Two teams left, one cup to play for. The long and difficult MLS season has been successfully navigated by Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles Galaxy. On Sunday, the season comes to an end and MLS will crown a champion.

In the city where MLS has been a runaway success this season, a one club will emerge victorious.

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Two teams left, one cup to play for. The long and difficult MLS season has been successfully navigated by Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles Galaxy. On Sunday, the season comes to an end and MLS will crown a champion.

In the city where MLS has been a runaway success this season, a one club will emerge victorious.

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Vote for the African Premier League player who has been the best ambassador for Africa here...The winner will be declared on the 30th of November 2009
Drogba signed a new advertising contract with Pepsi and pledged the entire £3m he earned from the deal to the setting-up of a hospital and orphanage in Ivory Coast.

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That's right folks, both Davy Arnaud and Claudio Lopez remain in the running for the AT&T Goal of the Year. Kevin Hartman is also a finalist for the Degree Men Save of the Year. Help them win the first end-of-season Play of the Year award in Wizards history!
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No a real shocker for most folks out there, Major League Soccer has announced the 2009 Coach of the Year is LA Galaxy front man Bruce Arena.

The turnaround in LA this year has been nothing short of remarkable. Arena found a way to get everything on board with stars like Landon Donovan and David Beckham by plugging in solid veterans and excellent young stars like Omar Gonzalez and Sean Franklin.

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In one of the easier results to see coming, Seattle Sounders striker Fredy Montero was named MLS Newcomer of the Year. He beat out Sounders teammates Kasey Keller and Freddie Ljungberg for the honor.

Montero scored 12 goals and added seven assists in helping lead the Sounders to the playoffs.

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In one of the easier results to see coming, Seattle Sounders striker Fredy Montero was named MLS Newcomer of the Year. He beat out Sounders teammates Kasey Keller and Freddie Ljungberg for the honor.

Montero scored 12 goals and added seven assists in helping lead the Sounders to the playoffs.

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The US National Soccer Hall of Fame has come out with their 24 finalists for this years induction into the Hall of Fame. Six former Wizards are on the list this year, as Mike Burns, Chris Henderson, Roy Lassister, Preki, Mike Sorber, and Peter Vermes are all up for induction. Sorber, the Wizards first allocation back in 1996 is in his final year of eligibility before being moved to the veterans ballot along with Thomas Dooley, John Doyle, and Dominic Kinnear. Click to continue reading...

I won't lie to you all, I've had a case of the Mondays. As much as I want to post a big long edition of things tonight I just for the life of me don't have the time to do so tonight. Instead I have a couple links with very short comments on them.

McCarty Re-signs with FCD (link) Good stuff by Dallas to get one of their better midfielders back for next year.

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Without a doubt, Sunday's game between Chelsea and Manchester United is the biggest of the season between the two clubs who have the best chance to win the Premier League title this season (sorry Arsenal fans). So, it's no wonder that so much importance is being placed on this game. Not that who wins will decide anything, but it will be a massive psychological boost for the winning team and will show which club has what it takes to win the title.

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Could this work of art kill England's World Cup Bid?

OK so perhaps the title is a tad hyperbolic, but really things are getting ridiculous. A quick refresher course for those of you who have missed this: England (as you all should know) is bidding to host the 2018 World Cup. Recently there was a conference in London at which Jack Warner, a FIFA vice-president, was present. Click to continue reading...

*Even ardent Italophobes sometimes have to doff their cap to La Dolce Vita. The Stadio Olimpico was so sparsely attended for tonight's Roma v Fulham clash, that despite being a veggie, I thought about eating Saltimbocca alla Romana in honour of the stayaway fans.When they consider a game meaningless, Italian tifosi vote with their feet. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool only managed a 1-1 draw away to Lyon tonight which may not be enough to qualify for the quarter finals of the Champions League. A depleted Liverpool team had most of the possession away to Lyon and had a few good attempts on goal saved by the Lyon keeper, until sub Ryan Babel scored with a magnificent thunderbolt shot on 83 mins to give the Reds a deserved lead. Click to continue reading...

It seems like the clock had been turned back to 1998 this year as a revival for Chivas USA keeper Zach Thornton took place. It was just 11 seasons ago that Thornton won his first keeper of the year, now he has two as the league announced today that he was named the 2009 Goalkeeper of the Year.

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Yeah, that's right: we're posting short-tents of professional footy players and asking you to pick a winner. It's what we do.

John Terry is a regular for these types of situations; let's all give him two snaps for that. As for Mr. Cole, it's nice to see him back on the pitch and (quite obviously) in full working order.

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Yeah, that's right: we're posting short-tents of professional footy players and asking you to pick a winner. It's what we do.

John Terry is a regular for these types of situations; let's all give him two snaps for that. As for Mr. Cole, it's nice to see him back on the pitch and (quite obviously) in full working order.

