Yahoo! Sports: Agony of another MLS Cup defeat
sports.yahoo.com 11/19/2007 — by Martin Rogers --- Coming from a city where success right now is expected rather than hoped for, thanks to the remarkable efforts of teams across a variety of sports, second place is even tougher to accept for the Revolution. It is worse still because Steve Nicol, who enjoyed spectacular success with Liverpool during his playing days, knows his players had victory within their clutches...

MLSNet.com: Back at RFK, Dynamo come full circle
web.mlsnet.com 11/20/2007 — WASHINGTON -- With champagne flowing, the music blaring and the Houston Dynamo players dancing and chanting, there was a feeling of utter euphoria in their locker room Sunday after beating the New England Revolution to win a second consecutive MLS Cup. --- It's safe to say the feeling was a bit better than the last time Houston played at RFK Stadium...

Soccer 365: Carey Wants Fans Making Decisions
soccer365.com 11/21/2007 — There's been a soccer frenzy in Seattle for the past few days with the announcement that the MLS will start an expansion team in the Emerald City in 2009. Amoung the ownership group is Drew Carey. --- Soccer365's Lars Lifrak catches up with the celebrity owner...

Dodging the Designated Player Rule
njmg.typepad.com 11/21/2007 — Amidst all the festivities of MLS Cup weekend, there were a few announcements that did not get the attention they deserved. The first was word from MLS that it was grandfathering the contracts of Landon Donovan, Eddie Johnson and Carlos Ruiz so ...

Coach Nicol sees no need to overhaul Revolution - The Boston Globe
boston.com 11/21/2007 — Revolution coach Steve Nicol expects midfielder Andy Dorman to move to a British club but for most of the rest of the team to return with a renewed sense of purpose next year. "When you go through what we did, you don't need to say a lot to them," ...

Dynamo's Cochrane is top choice in MLS expansion draft (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLS News 11/21/2007
Defender Ryan Cochrane was selected first in the MLS expansion draft Wednesday, three days after helping the Houston Dynamo win a second straight MLS Cup title. Cochrane will return to San Jose for the inaugural season of the reborn Earthquakes. He ...

Earthquakes select D Cochrane with No. 1 pick in expansion draft (PA SportsTicker) — Yahoo! Sports - MLS News 11/21/2007
The much-vaunted Houston Dynamo defense was broken up Wednesday, just three days after helping the club to a second straight MLS Cup title.

Houston leaves 3 starters unprotected for MLS expansion draft (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLS News 11/20/2007
Four starters from the MLS Cup final, including three from the Houston Dynamo's title-winning team, will be available to San Jose Earthquakes manager Frank Yallop in the league's expansion draft Wednesday. Goalkeeper Pat Onstad and defenders Ryan ...

Houston Dynamo repeats as MLS champions — dallasnews.com: Pro Soccer 11/21/2007

U.S. Soccer Foundation aids needy — Major League Soccer News 11/21/2007
Over the past MLS season, the U.S. Soccer Foundation, an MLS "Charity of Choice", has worked with MLS teams and players to provide children in economically-disadvantaged areas the opportunity to play soccer often for the first time.