no love for Bill Hamid? 1 goal allowed in 3 games last week.

Good to see more ex-USMNT stars in the front office of American soccer. But wow does Montreal love their old Italians. Hope he stays healthy. Speaking of Italy, any confirmation yet on Bradley to Roma?

1. Does the USMNT want a player who gave up on his own country? 2. Holding midfield is our deepest position, he would not get on the field except for All-MLS squads.

Is there any point having Toronto FC on the list? We should add one of the NASL/USL teams. The DC v. Red Bulls game Sunday night is massive. This is the first MLS game I am really anticipating in a long time.

Glad I got 60 seconds of Dempsey's goal. What a beauty. Timmy caught flat footed as well on Pappa's goal, but a tie is a good result.

USA will finish 1st, although it will be tough playing in Guatemala and Jamaica (2 points from those games would be good, 4 points would be amazing). Honestly though, if we don't cruise through this group, Klinsmann will have a lot of work to do getting this team where they need to be for Brazil 2014. I know it's a work in progress, but we should be better than last cycle.

Horrible news about Preciado, yet a beautiful piece by Sid Lowe. At least his life ended of its own accord, and not by his own hands. Equally sad for Defoe, who was not going to play a huge part for England, but is terrible for him and his family nonetheless.