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Vote for Claudio or Davy. They both are nominated twice. Claudio's goals include his beautiful free kick in week 10 against Chivas and week 19's shot from the middle of the field against LA. Davy's goals include the week 1 blast against Toronto and the week 13 goal against New England. I have hard time deciding my favorite. Click to continue reading...

Another long one, but a good one!

Place your official vote at MLSnet.com. Who gets your vote for Save of the Year?

Since Degree is the sponsor of Save of the Year does the winner get a year's supply of deodorant?

JM

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This video is almost 12 minutes long, but well worth it! I am not good at picking favorites so with this many choices it gets even more difficult!

You can make your official vote for MLS Goal of the Year on MLSnet.com. Who gets your vote?

Since AT&T sponsors this I wonder if they are giving the winner a free iphone?

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Every one is giving it a go to out do Bobby Zamora's miss from against Man City.

Arsenal were rampant against Spurs on Saturday, where do you think they will finish? Vote here (Never Captain Nicky Butt)

Adel Taarabt scores yet another cracking goal... Time for Spurs to bring him back?

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Eight teams, one trophy. Who will lift the MLS Cup in Seattle next month?

Will it be reigning champions Columbus? How about the Los Angeles Galaxy? Think Seattle can pull off the dream scenario of winning a title in its home stadium?

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Eight teams, one trophy. Who will lift the MLS Cup in Seattle next month?

Will it be reigning champions Columbus? How about the Los Angeles Galaxy? Think Seattle can pull off the dream scenario of winning a title in its home stadium?

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My vote is for Jeff Larentowicz, what a strike! All power!

Place your official vote at MLSnet.com. Who get's your vote?

JM

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With the season now over, the Wizards have some questions to ask about the team itself and the front office. One of the most important questions revolves around technical director and interim coach, Peter Vermes. Where, if anywhere in the organization will Vermes be next year? Will he be back in the dual role of technical director and coach? Click to continue reading...

Finally, the Major League Soccer regular season is over and the playoffs are upon us. Four matchups await, to ultimately determine the two clubs that will meet at Seattle's Qwest Field in the 2009 MLS Cup game on Nov. 22. Will the defending champion Columbus Crew avoid being upset by Real Salt Lake, who snuck into the playoffs at the 11th hour?

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Saturday, striker Kei Kamara scored his first goal since joining the club and has now been nominated for the MLS Goal of the Week award for the first time as a Wizard. Kamara converted a diving header in the first half off a free kick from Graham Zusi. Vote for the award here http://web.mlsnet. Click to continue reading...

One of the biggest storylines over in Europe this week is over the future of Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez. The club is mired in one its worst slumps in 20 years after losing four in a row, injury concerns loom over Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard, and they face Manchester United over the weekend.

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One of the biggest storylines over in Europe this week is over the future of Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez. The club is mired in one its worst slumps in 20 years after losing four in a row, injury concerns loom over Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard, and they face Manchester United over the weekend.

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Of all the MLS post-season awards up for grabs, there may be no tougher one to call than 2009 MLS Defender of the Year.

Last season, Chad Marshall was the clear-cut winner, topping a strong field of candidates with a career year.

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Of all the MLS post-season awards up for grabs, there may be no tougher one to call than 2009 MLS Defender of the Year.

Last season, Chad Marshall was the clear-cut winner, topping a strong field of candidates with a career year.

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Place your official vote for MLS Goal of the week at MLSnet.com.

My vote went to RSL's Espindola. Who did you vote for?

JM

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With the Ballon d'Or nominations finally releasing this weekend, the headlines have mostly been devoted to the fact that world champions Italy have no representation whatsoever. But why blame the press for paying excessive attention to an irrelevant detail? After all, the award itself is destined to be heading Lionel Messi's way, which means very little is there to be talked about in terms of debating the winner, right?

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Below are the eight Round of 16 matches-only one player can advance to the quarterfinals from each head-to-head battle, so be sure to help your favorite Twitter footballer get through!
Help spread the word on the search to find American's favorite soccer Twitter personality by tweeting the link to the voting page, using the #TPL hashtag. Click to continue reading...

Wenger said:
"Carlos Vela has not landed, so he will not be involved. We lost Nicklas Bendtner today in training from a recurrence of his groin. Eduardo is not back yet, because he still has a thigh injury."
"Lukasz Fabianski is not completely back. We hope he will be very soon, because he has trained normally. Click to continue reading...

One of the most bizarre aspects of the U.S. men's national team's 2-2 vs. Costa Rica was Costa Rican head coach Rene Simoes' ejection and the subsequent dust-up that saw a team trainer also tossed and Simoes escorted from the field by security.

That scene not only cntributed to the additional stoppage time the United States used to find last-gasp equalizer, it also provided some comic relief.

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