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	<title>Friday: The Cup Beckons (MLS Cup Recap)</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/friday-the-cup-beckons-mls-cup-recap/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/25/friday_the_cup_beckons_mls_cup_recap.gif" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Friday: The Cup Beckons (MLS Cup Recap)" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So I was fortunate enough to travel to Seattle for my first MLS cup this past weekend and it was a spectacular experience that I was so lucky to participate in. I took my camera and hopefully can share some of the best parts of the weekend via both pictures and words, as neither quite describes&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Constantly Offside posted 3 days ago from constantlyoffside.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/seattle_sounders_fc/"&gt;Seattle Sounders FC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>MLS Cup 2009 Practice Interview: Real Salt Lake&#39;s Robbie Findley (video)</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;RSL Forward Robbie Findley speaks to BerkeleySportsBlog.com about appearing in MLS Cup against his former team the Los Angeles Galaxy&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Berkeley Sports Blog found this 8 days ago on youtube.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/robbie_findley/"&gt;Robbie Findley&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/los_angeles_galaxy/"&gt;Los Angeles Galaxy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/real_salt_lake/"&gt;Real Salt Lake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>MLS Cup 2009: Landon Donovan and David Beckham (video)</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;LA Galaxy midfielders Landon Donovan and David Beckham speak to the media after Friday Practice. The Galaxy are appearing in their 6th MLS Cup Final&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Berkeley Sports Blog found this 8 days ago on youtube.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/landon_donovan/"&gt;Landon Donovan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/david_beckham/"&gt;David Beckham&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/los_angeles_galaxy/"&gt;Los Angeles Galaxy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>MLS Cup 2009 - Los Angeles Galaxy vs Real Salt Lake - 22/11/09 - Goles + Penales (video)</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/video/mls-cup-2009-los-angeles-galaxy-vs-real-salt-lake-22/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_story/2009/11/23/mls_cup_2009_los_angeles_galaxy_vs_real_salt_lake_.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="MLS Cup 2009 - Los Angeles Galaxy vs Real Salt Lake - 22/11/09 - Goles + Penales (video)" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;1 - 0 Mike Magee al minuto 41&#39;1 - 1 Robbie Findley al minuto 64&#39;Penales:1 - 0 David Beckham1 - 1 Clint Mathis2 - 1 Gregg Berhalter2 - 2 Robbie Findley2 - 2 J...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;CaughtOffside.com found this 6 days ago on youtube.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mike_magee/"&gt;Mike Magee&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/robbie_findley/"&gt;Robbie Findley&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/los_angeles_galaxy/"&gt;Los Angeles Galaxy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/real_salt_lake/"&gt;Real Salt Lake&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Stop Moaning - MLS Playoffs Not Perfect But They Work</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/stop-moaning-mls-playoffs-not-perfect-but-they-work/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/25/stop_moaning_mls_playoffs_not_perfect_but_they_wor.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Stop Moaning - MLS Playoffs Not Perfect But They Work" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;MLS has crowned Real Salt Lake its champions as they picked up the MLS Cup. Yet some have moaned that this is further proof that the playoff system isn&#39;t rewarding the very best teams.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SK123IF posted 3 days ago from insidefutbol.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/major_league_soccer/"&gt;Major League Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/real_salt_lake/"&gt;Real Salt Lake&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Ben Olsen officially retires from professional soccer</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/ben-olsen-officially-retires-from-professional-soccer/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/24/ben_olsen_officially_retires_from_professional_soc.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Ben Olsen officially retires from professional soccer" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    One of the longest tenured MLS players called it a career today, as D.C. United midfielder Ben Olsen officially announced his retirement from professional soccer at a press conference at RFK Stadium. The 32-year-old played through pain in his surgically repaired ankles in 2009, relying on&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Soccer By Ives posted 4 days ago from soccerbyives.net &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/major_league_soccer/"&gt;Major League Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/ben_olsen/"&gt;Ben Olsen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/d_c_united/"&gt;D.C. United&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Ben Olsen officially retires</title>
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 One of the longest tenured MLS players called it a career today, as D.C. United midfielder Ben Olsen officially announced his retirement from professional soccer at a press conference at RFK Stadium. 
 The 32-year-old played through pain in his surgically&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Soccer By Ives posted 4 days ago from soccerbyives.net &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/ben_olsen/"&gt;Ben Olsen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/major_league_soccer/"&gt;Major League Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/d_c_united/"&gt;D.C. United&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Chicago Fire parts ways with Denis Hamlett</title>
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 In a move that won&#39;t come as a surprise to SBI readers, the Chicago Fire has parted ways with head coach Denis Hamlett and has chosen not to re-sign him as head coach. Hamlett&#39;s contract expires at the end of the calendar year. 
 In two seasons as head coach, Hamlett posted a 24-17-19 regular&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Soccer By Ives posted 4 days ago from soccerbyives.net &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/chicago_fire/"&gt;Chicago Fire&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/preki/"&gt;Preki&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/toronto_fc/"&gt;Toronto FC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Seattle the Real Star of MLS Cup</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/seattle-the-real-star-of-mls-cup/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/25/seattle_the_real_star_of_mls_cup.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Seattle the Real Star of MLS Cup" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  by Brian Straus  SEATTLE -- If the scene occurred in Buenos Aires, London or Istanbul, it would prompt the sort of story you told your friends back home when you wanted to make a point about the difference in passion between foreign and American sports fans, or about soccer&#39;s unique ability to&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;du Nord found this 3 days ago on soccer.fanhouse.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/seattle_sounders_fc/"&gt;Seattle Sounders FC&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/major_league_soccer/"&gt;Major League Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/national_teams/usa/"&gt;USA&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/real_salt_lake/"&gt;Real Salt Lake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Real Salt Lake Wins MLS Cup in Seventh Round of Penalty Kicks!</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/real-salt-lake-wins-mls-cup-in-seventh-round-of/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/25/real_salt_lake_wins_mls_cup_in_seventh_round_of.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Real Salt Lake Wins MLS Cup in Seventh Round of Penalty Kicks!" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  Real Salt Lake wins the MLS Cup in the seventh round of penalty kicks! Once again, Nick Rimando proved the value of a goalkeeper with catlike reflexes in carrying his team through the penalty kick round. Rimando was awarded Most Valuable Player (MVP) for his efforts during a hard fought match&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Major League Soccer found this 3 days ago on rsl.theoffside.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/real_salt_lake/"&gt;Real Salt Lake&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/los_angeles_galaxy/"&gt;Los Angeles Galaxy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/seattle_sounders_fc/"&gt;Seattle Sounders FC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>MLS Cup 2009 photo gallery</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/mls-cup-2009-photo-gallery/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/24/mls_cup_2009_photo_gallery.png" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="MLS Cup 2009 photo gallery" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It took penalties but Real Salt Lake prevailed over the LA Galaxy Sunday night at Qwest Field in Seattle, winning their first MLS Cup title in their first appearance in the title match. Full photo gallery here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;natbaker posted 4 days ago from galaxy.american-soccer-news.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/real_salt_lake/"&gt;Real Salt Lake&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/los_angeles_galaxy/"&gt;Los Angeles Galaxy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/seattle_sounders_fc/"&gt;Seattle Sounders FC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>MLS Cup Final: Ginge&#39;s The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/mls-cup-final-ginge-s-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/23/mls_cup_final_ginge_s_the_good_the_bad_and_the_ugl.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="MLS Cup Final: Ginge&#39;s The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Special Guest Post by Zach Woosley - cross-posted to Ginge Talks the Footy


