Here are the top soccer stories everyone’s talking about this morning:
Galaxy Star
After breaking out with two goals and an assist this past weekend, LA Galaxy attacker Giovani dos Santos has been tabbed as the MLS Player of the Week.
Max Power
Real Salt Lake have risen to the penthouse in our latest MLS Power Rankings.
Injury News
Portland Timbers ace Darlington Nagbe has returned to training and should be available when the champs visit New England next Wednesday. Elsewhere, Colorado Rapids sparkplug Marco Pappa is set to miss 2-4 weeks with a knee sprain.
Wing Man
As evidenced by his first MLS goal on the weekend, Seattle Sounders starlet Jordan Morris is proving capable of contributing as a winger.
Bendik For USMNT?
The strong early play of Orlando City goalkeeper Joe Bendik has raised some international call-up chatter.
Old Is New
As his move back to MLS approaches, Everton netminder Tim Howard discussed the league's improvement since he left 13 years ago.
Brad Company
This past weekend, Sporting KC's Brad Davis became just the fifth MLS player in history to reach 400 career appearances.
Blas From The Past
The Province wonders if former FC Dallas striker Blas is the answer to Vancouver's scoring woes as the Whitecaps get set to tackle the Texans this weekend (Saturday, 10:30 pm ET; TSN, MLS LIVE).
New Deals
Speaking of FC Dallas, the league leaders have extended the contracts of Ryan Hollingshead and Victor Ulloa.
Tabla Interest
ESPNFC reports that a few EPL brand names are keeping close tabs on Impact midfield prospect Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla, who recently scored on his debut for affiliated USL side FC Montreal.
Film Reviews
Former New York City FC head coach Jason Kreis shared his thoughts on the making of Win!, the new documentary film about his former club's first season. Current NYCFC executive Claudio Reyna and star David Villa also talked about the movie, which premiered last week at the Tribeca Film Festival.
The Name Game
Miami's expansion franchise does not have a name (or uniforms) yet, but that could change if local David Beckham fan Max Martinez has anything to say about it.
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