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David Beckham, Jim Brennan and Jorge Flores visit a young fan in the hospital.
Welcome to the All-Star Game - where rivalries (Chivas USA and Galaxy and TFC) are put aside as players take on the world (West Ham).

Predictions, people. I know you've already voted in our Sideline Views poll, but now you need to guess who is going to score. Click to continue reading...

The MLS All-Star Game airs live at 4 p.m. on ESPN from Toronto where the inaugural visit of David Beckham is naturally the big story (the natives have missed out on seeing Golden Balls twice before).

Our own Scott Wolf though is singularly unimpressed with Becks' effect on the sport so far.

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U.S. Soccer put out a press release a couple of minutes ago naming Dax McCarty (FC Dallas) as an injury replacement for Nathan Sturgis (Real Salt Lake) on the U.S. Olympic team roster. With McCarty moving to the full roster, our starting left back Michael Harrington has been added to the three-person alternate list. Click to continue reading...

In one of my recent poll questions, which you can find on the left-hand side of the homepage underneath the blog archive, I asked which story you believed to be the biggest so far this summer. One of the choices was Gareth Barry and his desire to leave Aston Villa for Liverpool, and although I can't remember the exact number, it got its fair share of votes. Click to continue reading...

While speculation continues over the Galaxy's reported interest in former EPL star Nolberto Solano (see previous post), another rumor has resurfaced: the future of Landon Donovan.

The source of this one was two-fold.

Donovan was quoted by England's Sky Sports as saying:

"The older I get and the more I play, the more I'm yearning for that highest level I can play at.

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ASTON VILLA Notable arrivals: Steve Sidwell (Chelsea), Curtis Davies (West Brom). Pending: Brad Guzan (Chivas USA). Possibilities: Brad Friedel (Blackburn). Notable departures: Patrik Berger (Sparta Prague), Olof Mellberg (Juventus), Scott Carson (Liverpool). Possibilities: Gareth Barry (Liverpool, Arsenal) No tall tale. Click to continue reading...

Home Records




GP W L D Pts PPG GF GA GD GFA GAA GDA 1 2002 San Jose 14 12 1 1 37 2.643 33 12 21 2.357 0.857 1.500 2 2000 Chicago 16 13 2 1 40 2.500 40 18 22 2. Click to continue reading...

The United States Men's Olympic Football squad for Beijing 2008: Coach: Piotr Nowak (43) Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (23) (Chivas USA) Chris Seitz (21) (Real Salt Lake) Defenders: Patrick Ianni (23) (Houston Dynamo) Michael Orozco (22) (San Luis, Mexico) Michael Parkhurst (24) (New England Revolution) Nathan Sturgis (21) (Real Salt Lake) Marvell Wynne (22) (Toronto FC, Canada) Midfielders: Freddy Adu (19) (Monaco, France) Michael Bradley (20) (SC Heerenveen, Holland) Maurice [. Click to continue reading...

Keith Savage and Lance Parker were great sports on Tuesday. They, the professional athletes of the bunch, took it easy on the amatuer freelance writers. As a token of my gratitude for that and for them letting us use their clubs, I tried to get some good pictures of the duo in action.

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The charity events MLS teams do (like golf tournaments) are hosted by sponsors, so players have to show up, but it's also a time for teammates to bond outside of the regular grind of practice.

Lance Parker poses on the course with the energy drink models.

Bobby Burling gets in the buffet line. Click to continue reading...

Once upon a time . . . there was a Major League Links. Since I am waiting for my laundry, I figured why not revive the old bugger! MLS Offside has a bunch of stuff going down, so lets just jump into it like a pair of feat in a carp pedicure tank! - Will Landon [...] Click to continue reading...

I'll be honest, Luis and I are both crappy golfers. We didn't even have clubs, so Lance and Keith had to share theirs. They were very nice about it, though. We might have golfed a little better, though, if we'd resisted the free margaritas along the course. That doesn't exactly help one's coordination. Click to continue reading...

I heard Landon Donovan equalized against the Red Bulls in stoppage time with a pass.

Kinda crazy. But it was nice to see over 46,000 at the game.

