The dispute between several clubs in the USL's first division and the league's administrators has reached the end-game this week, and Triangle Offense is reporting that the breakaway Team Owners Association is submitting its application for recognition as a league to the US Soccer Federation.

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First things first, the US MNT has added another friendly to the November schedule by announcing their stop in Slovakia four days before playing Denmark, which will make for a good pair of measuring stick matches against a couple of fellow World Cup qualifiers on European soil. Both Slavakia and Denmark finished atop their UEFA qualifying groups, so these matches should provide a good show of where we stand against quality competition several months removed from the Confederations Cup.

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The first to respond to the call for new writers for MFUSA, Brian Morse has the interesting story of how he came to pick up the phone and hear the voice President of US Soccer himself, Sunil Gulati,...

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Things have been quite since the Team Owners Association (TOA) along with members of NuRock Holdings, the new owners of the United Soccer Leagues (USL), met in New York last week. The meetings that took place the week of October 5th and were guided by United States Soccer Federation (USSF) president Sunil Gulati were said by Brian Wellman, president of the Carolina Railhawks to sooth tensions amongst the two sides.

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Things have been quite since the Team Owners Association (TOA) along with members of NuRock Holdings, the new owners of the United Soccer Leagues (USL), met in New York last week. The meetings that took place the week of October 5th and were guided by United States Soccer Federation (USSF) president Sunil Gulati were said by Brian Wellman, president of the Carolina Railhawks to sooth tensions amongst the two sides.

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1) The 2010 seeding formula. Using the previous formula (from 2006), it appears that Portugal's resurgence may see them get seeded after all at the expense of France. They were always in good shape as long as they managed to qualify, and that looks very likely now. The same eight teams have been in the running ever since July 2006, so one good team is going to get let out no matter what. Click to continue reading...

There's still not a lot of new information coming in on the accident that Charlie Davies was involved with early Tuesday morning. There is still no word on who the driver is or their condition.

Steven Goff was reporting this morning that US coach Bob Bradley visited Charlie on Wednesday morning and that he was responding to doctors but was still heavily sedated.

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There's not a lot of new information coming in on the accident that Charlie Davies was involved with early Tuesday morning and still no word on who the driver is or their condition.

Steven Goff was reporting this morning that US coach Bob Bradley visited Charlie on Wednesday morning and that he was responding to doctors but was still heavily sedated.

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Today, the United States is likely to clinch its sixth consecutive trip to the World Cup Finals. For a nation, who followed up its famous 1950 victory over England with nine consecutive World Cup misses, the achievement is nothing short of remarkable.

 In the current, hyper competitive climate for world football, the US achievement is extraordinary.

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The last time the USA was in Honduras was late March of 2001. And while many things in American soccer have changed in just 8 years, others have stayed remarkably the same. The game that night was only shown in America via Pay Per View. (Sound familiar?) So, via the glory of Big Soccer, 8 of us lost souls met up in a basement in St Paul. Click to continue reading...

Several bits of news to report on today. First from IMS partner site The Kartik Report. Kartik Krishnaiyer is stating this morning that he is being told from "sources close to the situation, that despite having the USSF, TOA, MLS and USL all meeting together, a solution is not at hand and may not be achieved this week.

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Several bits of news to report on today. First from IMS partner site The Kartik Report. Kartik Krishnaiyer is stating this morning that he is being told from "sources close to the situation, that despite having the USSF, TOA, MLS and USL all meeting together, a solution is not at hand and may not be achieved this week.

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Don Garber will address the "Leaders in Football" conference

Over the next two days, many of soccer's most influential executives from around the world will meet in London, England for the annual "Leaders in Football" conference. Included in that group are three representatives from the United States: Don Garber, MLS Commissioner and CEO; Sunil Gulati, USSF President; and Tim Leiweke, President and CEO of AEG.

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Apparently there have been violent breakouts when ousted President Manuel Zelaya snuck back into the country.
Airports are closed. Supporters of Zelaya are clashing with police, and things are in general turmoil.
Not the ideal set up for October 10th's World Cup qualifier, eh?

"We're continuing to monitor the situation and remain in contact with CONCACAF and FIFA," U.

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Here's the latest on whether the U.S. qualifier will be moved, which could well help the American cause if it's played in another country:

NEW YORK (AP) -- Soccer officials are watching the security situation in Honduras, hoping they won't have to move next month's World Cup qualifier against the United States.

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Edgar Castillo's switch in registration has been completed and he is now eligible to play for the United States. US Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati made that announcement at halftime of the El Salvador - USA Qualifier. Castillo originally made his intentions to play for the US clear in an exclusive interview with USSoccerPlayers' Brooke Tunstall. Click to continue reading...

Today, the bid committee for USA 2018/2022 cut the number of potential cities to host matches to twenty seven, eliminating eleven cities that had submitted proposals. The eleven eliminated cities are:

Birmingham, Cincinnati, Ohio; Fayetteville, Ark ; Knoxville, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, and San Antonio.

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The US Soccer Federation has launched a website to promote the United States's bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.

