Some News for Fri Nov 6, 2009
QUESTION ON MY MINDSo who is joining me in Chicago on Saturday for the Fire game against New England? How many times have I seen these two duke it out? Like old timey boxing? Can't wait! See you there!STARTERSReal Salt Lake followed New York's lead from last year and knocked the defending MLS Cup winners out of the playoffs in the first round. It was an insanely wild first half, with Columbus going up 2-0 a one point and 2-1 on aggregate, then a hang on by your fingernails second half. Wow! I can't believe the champs are out!MLS PLAYOFF NEWSAfter going 22 MLS home games in a row without a l

Some News for Thu Nov 5, 2009
STARTERSColumbus & Salt Lake square off in the 2nd leg of their first round playoff series. The winner advances to the Semifinals.dN6 teams have already secured their spot in the Round of 16 knock out stage - Chelsea, Porto & Sevilla, Bordeaux, Lyon & Manchester United.MLS PLAYOFF NEWSShawn Mitchell of the Columbus Dispatch says the Crew will not panic tonight, even though they are trailing in the series.dNI

Some News for Wed Nov 4, 2009
STARTERSGot this note yesterday from a great reader named Anthony who lives in Glasgow: Have you heard of any fans making the trip to Bratislava for the Nov 14 game? I haven't heard anything and US Soccer hasn't even released info about tickets, but I got a cheap flight from Edinburgh to Bratislava so I'm going for the weekend in hopes I can get a ticket there and looking to meet up w any other US fans before the game to march and sing to the stadium together.-Drop a line to me here at du Nord if you are going and I can put you in touch with Anthony.dNKuwait Sports Club are the 2009 Asian champions. Huge cong

Some News for Tue Nov 3, 2009
STARTERSDC United announced that head coach Tom Soehn has resigned, so the team now join New York, Kansas City and Toronto in the hunt for a new leader.MLS PLAYOFF NEWSIt was great to see that New England had scrubbed their field of all football lines for Sunday's game. They are to be commended. Big applause for them.dNREMINDER: Players who earn 2 Yellow Cards at any time during the playoffs will miss the following game.dNSteve Davis

Some News for Mon Nov 2, 2009
STARTERSThe USA U17's advanced to the Round of 16 in the World Cup and play on Wednesday against Italy.dNWord is out that UANL Tigres left fullback Edgar Castillo has been invited to join Team USA for the 2 games in Europe later this month. This will be his first time with the team.dNClint Dempsey set up one goal and scored another as Fulham beat Liverpool 3-1 at Craven Cottage. A huge win for the Londoners.dNNew England again is the embarrassment of MLS drawing only 7,416 to their playoff game on Sunday afternoon. What a shame this is.ML