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[USL-1] The Portland Timbers extended their unbeaten streak to a USL-1 record 18 games, but Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Minnesota left them two points behind Charleston (with two games in hand). Carolina joined the Timbers in a tie for second place thanks to its 3-0 victory over Austin. For all the USL-1 results and standings …

[HALL OF FAME] Jeff Agoos and Joy Fawcett received their red jackets as National Soccer Hall of Fame members at the Induction 2009 Ceremony Sunday in Oneonta, N.Y. Also honored was retired New York Times sports writer Alex Yannis, who received the Colin Jose Media Award for career excellence in soccer communications.

[USL-1] The Portland Timbers extended their unbeaten streak to 18 games, but Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Minnesota left it two points behind Charleston (with two games in hand). Carolina joined the Timbers in a tie for second place thanks to its 3-0 victory over Austin. For all the USL-1 results and standings …

[MLS PREDICTIONS] The Galaxy takes the week off to play some Spanish team (Barcelona by name), giving several Western Conference foes opportunity to move up at its expense. Also off this week are Chivas USA and New York. So bunched are the Eastern Conference’s top teams that third-place D.C. United could take over the lead by winning, or drop to eighth overall by losing in Houston. The Revs can tie fourth-place Toronto by beating TFC at Gillette, and Chicago could go on top by handling RSL at home. For all of Soccer America’s predictions, as well as TV viewing information, and to see how Ridge Mahoney fared so far this season …

[BARCELONA TOUR] In a summer highlighted by huge crowds across the country for international matches, the biggest crowd of the summer should turn out Saturday at the Rose Bowl, where the Los Angeles Galaxy hosts European champion Barcelona on the first game of the Spanish club’s three-game West Coast tour (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, live, 11 pm ET). In addition to the stars from last season’s triple championship team, newly acquired Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be in Pasadena for his second game in two weeks and Mexican teenager Jonathan Dos Santos is in the traveling squad.

[WPS] Referee Jose Carlos Rivero decision to eject Boston Breakers defender Alex Scott for her studs-up tackle — a clear red-card offense — on Washington’s French international, Sonia Bompastor, five minutes into Wednesday’s game didn’t sit well with Boston coach Tony DiCicco, who for the second time this year ripped the Women’s Professional Soccer refereeing after the game.

[MLS] After four years at UCLA, Mike Zaher joined MLS in 2008 and had a stint with D.C. United before settling in nicely with the San Jose Earthquakes. Get to know the 23-year-old in this profile by Soccer America’s Bryan Alvarez that covers on- and off-field experiences.

[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Leave it to the worst team in Major League Soccer to extract some respectability for MLS from the first leg of the preliminary round. The Red Bulls, welded to the bottom of the Eastern Conference with a 2-15-4 record, scored a pair of deflected goals to come out of the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella with a 2-2 tie against W Connection of Trinidad & Tobago Thursday.

[OFF THE POST] Aston Villa coach Martin O’Neill was ejected for thrusting the ball into the chest of an Atlante player during the Peace Cup in Malaga. 4thegame.com speculated that O’Neill may have come into the game angry because the tournament program listed his name Martin O’Leary.