The best two MLS teams in the regular season meet to decide which of them will host the MLS Cup final next weekend, with Seattle needing to reverse a 1-0 Galaxy edge in its home leg.

Just as the U.S. national team has taken on a German influence with a German, Jurgen Klinsmann, as head coach and five German-born and -bred players on its 2014 World Cup team, so has the men's college game been impacted by an influx of Germans.

Bradley Wright-Phillips out, Tim Cahill in starts just about every discussion of the Revs-Red Bulls showdown Saturday (live at 3:00 p.m. ET on NBCSN) in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and well it should.

The Western Conference finalists are separated by just one goal heading into the second leg in Seattle next Sunday. Here are three takeaways from the first leg at StubHub Center, won by the Galaxy, 1-0, on a goal by Marcelo Sarvas.

The New England Revolution made it three wins in three playoff games with a 2-1 win over the New York Red Bulls on Sunday at sold-out Red Bull Arena. In a game marred by 10 yellow cards -- the second most in MLS playoff history -- the Revs took a giant step toward their fifth MLS Cup appearance with two more brilliant goals. For a look at the match.

I'll begin by saying Project Klinsmann is too big to fail, so Jurgen Klinsmann is going nowhere.

New York hosts the first leg of the Eastern Conference finals against New England Sunday, more than three months since their last regular-season meeting

The top two teams clash as Seattle and Los Angeles vie for a place -- and hosting rights -- in the 2014 MLS Cup final.

Tom Sermanni watched a friend's child's U-6 game last weekend. He laughs and shakes his head as he recounts how one of the coaches followed the kids around the field yelling instructions.

The Offseason of Drafts started Wednesday with the selection of seven former Chivas USA players.

The USA's winless streak extended to four games with a 4-1 loss to Ireland in Dublin on Tuesday -- matching its biggest defeat of the Jurgen Klinsmann era, a 4-1 loss to Brazil in 2012.

The U.S. national team ended its 2014 schedule on a dismal note, losing, 4-1, to the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday.

So MLS commissioner Don Garber was right. It's not personal between him and Jurgen Klinsmann. It's the entire MLS against Klinsmann, or so it seems.

The USA's winless streak hit three games when it failed to hold a 1-0 lead, from Jozy Altidore's 9th minute penalty kick, and fell, 2-1, to Colombia in London on Friday.

Colombia rewarded its heavy contingent of support in West London with a 2-1 win over the USA on Friday night. A few bright spots for the USA can't erase the reality that it continues to struggle in the post-World Cup cycle.