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The Semi-finals of the USA’s oldest association football competition are underway tonight with US Open Cup clashes between Columbus Crew and DC United on the east coast at DC’s RFK Stadium and Chivas USA and Seattle Sounders FC in the tight confines of a sold out Starfire Stadium. Follow the action here and at TheCup.us. [...]

This is from the excellent blog Down The Byline that covers the Kansas City Wizards (Photo video.earthvista.com) The Wizards have had a lot of good news both on and off the field in the past couple weeks. The team is on a fantastic run of form with only 1 loss in their last 7 league games. [...]

The international transfer window for players currently under contract may have closed for MLS on August 15 but the window for free agents remains open. One such player appears to be headed to the capital club which wears black and red. At least that’s the word out of Switzerland where Blik.ch has an article with the [...]

MLSR partner Hincha TV interviews Houston Dynamo Andrew Hainault’s fiance’ Catherine Paquet where she talks about the travel and a few incites into their personal lives.

As many of you know, we have supported the Borough Boys and their efforts to bring MLS to NYC for years. Now it appears the wheels are in motion to make it happen: if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget(’dfe0aacb-9c47-4595-a853-ee65661b81be’);Get the Cutt.tv Video Player widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Not seeing a widget? (More info)

The guys from Seattle footy blog The 12th Minute recorded a special edition for the CONCACAF Champions League. Similar to the two World Cup specials they did during that tournament they take both a broad look at the overall competition and a closer look at the groups. Powered by Podbean.com If you wish to add The 12th [...]

The quakes get some help from new DP signing, 30 year old Braziian Geovanni who last played for Hull City. Official press release: The San Jose Earthquakes officially added their first-ever Designated Player on Monday, agreeing to terms with former FC Barcelona and Hull City midfielder Geovanni. The Brazilian attacking midfielder arrived in San Jose on Sunday [...]

In the video below, New York Red Bulls forward Juan Pablo Angel speaks about the Chicago Fire game and Marquez (en Espanol and in English). What do you think? Do you agree with Angel that the game was one way traffic or that the game was more balanced? With Marquez fit combined with Henry and Angel, [...]

In the video interview below, What do you think? With a fit Castillo and Johns are the Fire a lock for the finals or are other teams much stronger? Excited by the answer to my question on homegrown players? How many things and whom do you think they will sign to the homegrown spots? Do [...]

In the video below, Chicago Fire midfielder Mike Banner talks about going from rookie to starter and what is like to play with Henry and Ljungberg. A good kid that I am glad to see has really grown into a fine player. What do you think? How have you seen Banner mature as a player? Is [...]

In response to my question on signing academy players as a homegrown player (video later today), the Chicago Fire confirmed that they will be signing 1 to 2 homegrown players this week. For some possible candidates, looking at the top 100 young soccer players in the US, three players (in rank order from higher to lower [...]

In the video below, Chicago Fire coach Carlos De Los Cobos speaks about the game, the coming chemistry of Ljungberg and Castillo, that the game was balanced between the Fire and Red Bulls, late substitution, and the status of Patrick Nyarko’s concussion symptoms. What do you think? Do you agree with De Los Cobos on the [...]

In the video below, Chicago Fire midfielder Freddie Ljungberg on the game vs New York, meshing with his teammates, the atmosphere at the game, the pass from McBride, and playing with Nery Castillo. What do you think? Agree with Ljungberg’s assessment of the game last night or did you see something different? Do you see the [...]

In the video below, Henry speaks about the New York vs Chicago game and refutes the claim that MLS is less passing and more physical. He also speaks about how playing with Marquez and against Ljungberg was. He also speaks about coming off early to be careful with his groin injury. What do you think? Surprised [...]

Toronto FC, Seattle Sounders FC and the LA Galaxy will once again travel to hostile stadiums in the quest for continental glory. For Toronto, their trip to Tegucigalpa, Honduras will mark their second road trip in CONCACAF’s international club competition. For Seattle Sounders FC this will also be their second time, having played in the [...]

This is quite possibly the best TV commercial for an MLS club ever produced.

From redbullnewyork.com Newest Red Bulls DP and Mexican international Rafa Marquez speaks for the first time about playing for the Red Bulls.

When we brought you our last installment of our Monday Massive Rumors Roundup there was a lot of excitement in the air only a few days into the transfer window. There had already been some big signings and rumors of even bigger ones. Today things have calmed down a little but there have been hints that [...]

Ilija Stolica Roberto Linck (Beto) With the New England revolution signing these two players, that leaves only the Colorado Rapids as the only club not to bring in anyone during either the winter or this transfer window. New England Press Release FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution announced today the signing of Serbian forward Ilija Stolica and Brazilian [...]

Nery Castillo Press Conference from Chicago Fire Soccer on Vimeo.

Here are several interviews after MLS All-Stars vs Manchester United game courtesy of our good friends at hincha tv some are in Spanish and some English.

What was rumored for over a week is now official. The rumored transfer that our friends at World Soccer Reader first broke a week ago is now complete. And with it Seattle Sounders FC becomes the first MLS side to officially carry the maximum of 3 Designated Players (DPs) beating out Red Bull New York who [...]

Colombian media is reporting that the 24 year old Colombian striker Dayro Moreno could be on his way to MLS. Moreno who plays for Colombian side Once Caldas has been in and out of the Colombian National team picture. He was a teammate of former FC Dallas attacking mid/winger, Juan Toja at Steaua [...]

Almost dovetailing with our “Delusions of Grandeur” article and keeping along the theme of taking a critical mid-season look at MLS and how it prioritizes its competitions vs friendlies we came across the American Soccer Show podcast from our partner CSRN, the Champions Soccer Radio Network. In it the hosts (Jason Davis of MatchfitUSA.com [...]

In the last week or so many have gotten excited about the results of friendlies vs the likes of Manchester United, and Manchester City. Even well balanced and educated fans of the sport and journalists who write about it have been given to reading more into them and what they represent. Even now fans around [...]

(July 28, 2010) – The Kansas City Wizards have sold more than 1,100 new season tickets since Monday’s launch of an exclusive block of 2,011 season tickets for the 2011 MLS season, the club announced Wednesday. The figure does not include any season tickets from the renewal process, which will begin in the coming weeks “The [...]

Here at MLSR we listen to a lot of podcasts. One of our favorites is Simon Allen’s World Soccer Wrap. During their last show they talked about an email they received from a fan who talked about the phenomena in the US of US National Team fans who do not watch MLS. They posed the [...]

The above picture and following video are of a bizarrre incident which allegedly took place between a woman who is purportedly the mother of CD Chivas USA striker Justin Braun dressed in Chivas USA colors and some Real Salt Lake supporters at RSL’s Rio Tinto Stadium, affectionately known as “The RioT”. We received them along [...]