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 ...

''Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.'' -- Ferris Bueller This time of year, there are four major areas where a Survivor Pro players needs to focus their attention in order to make certain what players are on a given team's roster: discipline, injuries, international matches and ...

Here's a challenge for you: Without looking, name the top goal-scorer for the Western Conference leading Colorado Rapids (3-3-0), a team that has scored 10 times in six games. Cue the Jeopardy music. A logical guess would be midfielder Christian Gomez, a former league MVP whom the Rapids acquired in the offseason from D.C. United. ...

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 ...

The MLS season is only two weeks old, but there is a bit of a trend developing. Have you noticed it yet? It has nothing to do with the Kansas City Wizards' fast start, Cuauhtemoc Blanco's brilliance or Jon Busch's return to prominence between the posts. Take one look at the schedule so far this season and it will instantly jump out at you:The home ...

The first weekend of the MLS season is officially in the books and it's safe to say that it has not exactly turned out the way some may have expected. If you were fortunate enough to make it through the first five matches with one predicted victory intact for Survivor Pro, consider it an accomplishment. Here's what we saw in some of the ...

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 ...

With less than a week remaining, everyone is starting to have First Kick jitters. Hope springs eternal for players, coaches, management and especially fans. Real Salt Lake has the same exact record as two-time defending champions Houston Dynamo right now. D.C. United is in a seven-way tie for first place in the Eastern Conference. But once that ...