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As expected the Seattle Sounders FC selected 10 players from a large pool of unprotected players today. (EDIT: Sorry for the delay in this, traveling yestery kept me from being able to post this as these results came down while I was in the air. Plus I wasn’t done with my flying until late, but…[continue reading]

Post for the next couple days will be very few and far between (if any at all). I will be traveling from Dallas to West Virginia this evening for the Thanksgiving holiday. On Black Friday I will be heading to Washington DC for the weekend and into the first of next week. Again, there won’t…[continue reading]

The unprotected lists are out from every MLS club and now it is time to play that wonder speculation game about who Seattle Sounders FC will pick in tomorrow’s draft. Of course there will be a couple trades tomorrow in the draft. A lot of early speculation surrounding a couple picks are already filling the…[continue reading]

The 2008 Expansion Draft is a day and change away. Teams had to submit protected/unprotected lists to the league office earlier this afternoon. Results of those lists are as below in terms of who Seattle can select if they decide to. A few good names out there, some they will select and others they won’t…[continue reading]

Another trade to discuss. San Jose Earthquakes have sent forward Jovan Kirvoski to the LA Galaxy. Details are still coming down about the trade, once I hear what they are I will pass it along to you. My bet he is in exchange for a late round draft pick or just plain ol’ allocation. UPDATE:…[continue reading]

Montreal owner Joey Saputo told the press today that he and his ownership group still want in Major League Soccer but just not at any price. So in a way it did come down to the money after all. “I’m disappointed — the bid was taken out without explanation,” said Saputo. “Does MLS really want…[continue reading]

Let the trades begin. The Kansas City Wizards have traded for New England Revolution forward Adam Cristman in exchange for a 2009 SuperDraft 3rd round draft pick and an allocation. The Revs needed to dump a little salary from what I’ve heard on their end and it never hurts to get a little allocation money…[continue reading]

Today is a deadline day in Major League Soccer. By 3 pm ET (2pm CT) all 14 clubs will have submitted their protected/unprotected lists to the league office for Wednesday’s Expansion Draft for new club Seattle Sounders FC. Before submitting their list, teams had a three hour window to make trades. The window closed at…[continue reading]

As we all heard on Friday at the Commissioner’s Address, Montreal backed out of the MLS expansion race for this round of expansion. Or did they? Reports out of Canada suggest that some communication between the two parties was not good in the weeks leading up to Commissioner Don Garber’s announcement about their dropped bid.…[continue reading]

It was no mystery to how the Columbus Crew won the 2008 MLS Cup. The 17 wins in the regular season were no fluke. This club was just that damn good. From the offense of MVP Guillermo Barros Schelotto and Aljeandro Moreno to the defense of MLS Defender of the Year Chad Marshall and MLS…[continue reading]