SHORT TAKES
• Minnesota United leaves this weekend for a training trip to Mexico, on which the team will play matches against Cruz Azul, Pachuca's reserve side, and the Mexican U-20 national team. United fans can hope this trip goes better than the team's jaunt to play MLS teams in Portland, when Minnesota lost all three games by a combined score of 11-1.
• The dream of an undefeated season is over for Paris Saint-Germain, after the club lost 2-1 to Lyon last weekend. PSG will still win the French title but now turns its full attention to the Champions League. The club has not made the semifinals since 1995 and has never reached the final — disappointing for a wildly rich team with big ambitions.
• After all four MLS teams were eliminated from the CONCACAF Champions League by Mexican teams, former superstar Landon Donovan laid the blame squarely on the MLS's restrictive salary cap. He tweeted: "The problem is an easy one to fix: Change schedule but, more importantly, let teams spend $10M+ on 10-15 players, not just 2-3."