I&#39;m not feeling particularly inspired this morning. The 2009 MLS Cup Final left a bad taste in my mouth, very similar to...
    
   
                  
 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;jbdavis1 posted 5 days ago from matchfitusa.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>MLS Cup Quotes: Bruce Arena, Jason Kreis, Nick Rimando and Gregg Berhalter</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;  BerkeleySportsBlog.com has touched down in Seattle but before we get to the fun stuff, we must get some business. Here are a couple quotes from the Head Coaches of the Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake ahead of Sunday&#39;s match as well words from RSL&#39;s Nick Rimando and LA&#39;s Gregg Berhalter.&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;adamserrano posted 9 days ago from berkeleysportsblog.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/los_angeles_galaxy/"&gt;Los Angeles Galaxy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/bruce_arena/"&gt;Bruce Arena&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/jason_kreis/"&gt;Jason Kreis&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/real_salt_lake/"&gt;Real Salt Lake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Real Salt Lake reaches first MLS Cup final after beating Chicago in PKs</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/real-salt-lake-reaches-first-mls-cup-final-after/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/15/real_salt_lake_reaches_first_mls_cup_final_after.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Real Salt Lake reaches first MLS Cup final after beating Chicago in PKs" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;     
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 Real Salt Lake is heading to its first MLS Cup Final after beating the Chicago Fire on penalty kicks at Toyota Park on Saturday night. 
 Goalkeeper Nick Rimando stole the show, making three penalty saves to win the second playoff penalty shootout of his career.&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Soccer By Ives posted 13 days ago from soccerbyives.net &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/real_salt_lake/"&gt;Real Salt Lake&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/chicago_fire/"&gt;Chicago Fire&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/major_league_soccer/"&gt;Major League Soccer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Predict the Score of MLS Cup, Win a Soccer DVD</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/predict-the-score-of-mls-cup-win-a-soccer-dvd/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/22/predict_the_score_of_mls_cup_win_a_soccer_dvd.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Predict the Score of MLS Cup, Win a Soccer DVD" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  The DVD is the A&amp;E-produced;  History of the MLS Cup, which was released just before last year&#39;s championship game. 

