The above image is the rumored jersey that the United States team will be wearing in the 2010 World Cup. The red, white and blue shirt features a Nike logo and US soccer crest, but is it real or not? We'll find out soon when Nike and the USSF officially unveils the jersey.

If this actually the shirt, what are your thoughts about it?

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Official Press Release
USL Statement regarding USL-1
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
TAMPA, FL – United Soccer Leagues issued the following statement regarding the USL First Division in response to the announcement of an application before the United States Soccer Federation for a new Division II Men's Outdoor Professional League submitted, in part, by former USL-1 franchises. Click to continue reading...

In the game of back-and-forth-and-back-again between the United Soccer Leagues and the clubs aligned with the Team Owners Association, it seems that nothing can be said without a response from the...

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Germany and the world footballing community are in shock this morning at the news that Hanover 96 captain and German national first choice goalkeeper Robert Enke apparently committed suicide yesterday by stepping in front of a speeding train.
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A busy show as Brian Zygo brings us a locker room report from Robertson Stadium after Houston's 1-0 win over Seattle in the MLS Playoffs.

Aaron Davidson, the President of Miami FC joins us to answer questions about today's press release from the TOA declaring the intent to form a new professional league in the US and Canada.

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Press Release from the United Soccer Leagues:
USL Statement regarding USL First Division
TAMPA, FL – United Soccer Leagues issued the following statement regarding the USL First Division in response to the announcement of an application before the United States Soccer Federation for a new Division II Men's Outdoor Professional League submitted, in part, by former USL-1 franchises. Click to continue reading...

I'll be honest, I can't seem to get much done today because of this news about the TOA group starting their own league. We knew this news would probably come down eventually in one form or another but I honestly didn't expect it to consume me as much as it is.

If you aren't reading a couple sites like The Kartik Report or Inside Minnesota Soccer for news on this matter then you are certainly missing out.

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I am a pretentious soccer writer, and a lazy one at that, which means I like my football news monumental and easily digestible.
In Europe, for example, things are easy; Big Four team cheats, post. Club has really stupid, flamboyantly dressed owner, post. Accusations of bungs, massively indebted teams, bouts of hilarity as Old Europe slouches toward American-style marketing techniques (crappyproduct. Click to continue reading...

With talks at a stand-still between the Team Owners Association and Nurock Soccer Holdings, new owners of USL, the chances of a breakaway league led by numerous USL 1 clubs next year is looking more and more likely. Vancouver and Montreal became the latest teams to reportedly sever ties with USL this week, and are part of the group looking to start a new league.

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With talks at a stand-still between the Team Owners Association and Nurock Soccer Holdings, new owners of USL, the chances of a breakaway league led by numerous USL 1 clubs next year is looking more and more likely. Vancouver and Montreal became the latest teams to reportedly sever ties with USL this week, and are part of the group looking to start a new league.

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Niklas Bendtner leads Denmark/Photo from This is London.com

With US qualification to the World Cup secure, the USSF has scheduled two interesting friendlies for the international break in November. The US was relatively impressive in CONCACAF qualifying, recording improbable wins at Port of Spain against Trinidad & Tobago as well as in San Pedro Sula versus Honduras, and also knocking Costa Rica out of the World Cup with a great come from behind result at RFK Stadium earlier this month.

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Canadian Press are reporting that USL league owners, Alek Papadakis is saying that "The negotiations are finished," Papadakis told CKAC.� "We decided to continue our preparation for the season 2010 with the teams which wished to remain with us." Papadakis was refering to the ongoing talk with the Team Owners Association or TOA that have been organized for well over a year and have failed to pay renewel fees to the USL for the 2010 season.

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Canadian Press are reporting that USL league owner, Alek Papadakis is saying that "The negotiations are finished," Papadakis told CKAC.� "We decided to continue our preparation for the season 2010 with the teams which wished to remain with us." Papadakis was referring to the ongoing talk with the Team Owners Association or TOA that have been organized for well over a year and have failed to pay renewal fees to the USL for the 2010 season.

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Let me present a very simplistic formulation. Let's assume that in order for MLS to receive higher television revenues, it must draw in more supporters. Let it also be resolved that, for those fans to show up at MLS games and commit wholesale to the league, the quality of the on-pitch product must get better. Click to continue reading...

As reported just about everywhere, the USSF seems to have nailed down a friendly with Slovakia on November 14. This news comes on the heels of the announcement of the November 18 match against Denmark.

