The CONCACAF Champions League group stage is all about taking care of business at home and stealing points on the road. Two Eastern Conference MLS clubs will be facing the latter opportunity on Tuesday night.
Toronto FC look to continue their positive start in Group A with a trip to visit Panamanians Árabe Unido (8 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer Channel), while the Columbus Crew have the daunting task of traveling to face Mexicans Santos Laguna in Group B (10 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer Channel).
Although they’re expecting a chippy battle in Central America tonight, one Toronto newspaper is calling for at least a tie. Dwayne De Rosario thinks TFC can capitalize on Árabe Unido suspensions.
Robert Warzycha’s decision to leave some of his big names in Columbus could turn out to be controversial depending on the final result in Torreón, against one of Mexico's hottest clubs.
A Chilean defender with experience in Argentina says that he has a contract offer from the Columbus Crew. (SPANISH)
The Seattle Sounders prepare to host Mexican side Monterrey in the Champions League Group C on Wednesday. It is the beginning of a stretch of three matches in three different competitions that could define Seattle’s season.
Sounders fans will get to see Mexican opposition again not too long after Wednesday’s game with a friendly against Copa Libertadores finalists Chivas de Guadalajara on the horizon.
There is news of a New England Revolution trialist who is a 20-year-old midfielder, former England Under-18 international and product of the Chelsea youth system.
Kansas City Wizards forward Kei Kamara was called up to the Sierra Leone National Team for a match against African champions Egypt in September. Good thing for KC that Birahim Diop showed he can score this past weekend.
The player whose jersey is the top seller in MLS hails from the New York Red Bulls. No surprise there.
Red Bulls rookie defender Tim Ream explains the real difference that the club’s DPs make off the field. And it has nothing to do with jersey sales.
Every week there seems to be a new name of an American-born player who plies his trade overseas. One American defender, who recently played in Italy, could be headed to MLS.
With the season in England already under way, US World Cup defender Jay DeMerit is still without a club and does not rule out playing in MLS.
Fulham’s American forward Eddie Johnson says US players are still in a battle for respect in the EPL. He also had some choice words for former Fulham manager Roy Hodgson, who loaned him out twice.
American midfielder Sacha Kljestan and Anderlecht take a 2-2 road draw into their second leg against Partizan Belgrade (2:30 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer Channel) while US Under-20 defender Gale Agbossoumonde will hope Sporting Braga can get by Spanish side Sevilla to make it to the group stage (2:30 p.m. ET, Fox Sports en Español).
In other UEFA Champions League action, New York Red Bulls sister club Red Bull Salzburg need to fight back against Hapoel Tel-Aviv (2:30 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer Plus) and Italians Sampdoria have to come back from a 3-1 first-leg deficit against Germans Werder Bremen (2:30 p.m. ET, Fox Sports Net).
The nugget of the day is credited to Jack Jewsbury, who is a graduate of Kickapoo High School. Also, DC manager Ben Olsen presided over goalkeeper Nick Rimando’s wedding.
Finally, a look at Major League Soccer’s National Sales Center in the heart of Minnesota, where the next crop of young MLS sales executives are recruited and trained.
