Jan
29

CONCACAF Announces New Tournament

CONCACAF Announces New Tournament

Lots of talk yesterday about the new new continental club championship, the CONCACAF Champions League which will kick up this August and last until next April. The new Champions League will replace the current club competition, the Champions’ Cup, which will see it’s final year in 2008. The CONCACAF Champions League will see 24 teams…[continue reading]

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Jan
28

Afternoon Delight: DC’s Five, Jaqua Gone, and Twellman

Afternoon Delight: DC’s Five, Jaqua Gone, and Twellman

Busy day so far for the MLS. I will try to be fairly brief on some things since they have already been talked about in length on here before. Anyways, let’s get the biggest stuff out of the way, DC has announced the signings of four of their five new players. Gonzalo Martinez, Gonzalo Peralta,…[continue reading]

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Jan
28

Monday Kicker: Guzan to Villa, Gallardo, and Twellman

Monday Kicker: Guzan to Villa, Gallardo, and Twellman

Almost thought I was going to get a late start to the day but here we are, in the final week of the winter transfer window. Lots of action is already starting to pick up here in the week as teams are trying to vye for a player or two before the window closes. I…[continue reading]

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Jan
27

Updated: Off Season Player Movement


Most of the updates for this past week are reflecting the Supplemental Draft though a couple teams were busy. DC transfered in a couple players, while a few clubs waived a hand-ful or so. Still a week left in the current transfer window so we will see what happens between now and then. As always,…[continue reading]

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Jan
25

Possible Gomez Destinations

Possible Gomez Destinations

As reported earlier here, Christian Gomez and DC look to be ending their relationship. But where could he end up is the bigger question to dive into now. Steve Goff is reporting that he was offered a contract in the Middle East at around $600K but he said he does want to remain in the…[continue reading]

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Jan
25

Friday Kicker: Gallardo, Gomez, and More Draft Picks

Friday Kicker: Gallardo, Gomez, and More Draft Picks

One final working day this week for most of us out there. Sorry for any delay in not posting the Supplemental picks yesterday, I was too busy with work last night to even think about them until this morning. My thoughts are below about that. More pressing issues though still surround DC United and their…[continue reading]

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Jan
24

Supplemental Draft Today


The MLS Supplemental Draft will take place today at 3pm and the results of the draft are to be revealed after 4pm. For those who care, Buzz over at 3rddegree released his list of the best of the rest out there that weren’t taken in last week’s draft. Even for those who don’t care, the…[continue reading]

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Jan
24

Rapids Sign Hilgenbrinck


Something that was mentioned a week ago or so as a rumor has seemed to come true. The Colorado Rapids have signed defender Chase Hilgenbrinck today. Just what they need right, another defender? Well, at least the defense should be good this year in Colorado. Those who don’t know anything about Hilgenbrinck, he has spent…[continue reading]

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Jan
24

Thursday Kicker: Gallardo to DC or Not? Plus More

Thursday Kicker: Gallardo to DC or Not? Plus More

Almost the end of the what’s been a fairly long week for me at work and in my personal life. Plenty to discuss today most surrounding Marcelo Gallardo plus a couple other things that I am hearing and seeing around the MLS world. As mentioned, first, this story with Marcelo Gallardo to DC United. Some…[continue reading]

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Jan
23

Fire Close to Signing Frenchman

Fire Close to Signing Frenchman

For a while the Fire have been looking for someone to play along side Blanco. I’d even heard Blanco trying to get some of his National teammates to come up to the MLS and play in Chicago with him. But Blanco and the rest of the Fire may need to learn some French since head…[continue reading]

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