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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…[continue reading]

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…[continue reading]

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…[continue reading]

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…[continue reading]

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…[continue reading]

Most teams took the week off except for ones up in the northeast. Not a real surprise since most clubs are in pre-season mode right now and are zoning in on a roster that they all want. Some still have some trialists left in camp and we will see this week more likely if any…[continue reading]

Just a small update before I head off for the weekend. I’ve heard some rumbles and then saw over on Goff’s blog that the New England Revolution are close to signing a couple Costa Ricans, two that were mentioned before on here. Anyways, the Revs are close to finalizing the purchase of Costa Rican forward…[continue reading]

Now that we all know that Philadelphia will be named the MLS’s 16 club, its time to start figuring out what to call them. With the 15th club set to reveal its name in the next couple of weeks up in Seattle (word has it they want to be called Emerald City Greens or something…[continue reading]

Don’t get too excited Red Bulls fans. Demo Kovalenko wasn’t traded to the Chicago Fire for Wilham Conde last night in the late night trade. No, he was traded to Real Salt Lake for an undisclosed 2010 draft pick. Kovalenko’s trade is a salary cap kind of deal along with his performance in pre-season. He…[continue reading]

Part three of whatever here leading up to the first Power Rankings of the season here on WVHooligan.com. Lots of good debate yesterday through comments and email on the defense side of things, and even better was the keeper discussion. Today we zero in on the midfielders and later on today I may even post…[continue reading]