A lot of speculation over the last week or so about a number of LA Galaxy players who would be on the chopping block for a trade or a release. According to what a couple of sources tell me this afternoon, LA has traded Kevin Harmse to Toronto FC. Not that I don’t trust who’s telling me this but I [...]
Really a TGIF kind of day for this Hooligan. Not a whole lot going on at the moment as most teams are out of the country or on their way out of the country for some pre-season camps. Couldn’t come at a better time for me since the lady-hooligan in my life has her birthday this weekend. So what exactly [...]
…or so we think. Goff is reporting that Roberto Mina is staying with FC Dallas and has signed a one year deal with the club. Not that I doubt Goff, neither does Buzz over at 3rdDegree, but we both still kind of question this due ot the amount of international spots that Dallas has on their roster. Buzz has a [...]
While we have seen a heist of a trade go down this morning between San Jose and Toronto, other clubs are either watching the MLS in Philly announcement or are trying desperately to finalize deals to get salary cap compliant by Monday’s deadline. Monday is the MLS deadline for teams to be compliant with the salary cap, as well as [...]
Well over night a rumor became true. Toronto FC traded midfielder Ronnie O’Brien to San Jose for a major allocation and San Jose’s No. 1 draft pick in next year’s SuperDraft. This is is a pretty big trade for both sides as it gives the Earthquakes their first actual offensive player and strong midfield play on the flank. Toronto clears [...]
Just when I thought I wasn’t going to hear about it today, I get a friendly phone call to tell me otherwise. The MLS will announce Philadelphia as the league’s 16th team at 2pm on tomorrow at Turbine Hall in Chester, PA. MLS commissioner Don Garber and members of the Philadelphia expansion group will be in attendance for the event. [...]
Another small move of note this afternoon in the MLS. No SuperLiga news and no news in Philly about an expansion club (damn red tape delaying that). But a trade is done and ready to discuss… The Columbus Crew have finally acquired a foreign forward, though however its not through a transfer like many would have hoped. The Ohio club [...]
Not a huge news day so far but I am working on a couple things for you all. I did want to pass on the info that I got late last night (wasn’t able to post due to lousy internet here at the house). Anyways, Real Salt Lake added another striker by signing Scottish forward Kenny Deuchar. The 6-foot-3 striker [...]
U.S. Under-23 national team coach Peter Nowak has named a 24-man roster for next month’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Jozy Altidore and Freddy Adu were a couple of the bigger names released. Some will be surprised that Michael Bradley isn’t on this roster but things couple change before the games kickoff in March down in Tampa. I am under the impression [...]
Tom Hicks and George Gillett are reportedly ready to sell EPL side Liverpool just a year after buying the club. I guess Hicks and Gillett realized that the EPL is much tougher than any league they’ve ever dealt with before. But if a deal does go through to sale Liverpool, should the two gozillionaires move their money to a MLS [...]
A fair amount of talk up north today that Toronto FC is looking to deal the oft-injured Ronnie O’Brien. Some are saying that the expansion side San Jose will be the trade partners for O’Brien in this deal. No word on what Toronto would get in return other than allocation or draft picks. Its probably best for both sides really [...]
Last of the power ranking installments before the main club version in a week or so here. Today we get the coaches. Just as the days before, keep up the discussion. I’ve been critical and so have you, which is what makes this all fun here before the season starts. 1. Houston: You win the MLS Cup two years and [...]
We’ve all known that since the old Earthquakes became Houston 1836 and then-and-now the Dynamo that their parent company (and MLS savior to some) AEG would eventually sell off the club to another group. The league wants it to happen as soon as possible, AEG wants to do it as soon as possible but it appears that they are going [...]
We’ve heard it many times over the past couple months. Argentine forward Claudio Lopez coming to the MLS for some club’s designated player tag. For a while we didn’t know which club as names bounded around from DC to Dallas to Colorado but one finally seemed to stick, Kansas City. I’ve waited around a little bit to even talk about [...]
Monday mornin’ to you all. Hope everyone had a nice weekend. Time to continue the series in power rankings leading up to the first WVH Power Rankings of the 2008 season. Today it is all about scoring with the forwards. Discussion has been good so keep it up on this. I’m sure this bunch will be no different than the [...]
