Released this morning by the Denver Post, Real Salt Lake is still paying a majority of Clint Mathis’s salary, somewhere in the $300k range. This comes as no shocker why Red Bull New York would pull for a deal like this. They will be getting Mathis at a major bargain compared to his annual salary. RBNY will only be paying [...]
Red Bull New York as traded for Clint Mathis today according to Ives. Clint is back in the Big Apple now. Oh nelly. That adds some spice to the off season that was lagging a bit for the Red Bulls. I like this deal and I like what it does for both parties. Colorado had no problem dumping a large [...]
Saw this earlier today, it gave links about the possibility of Eddie Johnson being bought and transfered (in english thanks to someone on bigsoccer)to Boca Juniors in Argentina. Down the Line doesn’t like the idea of EJ going to Boca and riding the pine. Though I could agree with that, I wouldn’t mind seeing EJ go south and play somewhere [...]
Yeah, I will be totally frank with everyone. I did not see the US game last night. However, thanks to the trusty VHS, I did see it this morning. Well some of it. Okay, the bloody highlights I saw but that was all I needed to see to make any sort of assessment from the match. The game was a [...]
The first of my power rankings. Sometimes it will be weekly and sometimes not. All depends on time as the season goes on. But starting out it should be a weekly thing. I am always open for your comments on the rankings. They are totally my opinion on the state of affairs in the league. Sometimes they are biased and [...]
According to a couple websites like this one, FIFA president Sepp Blatter is considering eliminating the current World Cup rotation after the 2014 World Cup that would presumable be in Brazil as a part of the South American part of the rotation. This sort of tells me that FIFA may be looking to link CONCACAF in with South America in [...]
A conference call with Don Garber on April 2nd will include several announcements which at least one is in regards to a new competitive initiative. Here’s the press release from Major League Soccer: Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber and Deputy Commissioner Ivan Gazidis will discuss the 2007 season and make several announcements, including some new competition initiatives, on a [...]
Very slow news Monday. Most people are spinning their own crap to just post…like myself. Nothing wrong with that though. I love that everyone is still discussing yesterday’s US game with Ecuador. Some people comment during, some right after, and some like to let it all sit in and report on it the next day. Nothing wrong with it either [...]
Few thoughts and comments on the US – Ecuador game on ESPN2. I have to say the trio of O’Brien, Arena, and Wynalda are getting better with one another. O’Brien is a better voice for soccer and thankfully it isn’t Rob Stone doing the games. Still I feel ESPN/ABC is still lacking a solid soccer play-by-play person. O’Brien is good [...]
I caught this discussion on Bigsoccer.com about some people’s perspective about how the MLS is doing and how the Wall Street Journal thinks they are doing. The WSJ thinks the MLS is on the right track while one or two on Bigsoccer think else wise. Honestly, the ones that think other wise misread the article on WSJ I believe. I [...]
Toronto has decided to join the likes of Real Salt Lake and LA Galaxy in getting a sponsor for their shirt. BMO the company that sponsors their stadium will also have a logo on their shirt. I like the greys for some reason. The kits are still classy I feel. Nice work.
What should have been a deal for a much larger contract with Citibank to be the shirt sponsor for the LA Galaxy, ended up being a much lesser contract for a company called Herbalife. The contact is for four years worth $3-4 million a year. Less than half of what the Galaxy would have gotten with Citibank. Still it is [...]
With Toronto’s trade the other day of Richard Mulrooney from Dallas left the new expansion side with one too many senior international players of the roster. So what’s a coach to do? Mo Johnston announced today that TFC would be releasing recently acquired keeper Jon Busch. Busch as most remember was waived by Columbus and was pretty pissed about the [...]
Hear that San Jose sold out 47,000 tickets for a game that doesn’t include any Americans? Yeah, 47,000 tickets for a Mexico vs. Ecuador game at McAfee Colesium in Oakland. I have to say this is great news for the owners of the possible expansion/rebirth franchise of the San Jose Earthquakes. Getting 47,000 tickets sold for a non-MLS double header [...]
I’ve let this sit for a little while here. As talked about yesterday, Hoops trade away midfielder Richard Mulrooney to Toronto FC for allocation money and a first round draft pick in next year’s draft. Most hate this deal on paper, and probably for good reason. Hoops fans wanted to see Mulrooney succeed after injury problems had sidelined him before. [...]
