Pics from Vancouver vs Columbus Crew Preseason Scrimmage

Pics from Vancouver vs Columbus Crew Preseason Scrimmage

News and Views

MLS

• Week 21 attendance report and more
• A review of DP performances
• Seattle Buys a Team in Tanzania 
• A demonstration of class and honor in Toronto 
• Jason Davis: Puts in words what I've been thinking about FC Dallas 
• J Hutcherson: League or Champions League, where to focus
• Vancouver Takes 1st Pick In SuperDraft

Just hanging around this weekend, I created this table breaking MLS into 4 geographical divisions and the intra-divisional team records.

	W	D	L	Pts
I-95
NE Revs	3	1	0	10
RBNY	2	1	1	7
DC United	1	1	4	4
Philadelphia	1	1	2	4
Central
Columbus	3	0	1	9
KC Wizards	2	2	1	8
Toronto	1	1	2	4
Chicago	0	1	2	1
MidWest
Dallas	2	2	0	8
Houston	1	2	2	5
RSL	1	0	2	3
Colorado	0	2	0	2
Pacific
LA Galaxy	3	1	1	10
SJ Quakes	2	1	2	7
Chivas USA	1	1	1	4
Seattle	1	1	3	4

Around the World

• USSF D2: Weekend Review

Interesting Reads

• Sports Writing Blues
• Exploiting Hope: Rags to Rags with the Promise of Riches

Player Moves

• Goal.com's Transfer page

 

News and Views from Thur Aug 19

MLS

• Ratings: MLS Viewership Down 9.5% On ESPN2 

Around the World

• Bill Archer: Calling D2 like it is
• Whitecaps' loan deal for teen Salgado falls through
• Neymar saga ends, signs with Santos  

Club Tournaments

• CONCACAF: Champions League Results - Seattle lose in group phase opener
• UEFA: Champions League Results
  
• UEFA: Europa League Results
• Copa Libertadores Final - Vickery on Internacional's victory
• Copa Sudamerica 

Player Moves

• Goal.com's Transfer page 

The Business of Soccer

• ESPN in the UK
• So you want to own a soccer team: Part 3 PDL

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News and Views from Mon Jul 5

Starter

• Special 1 TV – Episode 5.

MLS

• Nkufo to Join Sounders FC on July 13.
• Form and All Star Voting.
• Last Chance for All Star Voting.
• Nowak’s tactics: Genius or madness?   
• Vancouver Whitecaps embrace MLS transition. 

World Cup On Field News and Updates

• FIFA
• ESPNSoccernet
• Goal.com
• The Guardian
• SI
• Uruguay vs Holland Preview. 
• Uruguay fired by 'shameful' criticism of Luis Suárez handball. 
• Referees and the quarterfinals.
• The Stars Who Had Great Club Seasons But Disastrous World Cups.

Non Game Specific Football World Cup Stories

• After Suárez's World Cup handball, is it time to make the penalty fit the crime?
• Uruguay and the ‘Real Hand of God’.
• What does it take to win the World Cup? 
• Huge Tourist-Driven Event Sparks Increase in Tourism.
• World Cup in South Africa draws attention to Santos, a soccer team dedicated to inclusion.
• Global Workplace Productivity Not a World Cup Goal.

US News and Views

• US Soccer Fans, It's Time to Declare Your Independence. 
• Previews: US Open Cup Quarterfinals. 
• Defender Frank Simek signs with English League One club Carlisle United.

Not World Cup News

• Jersey deal a measure of success for Canadian soccer.
• James Perch has signed with Newcastle United. 
• Sidney Govou Signs With Panathinaikos. 
• Middlesbrough signs striker Kris Boyd on a free. 
• Clemente Lisi: US Soccer and South Africa.
• FIFA And France Football Combine Player Awards. 
• Tom Dunmore: The End of Independence For The Ballon d’Or: A Missed Opportunity For Global Awards.
• The World Throws Up: On how not to read soccer as symptom . 
• English Clubs agree to release players for European U19 Championship. 
• Florent Malouda: Off field champion.
• Maker of Goal-Line Technology System Renews Effort to Persuade Soccer Board.
• Nigeria Reverses Ban, Team to Disband.  

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