Will this be the week when a Major League Soccer club finally experiences a victory in the CONCACAF Champions League? Both D.C. United and the Houston Dynamo will have a crack at restoring some of the league's credibility in the group stage, though a lot of damage has been done already.
First up, Houston will go on the road Tuesday night to face Pumas in Mexico City. Click to continue reading...

MLS is easily second-guessed. Fans of other leagues often wonder why MLS doesn't do things the same way as "the rest of the world" (usually, that means "Europe").

I've been working on a way to address all the issues at once. That's not going to happen. So consider this the first part of an indefinite series in which we're going to look at the issues from all angles.

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The 3rd and final Super Classico of the season is tonight - I will be at the Sweetwater in St Paul watching all the action!


MLS Scoreboard

Week 21
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Aug 14
Chivas USA v Los Angeles - 10pm on ESPN2
Venue: Home Depot Center, Carson CA
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Cobi Jones faced the media for the first time Tuesday as the Galaxy's interim coach.

Jones said kinder things about predecessor Ruud Gullit than some of the players I talked to Tuesday. And he was saying all the right things as far as former GM Alexi Lalas was concerned, too:

"It's a loss of someone that was very dedicated to this club and this organization, not only the Galaxy but AEG.

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August 10th's show is available now as an MP3 archive at RevolutionRecap.com and on iTunes.

The show features Adam Sell in studio, plus plenty of post-game reactions from both the SuperLiga Final and Chicago Fire match including:

• From the SuperLiga Final: Steve Nicol, Craig Tornberg, Jeff Larentowicz, Matt Reis, and Houston Coach Dominic Kinnear.

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Live tonight on WNRI AM1380 and www.RevolutionRecap.com from 7 till 8PM ET tune in to Revolution Recap for discussion of the Revs SuperLiga Championship, match against the Chicago Fire, and the upcoming US Open Cup semifinal with D.C. United

Tonight's Guests (August 10th):
Adam Sell (in studio)

Plus:
-Post game SuperLiga comments from: Steve Nicol, Craig Tornberg, Jeff Larentowicz, Matt Reis, and Houston Coach Dominic Kinnear. Click to continue reading...

The Houston Dynamo lost to the New England Revolution in the SuperLiga final on Tuesday night, but that setback didn't overshadow the fact that the defending MLS Cup champions are rounding into form at just the right time in MLS play.

Houston's 2-0 win over a quality Columbus squad showed just how well the Dynamo is playing as it moves toward its rightful place atop the West standings.

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Houston Dynamo v Pachuca
* While the field looks much better than in the group stages, it still doesn't look the greatest in the world to play on.

* Calero with an excellent denial of De Rosario's volley. I swore that was 1-0 to Houston.

* As the first half has worn out, Pachuca is doing an exceptional job keeping it's shape while Houston appears to be pressing and twisting themselves out of shape.

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Very simply, and I'm looking through the precise blog-writer's phraseology book right now to express my emotions on this point...

Uh, OH, here it is.

Yes.

No, wait a minute:

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

OK, that's right.

Fallas' story here. Click to continue reading...

Bobby Boswell had a stunning start to his MLS career. He went undrafted but immediately won a place in D.C. United's starting lineup, which was short on defenders after losing Ryan Nelsen to England. The next year, he was the MLS defender of the year. The next year, he was in and out of the lineup at D.

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According to Bernardo Fallas at the Houston Chronicle (click here for the original):

Forward Franco Caraccio has played his last game with the Dynamo, coach Dominic Kinnear said this morning following team practice at the Carl Lewis Complex.

If the Dynamo can't trade Caraccio by today, the team will waive the 21-year-old Argentine rookie less than seven months after inking him.

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NEWS: Dynamo forward Franco Caraccio has played his last game with the team, coach Dominic Kinnear said this morning following team practice at the Carl Lewis Complex. If the Dynamo can't trade Caraccio by today, the team will waive 21-year-old... Click to continue reading...

This is the Houston Dynamo we've been waiting to see.

The two-time MLS champions got off to a terrible start to the season but Houston is hitting its stride now, as evidenced by its 4-1-1 stretch in its past six MLS matches. The latest victory came against a short-handed TFC squad that is having some struggles after its own good run of form.

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This is the Houston Dynamo we've been waiting to see.

The two-time MLS champions got off to a terrible start to the season but Houston is hitting its stride now, as evidenced by its 4-1-1 stretch in its past six MLS matches. The latest victory came against a short-handed TFC squad that is having some struggles after its own good run of form.

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The Dynamo awoke this morning tied with the L.A. Galaxy for the lead in the Western Conference following Sunday's 3-1 thrashing of Toronto FC at Robertson Stadium. Coach Dominic Kinnear told Dwayne De Rosario ahead of the match he thought... Click to continue reading...

The Rapids are in Houston this weekend to take on the Dynamo. What changes will Clavijo make? And which Rapids will show up? As much talk as their has been over Houston's slow start, they have yet to win a game, I have a hard time taking Dominic Kinnear's Dynamo lightly. After all, the last time the Rapids had an easy game was against San Jose at home against Dicks Sporting Goods Park. Click to continue reading...

After D.C. United's Tom Soehn took MLS commissioner Don Garber to task over comments the commissioner made regarding United's away leg in Mexico we were wondering just how long it would be before we heard anything out of Houston manager Dominic Kinnear over the stacked schedule his team had with the Champions Cup and four road games. Click to continue reading...

The biggest concern for Houston this off-season has been the lack of forwards in the squad, but it looks like that is about to change.

The team is expected to soon announce the signing of Franco Caraccio from the Argentine Primera División's Arsenal de Sarandi. Caraccio appears to be just the type of player Houston coach Dominic Kinnear loves to work with as he has talent but it needs to be developed. Click to continue reading...

Saturday night, the US Men's National team will take on Sweden in the Stars and Stripes' 500th international match. When last we saw the boys, they managed a nice 1-0 win on the road, on the far, far road that is, at South Africa last November.

Against Sweden at the Home Depot Center Saturday at 7:30 p. Click to continue reading...

Fresh off of leading his team to back-to-back championships, Dominic Kinnear has signed a 3-year extension to his contract, which will keep him in Houston till 2010.

This move assures the Dynamo consistency at the top over the next few seasons, which will be important as today's marquee players start to age, but perhaps the best part of this move is keeping him out of reach of other clubs. Click to continue reading...

Any Houston Dynamo fans who want to salute their back-to-back champions can do so tomorrow evening from 5:30-7:30pm on the step of Houston's City Hall. The players, coaches, GM, mascot and Dynamo Girls will join the mayor and local soccer personality Glenn Davis for this party. All are welcome to attend this free event.

WHAT: Houston Dynamo to host championship rally on the steps of City Hall
WHEN: Tuesday, November 20, 5:30-7:30 p. Click to continue reading...

Frank Yallop will no longer be Alexi Lalas's whipping boy as he has said 'good bye and good luck' to the Galaxy in favor of guiding the reborn San Jose Earthquakes again.

Yallop told LA's players after Sunday afternoon's charity exhibition match against Hollywood United. This move comes right before the Galaxy start their post-season world tour. Click to continue reading...