The MLS All-Star extravaganza is in a couple days. Let's look at some standings after a bunch of ties. And yes, Salt Lake is still in first place:
WEST EAST
Salt Lake (6-6-6, 24 pts) New England (10-4-3, 33 pts)
LA Galaxy (6-6-5, 23 pts) Columbus (8-5-4, 28 pts)
Chivas USA (6-6-4, 22 pts) Chicago (7-5-4, 25 pts)
Colorado (6-8-3, 21 pts) D. Click to continue reading...

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What happens to the SBI MLS Power Rankings when all five MLS matches end in ties? Can there be much of a change? Can there really be any change?

I say there can be. Let's face it, not every tie is the same.

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Greetings all. Sorry for not posting today but we are out at Griffith Park participating in Chivas USA's annual golf tournament. We are trying to figure this golf thing out but so far not so good. Andrea and I are paired with Keith Savage and Lance Parker and they are carrying the foursome for sure.

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As we enter the knockout stages of SuperLiga 2008, let me state that while the intensity level was as high for these matches last year, the football has been much better this year. No offense to anybody, but an L.A. Galaxy side featuring Alan Gordon and Edson Buddle as starting forwards and an injured David [. Click to continue reading...

Photo by Thomas Shea from Superliga 2008 website

As we enter the knock out stages of Superliga 2008 let me state that while the intensity level was as high for these matches last year the football has been much better this year. No offense to anybody but an LA Galaxy side featuring Alan Gordon and Edson Buddle as starting forwards and an injured David Beckham would not have advanced to the knock out stages of this year's tournament.

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Peter Nowak named his sqaud for the Beijing Olympics. The team includes several current and former MLS players. Real Salt Lake, Toronto FC and Houston Dynamo are all losing 2 players to Nowak's Olympic roster while the Columbus Crew, Chivas USA and the New England Revolution will be missing a single player to Nowak during the Olympics.

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Another week of only a few games, and a couple of SuperLiga contests for MLS clubs. The thing about this week in league play was the draw. Five games saw five draws. A cool 14 goals overall for the week, not bad for five games but when six of them come from one game and [...] Click to continue reading...

*The alleged MLS All-Star game is 4 p.m. Thursday on ESPN2. I'll have more on that in Tuesday's column.

*The Galaxy play at 4 p.m. Sunday in Dallas (live on Prime).

*Chivas USA plays next Aug. 2 in Chicago.

*From the Women's Premier Soccer League:

Saturday at Esperanza High (Anaheim):
5:30 p.

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Both of the final games of group B finished with 1-1 draws which was good enough to send the New England Revolution through to the semi-finals with the top spot from group B.  Defending champions Pachuca advance with 4 points and second place in the group.

PTS - W - L - T (GF-GA) Team
7 - 2 - 0 - 1 (3-1) New England Revolution
4 - 1 - 1 - 1 (3-3) Pachuca CF
4 - 1 - 1 - 1 (3-3) Chivas USA
1 - 0 - 2 - 1 (1-3) Santos Languna

Tuesday the semi-finals get underway with Houston Dynamo playing Pachuca CF.

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The New England Revolution and Pachuca CF both advanced last nigh in the final Group B matches of SuperLiga 2008. Everyone scored a goal as both games ended in 1-1 draws, but single points were not enough for some so going home are Chivas USA and Santos Laguna.

The Semi finals are set with two MLS teams and two Primera División teams facing off:

Tuesday, July 29 Houston Dynamo vs. Click to continue reading...

ASTON VILLA Notable arrivals: Steve Sidwell (Chelsea), Curtis Davies (West Brom). Pending: Brad Guzan (Chivas USA). Possibilities: Brad Friedel (Blackburn). Notable departures: Patrik Berger (Sparta Prague), Olof Mellberg (Juventus), Scott Carson (Liverpool). Possibilities: Gareth Barry (Liverpool, Arsenal) Still brewing: Liverpool. Click to continue reading...

Chivas USA plunged out of SuperLiga Sunday when Pachuca and Santos Laguna tied 1-1 in San Jose in the night's second game. Chivas USA needed Santos Laguna to beat Pachuca to stay alive in the competition.

It was difficult to conduct interviews with Chivas USA players after the 1-1 tie with the Revs simply because they couldn't really say much considering their future in the tournament was being decided hundreds of miles away as they spoke.

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Chivas USA 1 v New England Revolution 1
* The Titan Stadium field may only be a small upgrade from the field at the Home Depot Center.

* Another thing that had me puzzled was why the Olympians are playing in this game? It shouldn't matter what side of the coast they are playing on.

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