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Just saw this post over on Steve Goff’s blog. Marcello Gallardo is no longer a member of DC United. D.C. United General Manager Dave Kasper has confirmed that Argentine midfielder Marcelo Gallardo will not return to the club. The sides reached agreement this morning to break ties, allowing Gallardo to return to the Argentine league.…[continue reading]

I think this could be the best non-draft pick for any club this month. The New England Revolution signed UMass keeper Zach Simmons to a contract today. Simmons was viewed as one of the better keepers in the draft but with the lack of a need for keepers this year he went unselected. More than…[continue reading]

Boy seeing these videos of FC Dallas in preseason training…well running…makes me wish I were a little more in shape these days. I don’t think I could run like they do anymore, maybe a few years ago yes but definitely not now. Preseason Fitness Testing from FC Dallas on Vimeo.

Twenty players, nearly all MLSers, have been invited to USA training camp starting tomorrow in Carson. Foreign-based players will be added in the days leading to the USA-Mexico World Cup qualifier Feb. 11 in Columbus. More than likely a lot of these MLS guys won’t be on the final roster. Just a hunch. GOALKEEPERS: Jon…[continue reading]

US Soccer president Sunil Gulati has scheduled a conference call for Monday to announce US Soccer’s bid intentions for the upcoming FIFA World Cups. He will reveal which World Cup U.S. Soccer will make a bid for (2018 and/or 2022). The USSF is set to bid on both World Cups. The US has been considered a…[continue reading]

Add LA in the mix for Bobby Convey. Earlier this month we talked about San Jose’s interest in the midfielder. SBI is reporting this evening the Galaxy are also interested to try to bring the injury prone midfielder to the Home Depot Center. LA is looking at the growing possibility that both Landon Donvan and…[continue reading]

The more the man scores for AC Milan the more people on this side of the world wonder.

This is unofficial but based on a couple trades that have happened recently, plus some signings that have taken place a few of you have asked me to update the Allocation List for this year. Remember it is based on order of finish from the previous year. Any expansion team will start at the top.…[continue reading]

With the release of the 2009 MLS schedule I noticed a couple good things and some bad things. The league is back to an odd number of teams which makes scheduling tough to begin with. Throw in the number of international games that US team will have to do this year (Gold Cup, Confederations Cup,…[continue reading]

Consider DC midfielder Marcello Gallardo a goner in DC. The club released this statement just a bit ago (via Steve Goff). “We’ve spoken with Marcelo at length about his desire to continue his career in Argentina and expect resolution of the issue in the coming days.” Any doubters out there that think Gallardo will stay?…[continue reading]