2010 MLS Playoff Predictions -- Columbus vs. Colorado, Real Salt Lake vs. FC Dallas, New York vs. San Jose and LA Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders

Soccer City FC will defer to the talent and invite you to check out Match Fit USA and the site's solid MLS playoff quarterfinal round breakdown with predictions.

Tonight the madness opens, with Colorado hosting Columbus.

Our predictions:

Colorado, RSL, San Jose and LA Galaxy advance to the semifinals.

Current MLS Allocation Order - January 30th 2010

1. San Jose Earthquakes
2. Kansas City Wizards
3. Toronto FC
4. FC Dallas
5. New York Red Bulls
6. Colorado Rapids
7. New England Revolution
8. Chivas USA
9. Seattle Sounders
10. Columbus Crew
11. Chicago Fire
12. Houston Dynamo
13. Los Angeles Galaxy
14. Real Salt Lake
15. D.C. United
16. Philadelphia Union

2010 MLS SuperDraft; Round 2 Pick 28 San Jose Earthquakes Select Justin Morrow

Find his interview here -- 2010 MLS Combine/2010 MLS SuperDraft Player Interviews

MLS Stay Stateside

Kartik Krishnaiyer at MLS Talk with an excellent piece on the need for MLS to refocus on domestic priorities -- Read On -- MLS Needs to Refocus on the Domestic Game

Steve Zakuani Interview at MLSDraft.net

The men from up north who run MLSDraft.net with a fine early season interview from Seattle's Steve Zakuani. Read on at their site...

• One on One With Zakuani

By the way, Zakuani scored tonight against San Jose in the 42nd minute at tonight's match at Qwest Field.

The Weekend XI: MLS Edition - April 19th & 20th

The end of Week 4 in MLS means the Weekend XI is back.

The Weekend XI - MLS Edition will highlight the top eleven players from around MLS from Week 4 as judged by Soccer City FC. 3-4-3 format will be used.

• (GK) FC Dallas’ Dario Sala: Shutout and 2 saves v Chivas USA
• (D) KC Wizards' Michael Harrington: Shutout and 1 assist v Chicago
• (D) Columbus' Frankie Hejduk: 1 assist v DC United
• (D) San Jose' Nick Garcia: Shutout v Colorado
• (MF) FC Dallas' Arturo Alvarez: 1 assist v Chivas USA
• (MF) L.A. Galaxy's David Beckham: 2 assists v Houston
• (MF) San Jose's Ronnie O'Brien: 1 goal and 1 assist v Colorado
• (MF) Toronto FC’s Laurent Robert: 1 goal v RSL
• (F) FC Dallas' Kenny Cooper: 1 goal v Chivas USA
• (F) Red Bull NY's Jozy Altidore: 1 goal v New ENgland
• (F) L.A. Galaxy's Landon Donovan: 2 goals v Houston

Team Count:

• FC Dallas - 3
• L.A. Galaxy - 2
• San Jose - 2
• Columbus - 1
• KC Wizards - 1
• Red Bull NY - 1
• Toronto FC - 1

Season Team Count:

• Columbus - 6
• FC Dallas - 6
• L.A. Galaxy - 6
• Colorado - 5
• Chicago - 4
• KC Wizards - 4
• Red Bull NY - 3
• New England - 2
• Real Salt Lake - 2
• San Jose - 2
• Toronto FC - 2
• Chivas USA - 1
• Houston - 1

Season Player Count:

• L. Donovan (L.A. Galaxy) - 3
• C. Blanco (Chicago) - 2
• D. Beckham (L.A. Galaxy) - 2
• K. Cooper (FC Dallas) - 2
• L. Robert (Toronto FC) - 2
• M. Harrington (KC Wizards) - 2
  

The Weekend XI: World Cup Qualifier Edition

El Salvador’s Rudy Corrales and his 5 goals v Anguilla yesterday sure made the list. The San Jose Earthquakes' Gavin Glinton made it too. Who else did? You can find the article below at SoccerCityFC's Corner Kicks.

• The Weekend XI: World Cup Qualifier Edition

Edu, Wynne, & Dunivant Off To US Training Camp

Toronto FC's Todd Dunivant, Marvell Wynne, and Maurice Edu were called to the US Men's National Team training camp beginning January 3. The US National Team's first match of 2008 versus Sweden is on January 19.

26 players were invited.

Goalkeepers

• Brad Guzan (Chivas USA)
• Will Hesmer (Columbus Crew)
• Matt Pickens (Chicago Fire)
• Zach Wells (D.C. United)

Defenders

• Dan Califf (Aalborg BK)
• Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards)
• Ramiro Corrales (SK Brann)
• Todd Dunivant (Toronto FC)
• Clarence Goodson (San Jose Earthquakes)
• Drew Moor (FC Dallas)
• Michael Parkhurst (New England Revolution)
• Eddie Robinson (Houston Dynamo)
• Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC)

Midfielders

• Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake)
• Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo)
• Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo)
• Maurice Edu (Toronto FC)
• Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA)
• Justin Mapp (Chicago Fire)
• Pat Noonan (New England Revolution)

Forwards

• Josmer Altidore (New York Red Bulls)
• Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy)
• Eddie Johnson (Kansas Cit y Wizards)
• Chris Rolfe (Chicago Fire)
• Taylor Twellman (New England Revolution)
• Jeremiah White (AGF Aarhus)