Jan
21

Grella On Trial In England


Here is yet another story of a guy that is passing on MLS who just finished up college. Now former Duke forward Mike Grella passed at signing a MLS contract to look elsewhere for work. Obviously rookie salary wasn’t going to cut it for Grella (and who can blame him). Instead he is trying to…[continue reading]

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Jan
20

Expansion Announcement In March?


At least this website (who’s sources aren’t named) says something should be announced by mid-March. Its more than anything from anyone else at this point on MLS Expansion. According to the article MLS Senior Vice-President Dan Courtemance said a formal announcement was expected to be made late last year but as of today we are…[continue reading]

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Jan
20

Donovan Doing Well With Bayern


What can I say, I am a bit gitty about this news. For one I am a long-time Bayern Munich fan and secondly I want to see Landon Donovan do well outside of the US. So for me this kind of news is a win-win. The U.S. national team star came off the bench and…[continue reading]

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Jan
20

Philly Stadium Model


While some still seem to think two clubs will start next year (which they won’t), the club that was elected to begin play next season unveiled new models for its soccer stadium. Yeah, nothing like some stadium models to kick off the day. Photo via MLSPhilly2010.com. What do ya make of it? Looks like a…[continue reading]

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Jan
19

ESPN Boots Primetime MLS

ESPN Boots Primetime MLS

The weekly MLS Primetime Thursday is now no more, or for at least the time being it is no more. The World Wide Leader decided today to cut the weekly telecast of the American soccer league citing its lack of ratings as a problem. “We didn’t see the kind of ratings climb we’d like to,…[continue reading]

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Jan
17

Update: Ranking Expansion Hopefuls

Update: Ranking Expansion Hopefuls

We started a few months ago with seven hopefuls. Now we are looking at just five. Montreal cooled their jets about MLS expansion back at MLS Cup  and Atlanta did the same last week during the SuperDraft. Five cities remain in what is starting to sound like a nasty episode of Survivor. Portland, Vancouver, Ottawa,…[continue reading]

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Jan
16

Convey to San Jose?

Convey to San Jose?

While some think Bobby Convey will end up in some Scandinavian league this year, others think he could very well end up back in MLS. Center Line Soccer is reporting that the San Jose Earthquakes are becoming a strong suitor for the midfielder. According to a source with knowledge of the negotiations, the Quakes are…[continue reading]

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Jan
16

WVH Draft Grades

WVH Draft Grades

Teams drafted yesterday as we all know. Some did much better than others. While we expect to see some draft picks traded away and clubs move above the other in order to snap the guy they wanted most early in the draft, it ended up not being the case. Both Toronto and Seattle dangled their…[continue reading]

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Jan
15

Atlanta Pulls Out Of Expansion Race


And then there was five. Major League Soccer won’t be coming to Atlanta in 2011. Arthur Blank and his group pulled out of the expansion race today saying they couldn’t commit to play in time for the 2011 season. Honestly I never saw Atlanta as a player in this race, nor do I really see…[continue reading]

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Jan
15

Draft Day In Photos


What can I say, I love photos, even when they are cheesy shots. I figured some would want to see these photos so here they are. Draft Day in Photos if you will (all photos courtesy of Getty Images). If you were at the Draft and have photos, please feel free to email me them…if…[continue reading]

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