With just one week left in the 2009 Major League Soccer season, six teams are still in the hunt for the final three postseason berths. It all comes down to this. In the fantasy game, you have just four trades left to make this season and just one more chance to pick up points to make your own final-week surge. Who should you put on your roster? ...

You want to know who's hot? A player who scores multiple goals in a game is hot. This weekend, four different players accomplished that feat. All of them are accomplished goal scorers, though they've had different levels of success this season. But nothing enhances a player's confidence like hitting the back of the net more than once in a game. ...

Real Madrid’s 3-0 defeat of D.C. United on Sunday has officially closed the book on this summer’s run of international friendlies. From the MLS All-Stars’ loss to Everton to the L.A. Galaxy’s respectable performance against FC Barcelona, there were superstars aplenty on display for large crowds across the nation.   The list is an impressive ...

Chivas USA will encounter another good test this weekend when they host D.C. United at The Home Depot Center on Saturday night. The Goats have sprinted out of the gates to a league-best 7-1-1 mark, while United is atop the Eastern Conference with a 3-1-5 record.Home field has been especially kind to Chivas USA as they have gone 5-0-0 with nine ...

There's no doubt that one of the biggest issues in MLS these days is the schedule. For starters, stadium availability and other concerns mean the season does not line up with most others internationally, and that leads to innumerable conflicts in so-called ''international fixture weekends.'' These FIFA-designated dates see most of the world's ...

This week's blog post is going to tell it like it is and not waste your time. If you want to be first in your MLS Fantasy Challenge league, simply read on. Buy Luciano Emilio (Forward, D.C. United) - I don't care how much he costs, the Brazilian is simply unstoppable right now. All of a sudden he's up to seven goals for the season. While the ...

Welcome to Soccer Notes, a new blog here on SoccerFantasyPro.com that will update you with the news around Major League Soccer and give you insight on how it could affect your fantasy teams. This new blog will be updated bi-weekly, alternating with a more streamlined fantasy blog to give you hints and suggestions on specific players to buy or ...

Saturday's MLS games provided plenty of excitement, from D.C. United's stoppage-time winner to San Jose's big road win. But perhaps what most stuck out was the number of times the referees reached into their back pockets and pulled out the red cards. In fact, there were almost as many expulsions (seven) as there were goals (10) on Saturday. If you ...

Apologies for the delay in posting this week's blog, but we were just trying to gather our shock from Steve Morrow's sacking with FC Dallas. We could maybe understand if it had been Tommy Soehn in D.C. given how underwhelming that team has performed thus far. Preki would have been another option given the preseason expectations for Chivas USA, ...

The economy sucks. The market is down, unemployment is up, and the dollar is so weak that developmental players in MLS are moving into training ground locker rooms in order to avoid paying rent. And with tax day behind us now, what better time to examine the places where we're spending a lot of dough? So in this week's blog entry, it's time to ...