Major League Soccer has turned a page with the selling of the Columbus Crew to Precourt Sport Ventures.

Though the top three teams in the Power Rankings lost last weekend, only Real Salt Lake dropped as a result.

For decades, American soccer fans have dreamed of a well-stocked men's national team, from which the coach could pick from dozens of player capable of performing at the international level.

The USA controlled most of the play in beating Panama, 1-0, Sunday on a Brek Shea goal to win the 2013 Gold Cup final in Chicago, and the spine of its team deserves much of the credit.

Just when everything seemed to be going right for Jurgen Klinsmann -- storming through the Gold Cup with the USA playing the best soccer of his tenure and on a record win streak -- he's hit with a ban from the final.

I'll say up front I am more a Jim Nantz guy rather than a Gus Johnson guy. Just like I was more a Billy Packer guy rather than a Dick Vitale guy.

The axiom that goalscorers tend to connect in streaks has certainly been the case for the U.S. national team recently.

Two more goals by Landon Donovan, both set up by Alejandro Bedoya, after an opening goal by Eddie Johnson carried the USA past Honduras, 3-1, Wednesday in a Gold Cup semifinal.

Sporting Kansas City is the new leader atop the power rankings by virtue of a rather fortunate 2-1 win at Real Salt Lake in a showdown of conference leaders. Sporting's third straight win and fourth in the last five games ended RSL's eight-game unbeaten run.

Eddie Johnson came off the bench to score with his first touch and break open a tight game in which Landon Donovan scored one goal and set up the other four in a 5-1 defeat of El Salvador in the Gold Cup quarterfinals Sunday.

Not so long ago, scoring goals seemed a big enough problem for the U.S. national team that head coach Jurgen Klinsmann dipped into the ranks of German reserve teams in search of a reliable striker.

By voting and other means, 20 players have been chosen to represent MLS in the All-Star Game against Roma to be played July 31 at Sporting Park.

Home teams held serve for the most part in MLS last week, though FC Dallas' home unbeaten record this season crumbled in a 3-0 loss to top-ranked Real Salt Lake.

A counterattack goal set up by Landon Donovan's crossfield pass enabled Brek Shea to score his first international goal in a 1-0 defeat of Costa Rica Tuesday in the Gold Cup finale for both teams.

Dan Gaspar likes to say he is a citizen of the world. For the last two decades, he worked abroad as often as he has been at home. Born in Connecticut to parents of Portuguese descent -- his father, Manuel, was a former professional goalkeeper in Portugal -- Gaspar specializes as a goalkeeping coach, and his career has taken him to Europe, Africa and Asia as well as stints in college (alma mater Hartford) and MLS (MetroStars).