Columbus and FCD

Apparently it was to my best interests to have disppeared from the soccer blogosphere and all things MLS for the last few weeks: Columbus apparently sucks. Yikes. So much for the coach firing and hiring; they're currently 6-12-8. On a more positive note, FCD is apparently doing quite well, but that's hardly news - they were one of my main predictions to win the Cup last year. (Then again, I'm hardly known for accurately predicting outcomes.) What else have I missed?