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Some very interesting details have come to light this morning thanks to Soccer America. They were able to get their hands on some pretty detailed information on the league’s new re-entry draft that is set to begin the day after the 2010 MLS Cup in Toronto. The new system begins on November 23 and will…[continue reading]

Major League Soccer continues to pump out quality young talent once again. Seven MLS youngsters (eight if you count Omar Salgado) were called into the U.S. Under-20 national team camp for the upcoming participation in the Torneo de las Americas later this month. The U.S. team will face Colombia on Nov. 26th and Mexico on Nov.…[continue reading]

The old saying goes if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it. We’ll unfortunately that isn’t true in the MLS playoff structure as it is severely broken. We knew the possibility was there for an all western conference final again this season with six of the eight playoff teams coming from west of the Mississippi River.…[continue reading]

It looks like Major League Soccer and the Vancouver Whitecaps will butt heads even more over Cody Arnoux. I talked yesterday about how Vancouver was wanting to have Arnoux on their 2011 MLS roster after signing him to a deal during their final D-2 season in 2010. The Vancouver Sun is reporting this morning that…[continue reading]

There should have been no surprised in the MLS Defender of the Year award race and really we knew it would come down to one RSL player over another. Jamison Olave takes home the award over teammate Nat Borchers and LA Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez today. The 29-year-old Colombian, helped anchor a backline for RSL that…[continue reading]

Boy these last couple days have been busy for me here and these Expansion Draft lists are taking longer than I expected to pump out. Anyways, I’ve wrapped up the Chicago Fire’s list today. So far I’ve gone through Chivas USA, D.C. United, the Philadelphia Union, the Houston Dynamo, and the New England Revolution. For those curious about…[continue reading]

We’ve discussed this topic before. The Vancouver Whitecaps are still hoping to have Cody Arnoux on their roster for next year for their first season in Major League Soccer. The MLS front office continues to think that Arnoux should be placed in either a weighted lottery or the MLS SuperDraft in January. All of this…[continue reading]

By Geoff Reid Group E Basel vs Roma from St. Jakob-Park, Basel This group looks to have it’s winner all set in Bayern Munchen walking away with the lead, while the other three teams are all level on three points each. This makes today’s clash between the Swiss champions, and Claudio Ranieri’s boys all the…[continue reading]

Is it me or do things seem to be getting worse for Chivas USA? Well after Martin Vasquez was canned it seemed only natural that some change would happen but the news this morning that President and CEO Shawn Hunter stepping down makes it appear that things are going downhill more than we thought. Hunter…[continue reading]

The first of the MLS season awards have been handed out and one may be a surprise to some. Today the league announced that LA Galaxy keeper Donovan Ricketts is the 2010 Goalkeeper of the Year and that D.C. United midfielder Andy Najar is the league’s Rookie of the Year. Najar appeared in 26 games…[continue reading]