With just about 5 weeks remaining in the regular season schedule the race to the playoffs is heating up. Here is a quick look at the current situation of each team

Columbus Crew 14-6-5 47pts

The Crew missed the playoffs last year and are on the top this year.

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Juande Ramos is appealing for time and patience to end Tottenham's early-season slump but knows results must change quickly before it becomes a full-blown crisis. After a dismal 0-0 draw with Wigan at White Hart Lane the Spaniard denied a report he is homesick and yearning to return to Seville - from where he was controversially [. Click to continue reading...

Nothing like a Brimstone match to bust out of a slump Click to continue reading...

The Fire come into this game on the back of their worst performance of the season against Colorado last weekend. With the playoff's just around the corner this is not the time to be in a slump and the Fire will be looking to do that against a Dallas team that if fighting for their playoff lives. Perhaps the most surprising and disappointing thing for the Fire has been their poor performances at home.

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It lurks... threatening to cap each slump with one of its hidious appearances. You can see it in the distance as you move closer to it, yet you can't get out of its way. Sorry to get all trippy. But consider that my way of warning that the United meltdown is upon us. Saprissa is going [...] Click to continue reading...

So one of the hardest aspects of all this is determining what's "politically correct" to say about your team when they're in a slump. Obviously, it's not like we're oblivious to the fact that we haven't been very good lately. I've tried to do my best to read the blogs, boards, etc. and try to get a sense for what people are thinking. Click to continue reading...

When you talk about the Rapids' defense, you don't always call them great, but you usually don't call them sloppy. The goals themselves, particularly the first two, were pretty incredible, and it's hard to fault them for not stopping those, but they just allowed way too many chances for DC. DC had 15 shots.

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The Revolution still left Canada without their first win within the borders of our northern neighbor, but did manage to get a point against Toronto FC on Saturday night.

Taylor Twellman scored the 95th MLS regular season goal of his career to give the Revs a first half lead, but Chad Barrett struck back for Toronto in the second half and the Revs left Canada with a 1-1 draw.

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Joe Hart...future England keeper?

2007/8 Review

Manchester City present a conundrum for any statistician examining the 2007/8 Premiership. They performed so poorly in their final three games, contests which were essentially meaningless to Citeh, that some of the data is devalued. Click to continue reading...

In the third installment of our MSR series, we discuss the trades that United has made since the end of last season. Besides the Gomez move, there were two other fairly significant trades for the team, and I think I actually come out opposed to the popular opinion on both of them. Maybe this can generate an argument or two in the comments? Click to continue reading...

After steering Spain to glory at EURO 2008, Fernando Torres hopes to guide Liverpool back to winning ways this season.

Torres capped off a remarkable 2007-08 campaign by scoring the only goal in the final as la Furia Roja downed Germany last month to claim their first title since 1964. Click to continue reading...

Toronto FC's slump continued last night as they only managed a 1-1 tie against the USL's Montreal Impact. With the point, the Impact won the Nutrilite Canadian Championship and earned a trip to the CONCACAF Champions League Cup, which begins next month.

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Been awhile since my last post. I've moved to Boston (Roslindale to be precise, slightly less riff raff but still in my price range) and it's taken a long time to get settled in. Since I last posted, the New England Revolution have rebounded from a slight slump with two solid victories. [...] Click to continue reading...

The Phillies and Chase Utley pulled out of their slump last night with a 4-0 win over the Oakland A's. Kyle Kendrick pitched 8 strong innings and Utley went 4 for 5 after a long drought. Let's hope the Phillies continue their winning ways now. In the soccer world, US Soccer has posted an [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

Have you ever seen a 0-0 game that was so close to being a 3-3 game before? Between crossbars, narrow misses, great saves, and Brian Ching handballs, there couldn't have been a more misleading scoreline.

The Rapids looked a lot like they wanted to use this home game as an opportunity to reverse their recent bad luck on the road.

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This week's rankings are going to be a bit short due to lack of time on my part and lack of league games too to really draw much from. Nonetheless, here are your week's power rankings. 1. (1) Houston Dynamo (34 pt.) - Dominate in the league and playing well in SuperLiga. I honestly wonder just [...] Click to continue reading...