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Wait...didn't Rubin Kazan direct "On The Waterfront"?
And with that, I complete my UEFA Champions League commentary for the year 2009.
Meanwhile, Landon Donovan has won his sixth Honda Player of the Year award, given to the outstanding US national team player. (I nearly wrote "outstnading," which would have given unearthly delight to our friends who support Mexico. Click to continue reading...

In last Friday's Team Owners Association (TOA) update I reported that Selby Welman had told IMS some time ago, that this would be a decisive week for the collective of teams.

Kartik Krishnaiyer has been Inside Minnesota Soccer's reporting partner on the this breakaway group and this morning he is reporting that the dispute between the USL and the TOA will come to a head in the next 48 hours.

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In last Friday's Team Owners Association (TOA) update I reported that Selby Wellman had told IMS some time ago, that this would be a decisive week for the collective of teams.

Kartik Krishnaiyer has been Inside Minnesota Soccer's reporting partner on the this breakaway group and this morning he is reporting that the dispute between the USL and the TOA will come to a head in the next 48 hours.

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The next few days promise to be big ones in US professional football. Major League Soccer has proven this summer and into the fall to be the most compelling and competitive first division the English speaking world. The MLS season comes down to the next few nights of football: every match in the final weekend has an impact upon the title race, unlike the final weekends in most European leagues.

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Good afternoon all. As promised, here is the first installment of Your Octobers Questions Answered.

There are several quality questions in the overall batch this month, with the U.

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Good afternoon all. As promised, here is the first installment of Your Octobers Questions Answered.

There are several quality questions in the overall batch this month, with the U.

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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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As of this writing, Charlie Davies is currently undergoing an unspecified surgery after being a passenger in a one-car accident (that's the car pictured above) on the George Washington Parkway in Virginia that tragically resulted in a second passenger losing her life, while the condition of the driver is unknown.

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Charlie Davies

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 13, 2009) – U.S. National Soccer Team forward Charlie Davies is in stable condition following injuries sustained in a one-car accident on the George Washington Parkway early Tuesday morning in Northern Virginia. There was one fatality in the accident.

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":( :( :( :( :( :( :(" -- Jozy Altidore's Twitter account. Guess in today's day and age, that says it all. In case you hadn't heard, U.S. forward Charlie Davies was involved in a fatal car crash early Tuesday morning, which left one person dead. This is probably the accident. Judging by the photo of the cut-in-half car, Davies is lucky to be in what the USSF deemed "stable condition" during Click to continue reading...

The US national team will cross the Atlantic to take on fellow World Cup qualifiers Denmark on November 18th, in a friendly match scheduled Monday by the USSF. Click to continue reading...

Most of you probably at one time or another saw the reports yesterday that Don Garber and Major League Soccer are "looking into playing indoors to shift season schedule." I waited until this morning to really gather my thoughts on this matter and because I just ended up with no time last night to get anything done (I had a good excuse I was seeing U2 play here in Dallas).

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Wow, what a game. For all the stick we've given him here, Conor Casey came up shockingly huge and deserves a lot of credit for his performance. Landy again left his mark. And holy crap did we get lucky after Stu Holden's handball.

More to come on this match later, but we're in the World Cup!

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Big Story

There was something for pretty much everyone yesterday, an all-day footballing extravaganza that began with Germany overcoming her many doubters by beating Hiddink's tactically astute Russia in the Luzhniki Stadium, and ended with the United States overcoming a lethargic start and a forty-seventh minute goal by beating Honduras 3-2 in front of a hostile crowd of forty thousand at the Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano.

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The drama continues. Following on the first installment, here's a quick update. This post doesn't present any new or breaking news, it's just a summary of events to date. Most links are to Brian Quarstad's estimable Inside Minnesota Soccer blog, which in more pleasant times focuses on the Minnesota Thunder, but which has been all over this whole story from the start, like white on rice. Click to continue reading...

Last Saturday Inside Minnesota Soccer broke the news that United Soccer League President Tim Holt had sent out emails to all players who were under contract with the Carolina Railhawks, Miami FC Blues and Minnesota Thunder. Holt claimed that those three teams who were also known to be leaders in the Team Owners Association (TOA) had not renewed their franchise fees for the 2010 season.

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Last Saturday Inside Minnesota Soccer broke the news that United Soccer League President Tim Holt had sent out emails to all players who were under contract with the Carolina RailHawks, Miami FC Blues and Minnesota Thunder. Holt claimed that those three teams who were also known to be leaders in the Team Owners Association (TOA) had not renewed their franchise fees for the 2010 season.

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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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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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