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The MLS Cup playoffs have produced all manner of champions over the years. There have been teams like the 2008 Columbus Crew, whose regular-season dominance translated seamlessly into a championship. Then there was the 2005 Los Angeles Galaxy, who fr...

One can't blame Vancouver manager Martin Rennie for looking at his side's proverbial glass as half-full. A year ago, the Whitecaps were in the process of finishing dead last in MLS. On Sunday, the team became the first Canadian side in the league's b...

As far as late-season swoons go, Vancouver remains top -- or bottom, depending on how you look at it -- of the heap. The Whitecaps have secured just one point from their past six matches, allowing Dallas to creep within two points of the fifth and fi...

It's been a while since Brek Shea dazzled for club or country and his slump has defined a tough season for FC Dallas, writes Jeff Carlisle. Plus: Ramiro Corrales gets a deserved All-Star nod and Vancouver's revamped attack.

Jeff Carlisle hands out our midseason Major League Soccer awards.

Martin Rennie made his managerial debut with Vancouver this season and has the Whitecaps off the a fast start. Plus: Hill finds a home in Colorado and Santos is a gem in D.C., writes Jeff Carlisle.

Sebastien Le Toux returns to Philadelphia this weekend, Kenny Cooper settles in New York, good news for Toronto FC's defense and rumblings of a goalkeeper dilemma in Chicago, writes Jeff Carlisle in this week's MLS Notebook.

Given the wretched season the Whitecaps endured last year, improvement shouldn't be too difficult in 2012, writes Jeff Carlisle, who previews Vancouver's season.

With its win over Costa Rica, the U.S. women's team qualified for the Olympics. Here's how the players did, according to Jeff Carlisle.

There's just one more hurdle for the U.S. to qualify for the Olympics -- a semifinal against Costa Rica -- and the team is taking nothing for granted, writes Jeff Carlisle.

Two members of the Cuban women's national soccer team have defected to the United States and are asking for political asylum.

Carli Lloyd scored her first international hat trick in the U.S.'s 4-0 win over Mexico to reach the semis of Olympic qualifying, writes Jeff Carlisle.

The U.S. has already qualified for the semifinal, which decides which teams qualify for London, but a win over Mexico on Tuesday will ensure the Americans have an easier opponent on Friday, writes Jeff Carlisle.

At first glance, the Chicago Fire and the Vancouver Whitecaps would appear to have little in common. But on Monday, the two clubs found themselves in the same uncomfortable position when they fired their head coaches, Jeff Carlisle writes.

This week's MLS notebook takes a look at Chivas USA's resurgence, writes Jeff Carlisle.

After spending the last four months looking for a new club, U.S. international defender Jay DeMerit says he is pursuing a return stateside and is looking to sign a contract with MLS.