Cue the music, it's time for Matchday Three of the CONCACAF Champions League!Today's matches (Arizona time, UTC -7):(Grp A) Saprissa - Marathón 1900(Grp B) UNAM - Houston 1900 1723: As you'd expect in a match of this magnitude, security is very tight. 1713: Seriously, Marathón are leading Group A and will be looking to close in on the second stage. Click to continue reading...

Frivolous goal rankings based on a careful review of the Arsenal.com's 10-minute highlights from tonight's League Cup match:

1. The 3rd Goal, from Carlos Vela. The first of his hat trick. Bendtner, who already had a double at that point, won it in midfield and chipped a sweet pass to Vela down the right who had a great touch to play the ball into the box, and a stunning shot with his left boot. Click to continue reading...

cue Queen and David Bowie, with Vanilla Ice somewhere in the background still trying to prove Ice Ice Baby had a different bass line...

New England and Chivas USA are down to the wire tonight to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League group stage. They were unable to get results on the road, and are now left to prove their strength at home. Click to continue reading...

Count me in as excited about the new CONCACAF Champions League. More meaningful international games for more MLS clubs is a good thing for American soccer, in my opinion.

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Sorry, I don't know if CONCACAF has their own swank theme yet. Click to continue reading...

A win is a win, right? The US went into the Guatemalan cauldron, never the most happy of hunting grounds for US Soccer, and emerged with an important 1-0 victory courtesy of Bocanegra's noggin. Time to break out the bubbly and wave the flag . . . or is it? Cue the talking points . . . ! * The second note that appears in the text file I was using to keep track of my thoughts on the game is, " Click to continue reading...

So Alexi and Ruud get the screen-door-hitting-asses treatment in Galaxy-land to a resounding chorus of "Finally" and "What took you so long?" in the futblogosphere. Cue the ambiguity . . . Tickle Lalas' Abomination sure has been fun to watch as they tripped and stumbled their way to somewhere below mediocracy. Click to continue reading...

Cue bad jokes about MLS being a "pub league"....


This however is much cooler. It looks like MLS has fully embraced footy culture by launching this section. Every week they plan to feature a different pub that supporters in different cities call home fo raway matches. The first choice is the excellent DC United pub, Finn MacCools. Click to continue reading...

Over 200 teams from 27 countries will take place in the Anti-Racism World Cup in Bologna, Italy.

With no end to racism, hooliganism and violence in sight, it's always good to shine light on the efforts to erase the negativity from the beautiful game.

• As if on cue, German hooligans strike.

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I am very much my parents' child. I look a lot like my father, and I have my mother's enthusiasm. When we get into something, we tend to go all-out. At one point, she bought a bird, enjoyed it, bought a second and started breeding them; pretty soon she had 13 of the little buggers, of different breeds, all over the house (and guess who got cleanup duty when they went on vacation? Click to continue reading...

The transfer news to report today is obviously Eto'o's on going flirtation with playing in Uzbekistan. Cue the Borat jokes. Or was that Kazakhstan? Otherwise, a Friday in mid-summer is a slow day, so we bring a little classic video for you to enjoy. Click to continue reading...

The most unexpected thing to happen while I was on holiday last week was not Blanco's freak out, nor was it Sepp Blatter's slavery comments, or the Superliga share-cropping revelation. It was the long overdue return of Not Doug Logan. Before there was MLS Underground and The Blog Who Shall Not Be Linked to, there was Logan's Revenge spilling beans and dropping scoop all over a Blogspot page. Click to continue reading...

Marc Burch has a dangerous left foot. The man nearly beat John Busch in Chicago last month on a set piece and he left LA's Steve Cronin standing on his line as his 30-yard free kick smashed off of the cross bar last Sunday. Tonight, he again showed his skill, scoring on two second half free kicks, leading United to a 2-0 win over the Rochester Rhinos and into the U.

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Today's column looked at the schizophrenic Galaxy as a metaphor for MLS.

On cue, Steven Goff's Soccer Insider blog reports this morning the Galaxy are interested in signing an unnamed Argentine central defender perhaps using Carlos Ruiz as trade bait. Goff mentions Chivas USA as a possible destination for Ruiz.

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The hype machine rolls on. In addition to the dozens of reporters schedule to attend and report from training sessions this week, several current and former members of the Black-and-Red will be in studio talking about the heated United-Galaxy rivaly. You can see it in person by buying tickets here!

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We at MLSR have posted quite a few stories about the expansion possibilities of a team in New York City. We are hesitant of saying 2nd team in New York City because currently no MLS team plays there. That's right. We do not count the Red Bulls because Red Bull New York's footprint within the city of New York is almost non-existent. Click to continue reading...

Buffon - Stoned Mutu 1v1 and then makes the penalty save of the year. Cue mayhem and De Rossi and others screaming and giving everyone chills down their necks. Mutu then proceeded to fill his diaper and needed to be substituted. Most irreplaceable player on the team. ∞

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It is shocking that Liverpool's Javier Mascherano was not sent-off for savagely wiping out Mike Riley yesterday. The referee took a tumble dying swan style during the dull 0-0 draw between the Reds and Chelsea after somehow getting his legs all tangled up in Mascherano's pass. Click to continue reading...

It is shocking that Liverpool's Javier Mascherano was not sent-off for savagely wiping out Mike Riley yesterday. The referee took a tumble dying swan style during the dull 0-0 draw between the Reds and Chelsea after somehow getting his legs all tangled up in Mascherano's pass. Click to continue reading...

It is shocking that Liverpool's Javier Mascherano was not sent-off for savagely wiping out Mike Riley yesterday. The referee took a tumble dying swan style during the dull 0-0 draw between the Reds and Chelsea after somehow getting his legs all tangled up in Mascherano's pass. Click to continue reading...

It is shocking that Liverpool's Javier Mascherano was not sent-off for savagely wiping out Mike Riley yesterday. The referee took a tumble dying swan style during the dull 0-0 draw between the Reds and Chelsea after somehow getting his legs all tangled up in Mascherano's pass. Click to continue reading...

It is shocking that Liverpool's Javier Mascherano was not sent-off for savagely wiping out Mike Riley yesterday. The referee took a tumble dying swan style during the dull 0-0 draw between the Reds and Chelsea after somehow getting his legs all tangled up in Mascherano's pass. Click to continue reading...

It is shocking that Liverpool's Javier Mascherano was not sent-off for savagely wiping out Mike Riley yesterday. The referee took a tumble dying swan style during the dull 0-0 draw between the Reds and Chelsea after somehow getting his legs all tangled up in Mascherano's pass. Click to continue reading...

It is shocking that Liverpool's Javier Mascherano was not sent-off for savagely wiping out Mike Riley yesterday. The referee took a tumble dying swan style during the dull 0-0 draw between the Reds and Chelsea after somehow getting his legs all tangled up in Mascherano's pass. Click to continue reading...