WVHooligan.com – MLS Blog

Yeah I know I’ve been a little off the last couple days with game dates…no excuses but I just wanted to drop a note that I will be out for the rest of the weekend while family is in town. While soccer is important family is first…see you all on Monday.

Kind of hard to believe we are already five weekends into the new season. For those keeping score at home after this week we will be a sixth of the way through the season…well for most clubs at least. Another six game weekend slate for us, with four on Saturday and two for Sunday kicks.…[continue reading]

As promised earlier in the week…

EDIT: Yeah I goofed and realized the game was on the wrong day…sorry folks…my brain is in another place right now… I love a good rivalry, and yes I am one that still finds any of the eastern clubs against one another an interesting rivalry. I especially love it when we get one of the…[continue reading]

Ah just when you think Montreal will never be in Major League Soccer and stay a USL-1 side forever, think again. According to The Canadian Press, Montreal Impact owner Joey Saputo is seeking $25 million in government funding to expand its stadium and strengthen its bid for a MLS club. “It’s something we never looked…[continue reading]

Well, that was kind of quick. Just a short while after posting about the potential issues that could surround BC Place and it’s renovation to include a retractable roof are now somewhat resolved. The NDP who was threatening to take the roof renovations off the menu have claimed that it was a “Liberal lie.” The…[continue reading]

I was just handed this link to a blog that I’ve never seen before but quickly became a fan of after a few articles. The main reason why I was lead there was due to a story on the Vancouver Whitecaps stadium situation for Major League Soccer. Yes, there is a potential issue with BC…[continue reading]

I believe we’ve mentioned this possible deal before, though it was probably a couple months ago. The Houston Dynamo have finally announced the signing of Canadian defender Andrew Hainault from Czech Republic side FK SIAD Most today. The 22-year-old defender had been training with the club since the pre-season but a dispute over his ITC…[continue reading]

While rookies have been doing well this year so far, so have the list of newcomers to the league that aren’t rookies. It seems like last year we talked at length about the lack of positive newcomers until the summer months when guys like Darren Huckerby came into town for the San Jose Earthquakes. This…[continue reading]

Yup, the big ceremony was today. Red Bulls New York hosted a very American kind of thing (though other parts of the world probably do it as well), a topping off ceremony. The final piece of steel being secured in place signifies a key milestone in the construction process for Red Bull Arena. It is…[continue reading]