DeGuzman could be CONCACAF's best overall player: But Canada is hopeless even with him and several other top stars/Canadian Soccer.com photo Despite the recent strides made by club football in Canada: the admission of Toronto FC to MLS, the sharp play of the Montreal Impact in the CONCACAF Champions League and the Vancouver Whitecaps continued semi-domination [. Click to continue reading...

With Mexico's loss in Kingston tonight, The United States has a clear claim as the best team in CONCACAF in this moment in time. A resounding 6-1 victory over Cuba was the right tonic for a team that seemed to be underperforming against inferior competition in CONCACAF. Bob Bradley did everything right tonight. Click to continue reading...

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The US can clinch passage to the next stage of CONCACAF qualifying, the Hexagonal with a victory tonight versus Cuba. Cuba is the weakest team the US will fact in World Cup qualifying: in fact Cuba is probably weaker than Barbados who the US crushed 8-0 at the Home Depot Center in June, before struggling [. Click to continue reading...

  Vancouver has been here before and has won before.  The Whitecaps have been one of the elite teams in the A League/USL-1 now for many season. But while Martin Nash is still a key ingredient, the team has changed dramatically since the 2006 title. Eduardo Sebrango has been a revelation up front while Nicolas Addlery [. Click to continue reading...

Follow The United States against Cuba live and online today via the EPL Talk/Major League Soccer Chat featuring football fans discussing the match from around the world. Kick off time is 7:00 pm ET/4:0 pm PT. The chat will begin at 6:45 pm ET/3:45 pm PT. Check this space for the Chat Button Bookmark to: Click to continue reading...

Chad Barrett scored the most significant goal for the United States at any level in the last five years: Barrett's outstanding finish from a Benny Feilhaber free kick gave the US a 1-0 victory over Lionel Messi and eventual Champion Argentina at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. Barrett's MLS career has been shaky, but [. Click to continue reading...

With a league title on the line Sunday the Puerto Rico Islanders rested several regulars for tonight's Champions League match in Mexico against Santos Laguna. The results were disasterous even with Santos resting several regulars. 3-0 was the final scoreline which proves USL sides have neither the depth nor the quality to really compete against [. Click to continue reading...

Martin Rogers of Yahoo! Sports joins Kartik Krishnaiyer for a free flowing discussion about a wide range of topics related to US Soccer and World Football. Among the topics discussed: Nevan Subotic's thought process as to why he may play for Germany instead of the US whom he played for at the youth level, Jose [. Click to continue reading...

The continued outstanding form of the Houston Dynamo and the likelihood that Houston will win yet another MLS Cup title this year begs the question: Have MLS proponents and the league once again exaggerated MLS' quality, this time in claiming how competitive the league is top to bottom. Consider this: Historically one of four clubs [. Click to continue reading...

My CSRN American Soccer Show co-host Dave Denholm, CSRN's Peter Brown and myself have been scathing on air in our denunciation of Bob Bradley's tactics: the bucket formation and the overall defensive posture. However with Bradley's wooing of Jose Francisco Torres and latest squad selection I believe Coach Bradley "gets it. Click to continue reading...

Professional soccer in the U.S. from March to August should play a 40 game schedule.  The schedule should exclude any other type of inter-league or international club play till after the American season is completed.  This schedule will keep the U.S. sports fan focused on the beginning, middle and end to the pro soccer season. Click to continue reading...

It'll be Vancouver and Puerto Rico both of whom erased first leg defecits to advance. More later. Bookmark to: Click to continue reading...

If you have heard this week's The Third Half (now out on the EPL Talk podcast, see iTunes), you would have heard that the MLS chat that I did earlier this summer is returning, and will be here at Major League Soccer Talk. Join me from 7:20 pm Eastern/4:20 pm Pacific as we follow the evening [...] Click to continue reading...

Some may blame the MLS playoff race. Others may simply claim Bob Bradley is biased towards players playing their club football in Europe. What is undeniable is that MLS has put only four squad players on this training camp roster for the United States. That's an all time low for a qualifier since MLS began. Click to continue reading...