Major League Soccer ran a full schedule of games this weekend beginning on Friday night with the defending champions Toronto winning its first league match of the season. Vancouver handed Columbus its first loss of the campaign, 10 man Atlanta won in frigid Minnesota. By Peter Nolan

A long, difficult off-season finally came to its natural conclusion this weekend as the NWSL regular season began with a full slate of just four games.nForgotten for at least one day, perhaps, was a close season scarred by the dissolution of the Boston Breakers franchise. By Peter Nolan

The United States Men's National Team defeated Paraguay Tuesday night in North Carolina in front of a sellout crowd of 10,500! A game between two nations that failed to qualify for the World Cup in Russia. By Peter Nolan

It is three weeks in now and MLS season 23 is beginning to get its legs under itself. Oh, don't get me wrong, it's still too early to draw many conclusions but there are still some things to discuss. Like how about this for starters! By Peter Nolan