In the demise of WPS, the WPSL (2nd tier, alongside the W-League in which the Sounders Women play) is forming an Elite Soccer League in 2012 for some former WPS teams to continue playing.

This story reports of Seattle committing to a team for 2013 alongside San Diego, Los Angeles, Sacramento and the Bay Area.

Unclear if Sounders Women would jump from W-League to WPSL or if this is a new team/ownership group.

"Lamar Neagle is pushing to get into that group," the coach said. "Marc Burch is pushing, as well. ... (Sammy Ochoa) needs to push Fucito." - Schmid

That little delta in the way he mentions Ochoa gives me pause. This isn't the first time Sigi has spoken a little less than highly of Sammy, Should we be concerned?

Sorry if this was posted somewhere else... I did a quick look but didn't see it anywhere...

Mentioned in one of the threads that the red card could hurt his chances not to make the team.. I'm not saying that's the main reason he was cut, but you gotta think that it hurt his chances of making the team

Again, apologize if this was posted elsewhere.

The Galaxy were able to sign Leonardo and get Juninho back on loan from Sao Paulo. Juninho was a vital part of the Galaxy midfield and will probably be better after another year of seasoning.

Leonardo should also improve with another year of seasoning despite the knee injury last year. He's not the same physical presence as Omar Gonzalez, but he's still one of the better young center-backs in the league.

Because bringing Buddle back just wasn't enough, they had to go and fix their midfield too.

Game will be three periods, with two 45 minute "halves" and a 30 minute additional period.

Reportedly Zak will be making an appearance, though he is not starting. Follow along with Matt Gaschk through the link. This is not really a gamethread, though feel free to discuss here.

Where in Europe is a great question.

Big shame that the fail to recognize the Sounders at all, but for the "Big Three" this is great work.

This truly is a must read. Zakuani is such an amazingly good person, I can't even believe it. I also find it very comforting that Mullan regrets what he said after the game and has understandingly been haunted by the tackle. He will rightly get the boos that he deserves when he plays here, but hopefully there will be less malice directed towards him. If Steve can get past it, so can I.

There's also Sigi saying that Steve won't really be Steve until next year. That is truly unfortunate for anyone who loves good soccer. Thankfully he is expected back within a few months. I cannot wait until he makes his first appearance back at the Clink -- they will hear us.

LA looks to be taking the Kingdome Mariners' approach of "never mind stopping you, we'll just keep scoring".