Click to continue reading...

First off, sorry for the late start today (and yesterday even), I've been battling a lovely cold this week so hopefully that has all passed here as we head into the weekend. All 14 clubs are involved in action this weekend starting with a rare Friday Night Lights game tonight out in the Rocky Mountains. Click to continue reading...

From Joe Cannon's humorus blog on the 'Quakes website:

"Beating the best team in MLS by four goals, along with a full moon created a weird night out at Buck Shaw. (We really should rename the new stadium when we play there...the house that Joe Cannon built sounds wonderful huh? Click to continue reading...

As I've mentioned on here before, we're going to have a fairly major presence at the KC Irish Fest this weekend. Our 40X40 tent is right next to a major stage and bar area, so there should be a lot of traffic. Come see us throughout the weekend! Listed below is a schedule of events in our tent, including a watch party for our match Saturday night against San Jose, a showing of MU/Illinois before that and a showing of the Rockhurst HS vs Blue Springs South game this weekend on ESPN. Click to continue reading...

Lots of people complain that the biggest thing against soccer is the lack of stats. Americans love their stats and honestly I can't blame them. Other sports are full of them and soccer does lack some statistical value to some people. Well, today I found a site that puts the math to the test and helps [. Click to continue reading...

A lot can change in one week. You can go from sitting on top of the world to forth or fifth place. It doesn't take much to change you place in line, just ask any Olympian. It's no different in the world of soccer, especially in a parity driven MLS. We've gotten 21 games in the [...] Click to continue reading...

Let's just say things out west aren't as good as they've been in years past. There's been plenty of talk today all over the soccer blogosphere about how bad the western conference is in Major League Soccer. Most of you already know my feelings on the western side of the ball compared to the eastern [. Click to continue reading...

I guess something really never change here now do they? In one weekend we've seen a conference just utterly dominate the other. Then again, all season the eastern conference has practically owned the western conference like we've never seen before. Lucky for the western clubs this season three get an automatic bid into the playoffs, [. Click to continue reading...

Warning: Do not force yourself to listen to CSRN on the web. Ever. So between that radio broadcast, and highlights on MLSNet, there's not a lot to say about the match. Chances seemed about equal, with Chivas looking the more dangerous. Man of the Match goes to Jimmy Conrad for tying Dallas [...] Click to continue reading...

With our Chivas USA beat writer out with pneumonia (it seems sort of fitting given the team's list of casualties) this was the preview in today's print edition (in its entirety):

San Jose (5-9-6) at Chivas USA (6-9-5)

*WHEN - 7:30 p.m.
*WHERE - Home Depot Center
*RADIO - 690 AM
*OUTLOOK - The teams are separated by just two points at the bottom of the Western Conference.

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Another week of wheelin' and dealin' in MLS. Here is an updated list of what's gone on during this season in terms of player movement. Here's some food for thought though too. Look at this list, you see something interesting? Yeah, a whole slew of Americans returned to MLS this summer. Brian McBride, Eddie Lewis, Robbie [. Click to continue reading...

Warning: Tommy from Quinzee uses bad language in video. And in the link I just gave. A few weeks back, I might have agreed with Tommy. But does anyone find the irony in the near empty stadium behind that "MLS = Joke" sign? Enough with rubbing salt in wounds. Lets move [...] Click to continue reading...

Week 22 in Major League Soccer is already firing on all cylinders. The weekend slate should be no different then the midweek portion of the menu. All home clubs look to make a statement going into their respective matches. Each will be jockeying for position here in the playoff race. With everything so close right now [. Click to continue reading...

Major league soccer: Chivas USA are meeting San Jose Earthquakes Sunday August 24th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...