The newest MLS Player of the Week is a very deserving midfielder by the name of Nicolás Lodeiro. Somebody will have to explain this honorific to me and how it is that the Player of the Week isn't on the Team of the Week...
The Professional Referee Organization (PRO) has seen fit to comment on the controversial play that cost Seattle a goal last weekend. Warning; they disagree with pretty much everybody else who has analyzed the play.
The Brian Schmetzer era has started off pretty well, but MLSsoccer has a list of five foreign coaches the Sounders could bring in to replace him.