| POS | TEAM | PLD | PTS |
| 1 | CLB | 30 | 49 |
| 2 | LA | 30 | 48 |
| 3 | HOU | 30 | 48 |
| 4 | CHI | 30 | 45 |
| 5 | SEA | 30 | 47 |
| 6 | CHV | 30 | 45 |
| 7 | NE | 30 | 42 |
| 8 | RSL | 30 | 40 |
| 9 | COL | 20 | 40 |
| 10 | DC | 30 | 40 |
| 11 | FCD | 30 | 39 |
| 12 | TFC | 30 | 39 |
| 13 | KC | 30 | 33 |
| 14 | SJ | 30 | 30 |
| 15 | NY | 30 | 21 |
| 16 | PHI | 0 | 0 |
At first pass the midfield class this year looks weak, but that’s a bit of a misconception. While it’s not a flashy group of attacking talent, there are some good defensive mids available and some outside flankers with potential. So much of the pure attacking talent has been picked out previously by MLS underclassman signings and players going overseas that it’s hard to find pure ballers here.
Bob Bradley has called 25 players in for the January US Training camp
My Top Ten Midfielder candidates is up on ESPN.com.
In the Star-Telegram this week…
While the defensive position isn’t on the surface as deep as previous years, there still is some talent to be had. MLS team’s tend to spend big money at forward and midfield, which means defense is perhaps the easiest spot to make a MLS squad. MLS teams will be looking for bargains who can turn into starters.
For those of you down in Austin…
From all of us at 3rd Degree, the best holiday wishes to you and yours.
This one almost happened…
In the past week, the Mexican press has reported that Jared Borgetti will be headed to MLS next year.
You may have noticed that I got my hands on the initial Generation adidas interest list and updated the 2009 Generation adidas tracking with it. But what I didn’t mention at the time is that said Generation adidas list also has a small selection of seniors MLS sent to coaches to gauge direct signing interest.
Wallace, Nikolov and Tom Jones?
Undefeated so far…
FCD has their first scrimmage of 2010 this Saturday.
Surprise I didn’t talk about it exceeds surprise he signed a USL deal.
Dax, Heath, and Jeff get another chance to impress Bradley.
All sorts of stuff
Our version, which includes USOC, US Nats, and PHP conflicts, is here.
Ok, just three, but still fun.
The premiere level SuperGroup for the Dallas Cup has been finalized.
The rumor is now a done deal.
By passing on Osa Romero. (plus 2 linked striker names)
Day 1 of camp and the latest on the international attacking player *** Late morning update ***
Some DMN coverage, Politics, and Hyndman defends Cunningham
And why this helps FC Dallas.
The roster, the pre-season schedule and much much more.