The site, at www.gousabid.com, features a petition where soccer fans have add their name to the list of people who want to see the World Cup return to the United States.

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Filling in for Bruce today is Chrös; I did the honors when Brucio was gone at the MLS Cup last fall as well. Let's not try to kid anyone and pretend that you are here for my thoughts. I've compiled some basic reading about the big game today, and I'll be back this afternoon with an MLS roundup as well. Click to continue reading...

Just check out the look on Sunil's face for the first ten seconds of this video. I've seen it before and it's the exact same look that you get right before you get clocked in the nose for being annoying. Click to continue reading...

Phil Anschutz is the latest addition to the USA Bid Committee persuing hosting rights for the 2018 or 2022 World Cups. "Phil Anschutz and AEG have played a key role in the development of soccer in this country over the last 15 years," US Soccer president Sunil Gulati said. "Phil and his associates have been instrumental in the continued growth of MLS, in particular, and we're pleased to have his experience and leadership as a. Click to continue reading...

Jermaine Jones and Edgar Castillo have expressed their interest in becoming eligible for the US national team. Schalke 04 midfielder Jones is keen to switch allegiances to the US from Germany (where he was born) and is close to achieving this according to US Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati.

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Uh oh. I've typed the wrong title. I have already done the most horrible thing that any blogger or pundit has said in favor of Bob Bradley. I can already feel every single US Supporters anger being directed at me for this report because I have done the un-thinkable. I am supporting Bob Bradley and all the comments towards me will be negative or worse, down right insulting from everything that was written in the book of curse words and doing something very nasty.

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Still with U.S. Soccer.After the recent successes officials are confident that the time is right for the next move.They are excited about the prospect of bringing young Hispanic and African-Americans into the mainstream.
Sunil Gulati, the president of the United States Soccer Federation says.

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Midfielder Jermaine Jones could join the U.S. national team later this year, possibly with defender Edgar Castillo, reports Ronald Blum of AP.
The 27-year-old Jones, who has appeared in the European Champions League for Schalke of the Bundesliga, has played three times for Germany's national team in exhibitions. Click to continue reading...

On a conference call earlier today, US Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati described the timetable for Jermaine Jones joining the US National Team. "We've had pretty regular communication with Jermaine's representatives and advisors," Gulati said. "He has both publicly and privately indicated that he would like to file for an eligibility switch. Click to continue reading...

Listen to the full audio podcast of today's media teleconference call with U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati and U.S. National Team head coach Bob Bradley. Today was their first exposure to the national media following the second-place finish in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, everybody and their cousin from every corner of the soccersphere linked to the exerpt from Grant Wahl's new book.
On the off chance that you missed it, HERE'S DAN'S TAKE, complete with exerpts that more or less prove what we all more or less were saying, ie. that a) Beckham's people were calling the shots in LA and b) Beckham wasn't exactly busting his hump out there. Click to continue reading...

As David Beckham prepares to be "welcomed" back to MLS, US Soccer Federation boss Sunil Gulati has stated that Beckham faces an inevitable backlash. This comes on the heels of the publication of Grant Wahl's tell-all hardback, "The Beckham Experiment" (an excerpt of which is available for your persual here. Click to continue reading...

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I look forward to seeing all of you Twin Citians at the US Open Cup game between the Minnesota Thunder and Kansas City Wizards at 7:30 tonight! Let's hope for greatness.
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Here it is! The first excerpt from Grant Wahl's forthcoming book on David Beckman was posted today at Sports Illustrated. Click to continue reading...

There is no joy in Mudville...
As I sat there watching Sunil Gulati and Jack Warner shaking hands with some bunch of guys before heading off to the VVIP room Gala Reception Dinner Dance, the only image I had in my mind was Clint Dempsey, holding the Bronze Ball trophy like it was infected with the Black Plague and trying manfully - and ultimately unsuccessfully - to hold back the tears. Click to continue reading...

I know that there were a number of US Soccer fans who were ready to jump off the Bob Bradley bandwagon after the past month, looking at medicore perfromances in three of our last four CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers, and two losses at the FIFA Confederations Cup - despite being a man down in each match for long stretches. Click to continue reading...

"When you listen to fools ... the mob rules." -- Ronnie James Dio.As a would-be history buff, the French so-called 'Reign of Terror' is fairly fascinating. My modern mind can't comprehend how the peasant rabble would get so excited a guillotine be-headings. Maybe it's just because I have a weak stomach for that sort of gore. Click to continue reading...

Giuseppe Rossi.
The modern day Benedict Arnold of American football?

Born in New Jeresy to Italian immigrants. He shunned US Football, playing for Italy from the U-16 to U-21 level before ultimatley declining an offer from Bruce Arena in 2006 to join the US Men's National Team. Click to continue reading...

The U.S. men's national team's long-rumored potential friendly vs. Iran is moving closer to reality.

U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati revealed on Thursday that Iran and the United States are in discussions and a friendly is a very real possibility.

"We've had discussions with the Iran federation about possibly playing a game during one of the international FIFA dates in November," Gulati said in a statement released by the USSF.

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