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Wow. If Major League Soccer was looking for a serious deep pocket for the St. Louis bid they may have gotten it. Today Anheuser-Busch has joined Jeff Cooper and his group to get a MLS club in the Gateway City. “It’s huge. It’s a turning point,” Cooper said. “This commitment brings a lot of credibility…[continue reading]

Some very cool bits of info here this morning. Thanks to a good buddy of mine in the TV industry for sending me a link on this last night about some new visual tricks that will be used this year for MLS games on TV. Basically what I was being told was later talked about…[continue reading]

Today is the big day out west in Portland. The city will vote on whether or not the Timbers will get that lovely “promotion” to MLS. We all know Portland is pretty much in at this point but should this vote go badly tonight they could see their way out of things. But for hype-sake…[continue reading]

Almost near the end of our season previews here. Today we head out west yet again for the last of the California clubs with a visit to San Jose. The Quakes are in year two, and while expectations aren’t sky high the Quake fans probably expect a solid turnaround from their last place finish a…[continue reading]

Juan Carlos Osorio’s makeover of his defense continues today with the signing of Spanish World Cup midfielder Albert Celades. The defensive midfielder has seen time with both Real Madrid and Barcelona. Both Brad Lewis and SBI are reporting that the deal has been done between Celades and the Red Bulls. Celades was in New York…[continue reading]

Lots of love surrounding Red Bull Arena today. A couple great video previews of a tour recently given at the new digs of the Red Bulls. Plus for those with tickets in the area, you can now virtually view your seats in amazing 3D! Woo! Anyways, here are three video tours of the place.

Claudio Suarez sees his time up as a professional soccer player. Today he announced his retirement after 21 seasons. “I retire satisfied because I know that I always gave everything I had on the field,” said Suarez. Chivas USA loses a great defender but let’s get real honest here too, they just got a lot…[continue reading]

Time once again for a new poll here at WVH. Today we continue our season preview with a poll of the eastern conference. Who’s gonna win the eastern crown this year? Can Columbus repeat? Or will a new dog appear like New York or Toronto? Will DC or New England return to the top? Or…[continue reading]

Yikes! 3rdDegree is reporting that FC Dallas has sold LESS THAN 5000 tickets for next weekend’s season opener against Brimstone Cup rival Chicago. Less than 5000 folks. In a 20,000+ seat stadium that is no good. Because of this 3rdDegree also mentions that General Manager Michael Hitchcock was removed from responsibility for ticket sales. With…[continue reading]

Ah, time to continue on with our 2009 season previews. Today we head out to Rio Tinto Stadium to preview the always interesting Real Salt Lake. This club was an eye-lash away from reaching the MLS Cup a season ago, now Jason Kreis has his crew ready to go for the new season. 2008 record…[continue reading]