For the past 2 weeks the Red Bull New York has been sex on fire. From the four-goal, come from behind win over the hated D.C. United to the second-half, down a man gut-check vs. Toronto it's been the Pyromania tour all over again at Giants Stadium. But Sunday they face the Dynamo, and that could be the real test of whether or not they're going take it to Hysteria levels of greatness. Click to continue reading...

I've been watching from the start, but had some connection problems.
4 - DeRo from distance, off the post.
6 - Announcers discuss Igwe, correctly asses that Jay Heaps was unjustly suspended from the final in the Atlante scrum.
8 - Joseph with a scorcher from distance. High.
10 - This game has had a ton of intensity from the start. Click to continue reading...

Continuing on in our mid-season review of DC United's roster decisions in the offseason, we move on to the departures. For this entry, our definition of "departure" will be any player who was on the club roster last season, but who is no longer under contract with the team, for reasons other than a trade with another MLS club. Click to continue reading...

Can anyone explain what it is about the Superliga that makes rock-solid MLS penalty kick takers falter? LD last year, and now Jaime Moreno. Anyway, it would have been a wild way for DC to tie it up, but instead, I'm waiting for the Dynamo to show something against Atlante now.
There's a shot of the Dynamo fans and their tifo before the game starts. Click to continue reading...

Covering the half that matters!
I don't really mean that, but hey, no one scored in the half I didn't blog.
50th - Almost all RSL - makes sense, since they're on home turf (obligatory artificial surface gripe).
54 - Wingert outside low shot - Onstad has time to check his reflection in the shiny silver ball before catching it. Click to continue reading...

Wow, what a week that was, in no particular order:

The Turks... Petr Cech... Ching's brace, then hat trick, then brace again but in a different way... 8-0!!!!...Couldn't Matt Reis have been called up before last Thursday rather than the day after? He's the best freakin' goalie in North America. Click to continue reading...

July was the shortest month on the MLS calendar so far as in terms of number of league matches. Lots of international friendlies and tournaments to talk about though for MLS Clubs and the arrival of some Brit that everyone seems to want to take a photo of...and no I am not talking about Danny [...] Click to continue reading...

The MLS unveiled both their starting lineups and in-active rosters today for tomorrow's All-Star game. I will tackle the starting lineup first. It will look something like this: Eddie Johnson Juan Pablo Angel - Dwayne DeRosario - Juan Toja Ronnie O'Brien Ricardo Clark Shalrie Joseph Jonathan Bornstein -Jimmy Conrad Michael Parkhurst - Matt Reis One surprise to me in the lineup is Ronnie O'Brien. Click to continue reading...

June will be a month that some teams will want to forget while other teams will gladly take every result that came their way. WVH Player of the Month: Luciano Emilio, F, D.C. United: Solid month for the Brazilian after a fairly slow start to the season. Three goals for the month, pretty much was one [...] Click to continue reading...