 I was sent two review copies (that I haven&#39;t looked at) so will give one sealed, never-viewed 91-minute history of the cup (great for re-gifting this holiday season!) to the&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;LA Galaxy found this 6 days ago on insidesocal.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/real_salt_lake/"&gt;Real Salt Lake&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/major_league_soccer/"&gt;Major League Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/los_angeles_galaxy/"&gt;Los Angeles Galaxy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Roof of Seattle&#39;s Space Needle being painted with likeness of MLS Cup ball</title>
	<link>http://ballhype.com/story/roof-of-seattle-s-space-needle-being-painted-with/</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/roof-of-seattle-s-space-needle-being-painted-with/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/19/roof_of_seattle_s_space_needle_being_painted_with.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Roof of Seattle&#39;s Space Needle being painted with likeness of MLS Cup ball" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Design on city landmark features logos of participating teamsNEW YORK (Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009) – Major League Soccer today announced that the circular roof of the iconic Space Needle is being painted to resemble the MLS Cup ball in celebration of the championship game on Sunday, Nov. 22 (5:30&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;StephenHeisler@aol.com posted 9 days ago from american11soccer.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/seattle_sounders_fc/"&gt;Seattle Sounders FC&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/major_league_soccer/"&gt;Major League Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/new_york_red_bulls/"&gt;New York Red Bulls&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/los_angeles_galaxy/"&gt;Los Angeles Galaxy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>BerkeleySportsBlog.com heads to Seattle</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/berkeleysportsblog-com-heads-to-seattle/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/17/berkeleysportsblog_com_heads_to_seattle.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="BerkeleySportsBlog.com heads to Seattle" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   BerkeleySportsBlog.com has been on a bit of hiatus as of late due the end of the Earthquakes season and a new writing commitment at MajorLeagueSoccerTalk.com. However, BSB will be back with a vengeance this week as we will be reporting live from Seattle, Washington for MLS Cup 2009 between&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;adamserrano posted 12 days ago from berkeleysportsblog.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/seattle_sounders_fc/"&gt;Seattle Sounders FC&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/los_angeles_galaxy/"&gt;Los Angeles Galaxy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/san_jose_earthquakes/"&gt;San Jose Earthquakes&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/major_league_soccer/"&gt;Major League Soccer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Unlikely finish awaits for Galaxy</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt; SEATTLE - Two teams that are happy to stop talking about how no one expected them to be here can finally get down to championship business this evening. The Galaxy, resurrected after a disastrous 2008 season, will face Real Salt Lake, which finished the regular season with more defeats than&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;100 Percent Soccer found this 6 days ago on dailybreeze.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/los_angeles_galaxy/"&gt;Los Angeles Galaxy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/real_salt_lake/"&gt;Real Salt Lake&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Who will win the 2009 MLS Cup?</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/story/who-will-win-the-2009-mls-cup/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/story_preview/2009/11/19/who_will_win_the_2009_mls_cup.jpg" width="140" height="140" align="right" alt="Who will win the 2009 MLS Cup?" style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    Two teams left, one cup to play for. The long and difficult MLS season has been successfully navigated by Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles Galaxy. On Sunday, the season comes to an end and MLS will crown a champion. In the city where MLS has been a runaway success this season, a one club will&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Soccer By Ives posted 9 days ago from soccerbyives.net &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/major_league_soccer/"&gt;Major League Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/los_angeles_galaxy/"&gt;Los Angeles Galaxy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/real_salt_lake/"&gt;Real Salt Lake&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/jason_kreis/"&gt;Jason Kreis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
	
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	<title>Thoughts on MLS Cup</title>
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	<description>&lt;p&gt;Well, Real Sigi&#39;s out of the hospital, and we couldn&#39;t get enough waivers for the guest posters to come in, so we&#39;re back at it. Sort of.  So, I guess I&#39;m supposed to have a reaction to the MLS Cup Final. If you&#39;ll notice, I conveniently didn&#39;t have a WPS final followup, either. Rest assured, I&amp;nbsp;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;fakesigi posted 4 days ago from fakesigi.com &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/"&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/mls_cup/"&gt;MLS Cup&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/real_salt_lake/"&gt;Real Salt Lake&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/los_angeles_galaxy/"&gt;Los Angeles Galaxy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ballhype.com/soccer/major_league_soccer/"&gt;Major League Soccer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
	
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	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
	
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