Lovely results. A couple of things jumped out at me in your flickr gallery:
1. Great job capturing action without making it look awkward. Many of your pictures clearly convey athletic grace while still being sharp. That's great anticipation and eye on your part.
2. It's a lovely mix of themes....interesting landscapes (the sign in the stadium, the black and white pre-game, the balls around the GK coach, the mascot)...action shots...a couple of big moments that would be very suitable for a newspaper or website photo symbolizing the game...some lovely emotive shots...nice personality (for instance, the persistence of Wondolowski, the dynamic nature of Nguyen, etc.) if one were doing a bio.
3. The 17th shot I suggest you crop the right side and make it black and white with some contrast. You've got 3 players who are all (in the heat of battle) in identical form (running, right arm back, right leg forward, all headed in the same direction). If you could somehow reduce the presence of the 4th player (1st from the right) and use B&W to emphasize form and lines you'd have a very artistic photo I believe.
4. You've got a couple of shots here (such as the one you have labeled "return" and the one with a Quake down on the ground with Nguyen and Dorman protesting their innocence) that would have benefits from a much narrower DoF so our focus much of the background is a blur. Think of how much more powerful "return" would be if the only elements in focus were Salinas and the ball. As it is, they're both fine shots but with a narrower DoF they'd become very powerful shots.
Great results. Thanks for sharing.
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