MLS Round Up

Sorry about the delay between posts, but with the flu and finals on the horizon I've been a bit too distracted lately. Anyway onto the Round Up...

Seattle
Looks likes MLS' second underwear modeling DP will be ready to play the role of Super-sub for their home opener. Congrats Freddy, lets just hope for your sake those injury trouble stay away, after all MLS isn't exactly non-physical league. The Link

More good news for the land of Frasier is that Quest field will host MLS Cup 2009. I feel this is a good choice and with 20k in season ticket holders all but guaranteed to show up It should make for a great TV experience. The bad news in al of this though is that the TV experience will require basic cable as the game got bounced from ABC to ESPN, Ouch. The Link

St.Louis
Looks like the bid for the St. Louis expansion isn't quite dead yet. Everyone's favorite Dutch owned American Beer Company Anheuser-Busch is prepared to Donate land and facilities to the potential new team. That's great news for the bid but I'm afraid it might be to little too late. I have a feeling that St. Louis should be shooting for USL at this point, what with Portland and Vancouver looking more and more like locks. The Link

Columbus
Bad news in the 614 it seems, Pat Noonan left practice the other day rather upset and apparently injured. The expensive Crew Sub won't be joining the team on the final bit of their preseason as the team heads to Texas. While this is bad news for Noon's the Crew shouldn’t sweat it too much as Midfield is where the team is the deepest. The Link

Salt Lake City
Real Salt Lake fans have something to cheer about today, as they Royals took home the Carolina Challenge Cup. RSL won the match today 2-1 over the host Charleston Battery, very nice Salt Lake. Here's a great play-by-play style break down from the official team blog. The Link

Chicago
Here's A nice little Q&A with US Soccer legend Brian McBride over on the Chicago Tribune website that's very much worth the read. The Link

LA Galaxy
Some great news down LA way, Landon Donovan has returned and is once again practicing with the team. The big fish is once again back in the proverbial small pond. At least one of the stars in L.A. wants to be there. The Link

MLS Wide
Here's an interesting tidbit via the Rapids blog, it's the MLS Fan Code of conduct in useful PDF format so you can print it off and read it every day! The Link