The start of the college soccer season each year triggers a flood of emails into my in-box. For a period of three or four months in the fall, I'll receive emails from hundreds of SIDs at men's and women's college programs. On weekends, it gets nuts with emails containing game reports. Monday is also crazy with a torrent of emails about the latest accolades or previews of the week's action.

The promotion of Craig Waibel to general manager marks another step in the reign of owner Dell Loy Hansen and one of the league's most successful mid-market teams.

Former IOC director general Francois Carrard's comments about American soccer -- "an ethnic sport for girls in schools" -- exposed his ignorance and forced FIFA to distance itself from the remarks, suggesting via a spokeswoman on Thursday that they were his "personal views" and "do not reflect the views or position of FIFA."View image | gettyimages.com

MLS Cup champion five years ago, Colorado hasn't been able to attain a spot among the league's elite teams and are well behind the playoff pace for 2015.

Friday's announcement out of Tampa Bay that Rowdies owner Bill Edwards had fired president and general manager Farrukh Quraishi and head coach Thomas Rongen came as a shock.

They are separated by an international boundary and more than 1,700 miles, yet FC Dallas and Vancouver are building up a nice, intense rivalry.

Midseason signings have ratcheted up the playoff pressure in both conferences, and one of those teams desperate for a late-season push is Philadelphia.

Olympic qualifying has been an essential part of the U.S. men's national team program for more than a quarter century.

San Jose's push for the playoffs has been strengthened by addition of Panamanian international Anibal Goday and scoring of Quincy Amarikwa. But the Quakes have a lot of points to make up;

The USA-Mexico match for a place in the 2017 Confederations Cup is eight weeks away, but it is not too early to take a look at some of Jurgen Klinsmann's lineup decisions.View image | gettyimages.com

More teams, 12, will make the playoffs this season than ever before, and those extra spots ratcheted up activity during the secondary transfer window. This weekend wiil give further evidence as to which teams are on the right track.

Soccer's summer of 2015 has seen some extraordinary attendance figures across the United States.

Landon Donovan once called John O'Brien the "best soccer player in the USA." Bruce Arena said O'Brien was "as talented a midfielder as U.S. soccer has ever had."

No doubt the Galaxy swung the summer's biggest deal by landing Mexican international Giovani Dos Santos, who could cost upwards of $34 million -- $7 million transfer fee, $27 million in salary over four and a half seasons -- if he plays out his MLS contract. By also adding English midfielder Steven Gerrard, the defending champion threw down a challenge to its conference foes, and they've not been inactive.

In the wake of a frenzied transfer window that closed Thursday, many teams are looking much different than they did during the first five months of the MLS season. MLS teams are much more willing to spend money on transfer fees than in past seasons, when most experienced pros moving to MLS from foreign leagues were either out of contract or nearly so.