Benched U.S. Stars Face Different Fortunes

ESPN Soccernet

In an interview with ESPN's Jeff Carlisle, U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley discusses how to manage the plight of regular national team players not getting sufficient playing time with their respective club teams. In the case of Fulham's Carlos Bocanegra, the U.S. captain, and Benny Feilhaber of Derby County, ... Read the whole story

Defending MLS Champ Braces for Hectic 2008

Houston Chronicle

All eyes will be on the MLS Cup 2007 rematch between the Houston Dynamo and New England Revolution when league play opens this weekend, but the Houston Chronicle's Bernardo Fallas says that Houston could be forgiven for looking beyond Saturday's match-up toward next Wednesday's Champions Cup semifinal first leg against ... Read the whole story

'Sounders' Isn't Dead Yet

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

It may be a long shot, but the Seattle Post Intelligencer's Matthew Gaschk reports that "Seattle Sounders" isn't dead yet as one of the possibilities for naming Major League Soccer's new expansion team. On Tuesday, the names Seattle FC, Seattle Alliance and Seattle Republic were announced as the options for ... Read the whole story

Carver in Toronto 'to Build Something'

Toronto Sun

Three days after pronouncing his team's loss to the USL's Charleston Battery as "the worst performance I've ever seen," Toronto FC coach John Carver reassured fans that he wouldn't be heading for the exit anytime soon. "I'm not here for the short term. I'm here to build something," Carver tells ... Read the whole story

Morrow: Top MLS Clubs Could Play in EPL

Yahoo Sports

Few would contest that the quality of play in MLS has improved markedly since the league's inception 13 years ago, but FC Dallas coach Steve Morrow thinks the league has improved so much that, "I genuinely believe we are at the stage now where the top sides could survive in ... Read the whole story

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