Poor MLS Scheduling Once Again In Focus
mls-daily.com 7/4/2009 — by Jason Davis - Match Fit USA Major League Soccer has a full slate of games taking place this weekend. All around the country, teams will do battle for precious points that come at such a premium in the parity-rich league. Many of the matches are ...

MLS Table Talk | A Tale of Two Conferences
fullbackfiles.blogspot.com 6/24/2009 — MLS rolls up to the brink of mid-season with the type of parity-infected table we've all come to expect by now. The Dynamo have their noses in front in a nip-and-tuck battle with Chivas for the top spot, while DC United fly the flag for the East in...

MLS Shamed In US Open Cup
matchfitusa.com 7/1/2009 — Last night, the third round of the US Open Cup began. The third round is the first appearance of MLS clubs in the tournament proper, when the "giants" take on those clubs from lesser leagues in...

Major League Soccer: Match Tracker: Main
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MLS and the Gold Cup: Scheduling Conflicts Continue
majorleaguesoccertalk.com 7/6/2009 — With Major League Soccer’s self proclaimed “Summer of Soccer” continuing it’s worth noting that MLS has promised before the season to schedule smarter during internationals. I have previously stated that, while I would like ...

MLS Table Talk | All About Positioning
fullbackfiles.blogspot.com 7/31/2009 — So what do we classify as the "home stretch"? Last third? Last quarter? I'll go out on a limb of my own creation and say it's all about the last five games, because, let's face it, the MLS regular season is all about finishing in the top half of...

Who will win the 2009 MLS Cup?
soccerlens.com 7/2/2009 — MLS Cup, the USA’s flagship football championship, is awarded not to the team which finishes with the most points after the regular season but to the team that prevails after a short knockout tournament played by Major League Soccer’s ...

MLS - SuperLiga, In SUM We Trust
majorleaguesoccertalk.com 6/24/2009 — Original Photo courtesy of www.copyright-free-photos.org.uk Well, the start of the 2009 SuperLiga has jumpstarted the familiar conversations about it’s quality, purpose, players’ shares if an MLS club wins, among others. One ...

Narrow gap exists among USL, MLS teams
majorleaguesoccertalk.com 7/2/2009 — A merger of the two leagues, USL and MLS, does not appear to be anywhere on the horizons. Trying to figure out which league is stronger remains a difficult chore. One of the only barometers out there is the US Open Cup. USL had a tremendous night ...

U.S. Open Cup: Upsets galore as four MLS teams fall
soccerbyives.net 7/1/2009 — When six MLS teams took the field on Tuesday night in U.S. Open Cup play, the group was expected to be able to handle competition from lower level USL teams (and one PDL team). By the end of the night, only D.C. United was able to win in regulation, while four other MLS teams saw their U.S. ...

Crew crash out of Open Cup on penalty kicks — Major League Soccer News 7/1/2009
The Rochester Rhinos of the USL First Division eliminated the defending MLS champion Columbus Crew from the U.S. Open Cup, winning their third round match 5-3 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie over 120 minutes.

Galaxy acquires Eskandarian from Chivas (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLS News 7/2/2009
The Los Angeles Galaxy acquired forward Alecko Eskandarian from Chivas USA in exchange for allocation money and a conditional 2010 draft pick. Eskandarian, an MLS All-Star in 2004 and 2006, had six goals in 18 games with Chivas since being acquired ...

Sounders down Timbers in US Open Cup (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News 7/2/2009
With fans boisterously embracing the potential rivalry, Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders beat the Portland Timbers of the USL's First Division 2-1 on Wednesday night in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. It was the first ...

Sounders Down Timbers in US Open Cup — NYT > Soccer 7/2/2009
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- With fans boisterously embracing the potential rivalry, Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders beat the Portland Timbers of the USL's First Division 2-1 on Wednesday night in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

Major League Soccer Power Rankings — FOXSports.com News for FOX SOCCER 7/2/2009
Check out the latest installment of Keith Costigan's MLS Power Rankings as America's league hits its stride.