Major League Soccer has tried to do a lot of things right, but one of the challenges that league faces is what to do about teams who become desperately short-handed when a league match is played on the same day as a World Cup qualifying matches. There's always less of a draw if Donovan (USA), Beckham (England) and Blanco (Mexico) are going to be ...

There has been plenty of fast-paced action in MLS over the last month -- most of it coming along the transaction wire. Familiar faces are returning (Pat Noonan to Columbus and Brian McBride to Chicago), while league All-Stars have departed (Brad Guzan and Juan Toja). On Monday, though, the Los Angeles Galaxy proved that it's not just the current ...

After a month-long hiatus, we're back ... and shocked to discover that Spaniards are now ruling the world.  First the Spanish national team dominates Germany in the Euro 2008 championship to win the country's first European title in 44 years.Then Rafael Nadal survives an incredible 5-set match against Roger Federer to capture ...

The New England Revolution have a target on their respective backs. The Buffalo Bills of MLS have been Eastern Conference Champions for the last three consecutive years, but have been unable to get over the hump to win the MLS Cup. What Steve Nicol and Paul Mariner have been able to do in New England is no small feat. Do you know the last time ...

We wanted to take this week to expand upon Landon Donovan's incredible first month of the season (one of the best in recent memory by MLS standards) and how he has lifted our fantasy team to the top of its league, but that's the other guy's column. Our job in helping you find your way through Survivor Pro is much more ...

We hate to break this to you, but it's time that someone said something: You're not as smart as you think you are. Come to think of it, neither are we.What are we talking about? Picking winners from MLS games, of course!In case you have not heard, the stakes have been raised for all of you playing Survivor Pro. Just try not to go all Gordon Gecko ...

We've decided that it would be best not to dwell on last week's results and just look ahead to this week's upcoming matches. We'd like to blame the unusual weekend weather -- 44 degrees in Kansas City on Saturday, 89 degrees in Carson, Calif. on Sunday -- but there's no excuses. We can't even blame it on the rain (yeah, yeah). There are seven ...

The short answer to the above question is: something, but not everything. After one weekend of MLS action, you've had a chance to ingest and digest quite a lot of soccer information and we're here to help you sort through it all. However, we're also here to remind you that the MLS season is a very long one, and one performance (either by a team ...

Yes, we realize that we slacked in getting a Survivor column posted last week. You probably won't believe it but we actually picked Kansas City to beat Columbus at Arrowhead Stadium (thank you very much, Eddie Johnson and Scott Sealy for allowing us to survive for another week with two strikes in extra time of their 3-2 win). It's more than ...

When it comes to playing Survivor, everyone is going to have his or her own personal strategy. Some people will say that you only pick home teams. Others will say that you never a team in a rivalry game no matter how well/poorly the two teams are playing at that moment. As for SoccerFantasyPro.com Experts, we're all about picking the best team ...