It was another good night for USL teams and another disappointing showing for MLS teams in the CONCACAF Champions League.

The Montreal Impact faced Mexican power Atlante on Wednesday and posted a 0-0 tie to stay in a tie for first place in its group with Atlante.

D.C. United's night wasn't quite as fun.

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With the absolutely humiliating display of football Colombia has been exhibiting lately, it was a foregone conclusion that technical director Jose Luis Pinto would have to walk the plank. Well, it happened. And in his place, interim coach Eduardo Lara, is looking to mend fences with those shunned by Pinto.

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It almost seems like being the best rookie this season is like a death wish. Either you start out on top and fade quicker than anyone thought, get hurt or...well get hurt some more. That seems to be the nature of things right now in the league for our crop of rookies. Usually by now we [...] Click to continue reading...

After attending the DC United match last night against the New England Revolution I left with a sense of happiness that has not been with me after a game in a long time. United played with a quality I haven't seen since before the start of SuperLiga. Having Quaranta and Peralta back at full strength didn't hurt at all either. Click to continue reading...

Today just seems like as good of a time as ever to update this list. Seeing how it has been nearly a month's time since our last view at this list. Some rookies are shining in league games and in once case in SuperLiga games. With only ten or 12 games left on the year (depending [...] Click to continue reading...

So this was a couple of days ago now, but I had to make sure I had the facts straight. This Sunday after our 4-2 Reserve Division thumping of D.C., I ventured out of the team hotel to find some food. As I exited, I spotted rookies Jonathan Leathers, Matt Marquess and Rauwshan McKenzie hanging outside a restaurant across the street. Click to continue reading...

From the WNBA, here's a report on how this year's crop of rookies are faring. From Candace Parker we, of course, expected great. It's awesome, however, to see the impact of the Charde Houston's and Candice Wiggins' and Nicky Anoskie's of the group. (The Minnesota Lynx seem to have fared especially well [. Click to continue reading...

let's all take a breather here and chat about the red bulls:

• we're playing with an extremely limited line-up (and nary a strong CAM in the bunch) and somehow pulling off wins and ties against sides
• we're playing with an extremely limited line-up (and nary a strong CAM in the bunch) and somehow lose (a man up) against a second division soccer team
• has anyone else noticed how well we're doing against western teams this year?

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Take three Major League Soccer rookies, and force them to live in a house, where they stop being polite - and start getting real!

Real Life - Secaucus - Only on Red Bulls Reader!

Pretty cool stuff actually. Danleigh Borman, Luke Sassano and David Roth show us what the life of a rookie can be all about (and boy, am I ever happy that my modest apartment is better than a pro players hole in the wall).

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It appears that the New England Revolution has taken a bit of a different approach toward signing the majority of their rookies this MLS preseason.

Instead of procuring their services in writing early in preseason training, the club bypassed the entire process and simply awarded each frosh the title of "trialist". Click to continue reading...

Earlier this year, the Wizards drafted 10 players in the combined Super draft and Supplemental draft. How did these 10 players perform in their first year as professional players. I'll go in the order the player was drafted.

Round 1 (Pick 3) - Michael Harrington - Harrington played in 33 of 34 games for the Wizards this season getting 3 goals and 4 assists this season in 2812 minutes. Click to continue reading...

Alright, part three of my voting for the MLS's seasonal awards, this time around it is the Rookie of the Year award. In all honesty this is probably one of the easiest awards to vote on this season. There have only been a few rookies that have been standouts while most rookies either saw limited [...] Click to continue reading...

With only a few weeks left in the season, more and more it is time to talk and update the discussion on the MLS awards. MLSnet launched their discussion yesterday and it has already sparked interest from people. Feel free to discuss below and add your candidates to the awards. I will start off with some of [...] Click to continue reading...