2009 was expected to the be year that Toronto FC turned the corner and really made a splash in Major League Soccer. The moves were made to get local star Dwayne De Rosario at the start of the season and things looked promising early on but midway through the first full month of action manager John Carver stepped down and [...]
While last night’s game in Seattle got the playoffs started with a 0-0 bang, the rest of the playoff clubs get ready to join the Dynamo and Sounders in the fun. One series kicks off tomorrow night while the other two wait it out for Sunday. For a brief thought about last night’s game here I thought it was one [...]
Like we didn’t see this news coming at the start of the 2009 season. Chicago Fire designated player Cuauhtemoc Blanco stated he would not return next year after his contract ended this season and he has made good (for now) on that word. Reports out of Mexico say that the Fire star has signed with his old club Veracruz for [...]
There isn’t much tonight for the evening links and thoughts. Got some USL-TOA talk and a brief thought about Kevin Payne’s fine from the league earlier today. But first there we gotta go back into the TOA-USL talk that we’ve been going around and around with for the last few weeks. Reports tonight suggest the TOA and their clubs could [...]
Last week I threw out some names that you may have already heard in line for next year’s MLS SuperDraft and I am back today with a few more. I hope to start making this list at least a twice a month deal up until the draft in January. The response was good from everyone so let’s keep it up [...]
Here’s some interesting news about Vancouver’s expansion bid that most may not know of yet. They will have to play in two different stadiums in their first year in Major League Soccer in 2011. The Vancouver Sun is reporting today that due to the renovations to BC Place the expansion Whitecaps (or whatever they will be called) will also play [...]
The playoffs are finally here and tonight they kickoff with a bang up in the Pacific Northwest as the Houston Dynamo travel to Qwest Field to face the Seattle Sounders FC in a big first leg western conference semi-final series. Seattle comes into the playoffs as one of the league’s hottest teams and with the opening game at Qwest you [...]
The bandwagon was getting bigger for this club going into 2009. Many folks had hoped this was the year the Kansas City Wizards would get over the hump and make a big splash in the eastern conference. But 2009 didn’t go as planned like some in Kansas City had hoped. The team stumbled out of the gate losing their first [...]
Don’t you just love it when you begin something and think you are close to finishing when you realize you are better off starting all over again? I’ve had that happen here with what I thought was going to be a new look for this place. I had spent a couple weeks on a new design when I just basically [...]
Leave it to those Brits to come up with some wacky games. Damn this is cool.
This whole USL-TOA situation continues to take a turn for the worse. Today reports out of the Great White North say that both 2009 USL finalists Montreal Impact and the Vancouver Whitecaps will not be coming back to the USL in 2010. In a radio interview in Montreal, Alex Papadakis confirmed that neither of the Canadian based clubs would be [...]
It’s hard to decline as a club after being an expansion team in 2008 but the 2009 version of the San Jose Earthquakes did just that. They became the first team to lose more in their second season than in their expansion season. The only difference is this version of the Quakes are actually improving. After a load of failed [...]
Nothing is in store for tonight’s evening links and thoughts. Its been a busy day around these parts and I felt like taking the night off. I’ll be back tomorrow with more season recaps and a few other things! – Drew
I just got word from the FC Dallas front office that Michael Hitchcock is out as General Manager. A letter was sent to season ticket holders with the news. In the letter Clark lays out the plan to replace Hitchcock, which includes President John Wagner officially taking over full control operations. In addition FCD will look to hire a Technical [...]
Several clubs are getting in the marketing mood for the playoffs. New England, Columbus and Houston all released promotional videos today. Once other clubs release their videos I will post them here. Enjoy. Columbus Crew: Houston Dynamo: New England Revolution:
