Oct
30

Season Recaps: Toronto FC

Season Recaps: Toronto FC

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…[continue reading]

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Oct
30

Playoff Preview: Weekend First Legs


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…[continue reading]

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Oct
29

Blanco Headed Home After MLS Playoffs

Blanco Headed Home After MLS Playoffs

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…[continue reading]

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Oct
29

Evening Links and Thoughts: TOA, Payne Comments and more

Evening Links and Thoughts: TOA, Payne Comments and more

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…[continue reading]

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Oct
29

College Players To Watch For 2010 Draft (Round 2)

College Players To Watch For 2010 Draft (Round 2)

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…[continue reading]

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Oct
29

Vancouver Using Two Stadiums In 2011?

Vancouver Using Two Stadiums In 2011?

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…[continue reading]

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Oct
29

Playoff Preview: Dynamo at Sounders


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…[continue reading]

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Oct
29

Season Recaps: Kansas City Wizards


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…[continue reading]

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Oct
28

Evening Links and Thoughts: Playoffs, Attendance, and more

Evening Links and Thoughts: Playoffs, Attendance, and more

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…[continue reading]

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Oct
28

Soccer + Rock Band = Crazy Awesome


Leave it to those Brits to come up with some wacky games. Damn this is cool.

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