The interlocking and overlapping elements of North American pro soccer are among the issues facing owners of the NASL, which could be losing several teams for various reasons heading into an uncertain future.

U.S. forward Jordan Morris turned down a move to German club Werder Bremen, which is rooted to the bottom of the Bundesliga and recently fired its head coach. He's playing in a lesser league for less money and is okay with his decisions.

With a month of the regular season to be played, no Eastern Conference team has clinched a playoff sot and no teams have been eliminated. Three teams could clinch this weekend but for others the chase is probably going to be decided on the final day.

The midseason arrival of Nicolas Lodeiro and the return to fitness of Roman Torres has bolstered the playoff push by Seattle, which won't have Clint Dempsey in the near future and need to make up six points with seven games remaining.

Tuesday night the U.S. Open Cup final sold out, and most of the 16,612 in attendance celebrated not just a rousing FC Dallas victory but yet another step in the growth and maturation of a major-market team that on and off the field has been a straggler for much of its existence.

A formation changed and renewed commitment to defense has tightened up a porous Revs' back line, but two league games plus the Open Cup final during a span of eight days will stretch the resources of head coach Jay Heaps.

I had high expectations of Christian Pulisic. He delivered -- and then some.

Coaches like to be secretive about their starting lineups, which is the only way to explain why Jurgen Klinsmann answered so apprehensively about whether 17-year-old Christian Pulisic would start on Tuesday against Trinidad & Tobago.

Does U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann take dramatic steps to revamp his team In qualifiers this month and friendlies in October, or does he stick to more or less the status quo as the .U.S. prepares for the start of Hexagonal play in November?