Three Things: After a half of optimism, USMNT get a painful lesson from Belgium Mauricio Pochettino tossed the dice on a new (old) tactical approach and, after a halftime adjustment, Belgium forced the US to pay the price
Charlotte aim to be Sounders-East & more | Thursday Round-Up CSO Zoran Krneta sat down with Backheeled's Joe Lowery and plotted a course, plus some reading recs from around US (and Canadian) soccer
USMNT: Three Things I'm Watching in the Belgium & Portugal friendlies Poch has finally got his core group – shhh! – together and it's time to see how they adapt to his new tactical approach
Power Rankings, 1-30 | Matchday 5 The underlying numbers warned us about the Quakes' rise and FC Cincy's demise, plus a Rapids team whose improvement I'm buying
FC Dallas show control in chaos, Rapids run through Sporting & more from MLS | Matchday 5 Miami head back to the well, CCC teams struggle with the workload and warning sirens are starting to blare for Cincy
Cavan Sullivan had his coming out party; Bradley Carnell cut it short | Thursday round-up MLS adventures in CCC play, a rundown of transfer window needs for all 30 teams & lots of USMNT talk
One Week Left in the Transfer Window: Roster Needs for All 30 MLS Teams There's a few teams who should be vying to bring home a US U-20 star, while the Chucky situation remains unresolved in San Diego