MLS is well positioned to qualify a region-high four teams for the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinals -- Mexico's Liga MX is in danger of qualifying only two teams -- but the New York Red Bulls were eliminated when they lost at Montreal and could only tie FAS in San Salvador in consecutive weeks.

Just in time for the postseason push, D.C, United head coach Ben Olsen has signed a contract extension as a reward for an extraordinary reversal from last year's disaster.

If you get the idea Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson knows what he's doing running the full-court press he's currently putting on MLS, it's because he does.

Injuries, sophomore slumps and a rookie head coach will be the primary causes cited if the Colorado Rapids don't make the playoffs, which looks likely after a seven-game losing streak dragged them down the standings.

Former Columbus Crew president/general manager Jim Smith is playing a major role in the launch of an MLS team in Atlanta, backed by Home Depot founder and NFL Falcons' owner Arthur Blank.

Real Salt Lake prides itself on continuity, yet for the past two seasons it has flourished despite significant change.

Alejandro Bedoya's goal and Nick Rimando's saves enabled the USA to kick off its post-2014 World Cup campaign by winning.

Coach Jurgen Klinsmann's experimental squad -- he fielded only two 2014 World Cup regulars (Fabian Johnson and Alejandro Bedoya) -- came out of Prague with a 1-0 win over the Czech Republic.

It's official: Toronto FC has overtaken Chivas USA as the most dysfunctional team in MLS.

How is it that the latest issue of GQ ranks FIFA president Sepp Blatter as No. 3 on its top 10 list of sleaziest sports personalities -- behind only former Clippers owner Donald Sterling and former Patriots tight end and murder suspect Aaron Hernandez -- and no one wants him out?