WVHooligan.com – MLS Blog

By Geoff Reid Roma vs Shakhtar Donetsk from the Stadio Olimpico, Rome Not one of the most glamorous ties on paper for various reasons, it should be an interesting one nonetheless. The hosts are coming off two defeats in a row, and their first home defeat since April 2010 with a 2-0 loss to Napoli.…[continue reading]

UPDATE: For the most recent order, click here. I’m trying to stay on top of things as I’ve already gotten a couple emails about this. Now that D.C. United have used their allocation order spot on Charlie Davies, we now have a new leader in the clubhouse. Dallas did not receive the top spot in…[continue reading]

The long road to recovery has an official stop for striker Charlie Davies. Today, D.C. United announced the 12-month loan deal for the striker from French side FC Sochaux. “We are really pleased to have concluded a deal that will bring Charlie to United,” D.C. United General Manager Dave Kasper said in a release. “Charlie spent…[continue reading]

Okay, one final lottery. Today marked what hopefully is the final player lottery/draft of the 2011 offseason with the weighted player lottery for 19-year-old Korey Veeder. Four clubs went into the draft, Toronto FC (45.52 percent) had the best chance at acquiring the US Under-20 prospect followed by the Seattle Sounders (24.83 percent), the Columbus…[continue reading]

Props to my colleague Daniel Robertson at BigDSoccer.com for finding this out first today. Talk today at FC Dallas camp is that defender Heath Pearce has been traded. Its uncomfirmed at the moment, but it appears the club has sent Pearce to Chivas USA. Pearce was apparently saying goodbye to teammates today at training. No…[continue reading]

By Geoff Reid The world’s best club competition returns today with two very tasty first leg match-ups, and this is where it really starts to get exciting seeing the big boys go against each other. Today, we see AC Milan hosting Tottenham, and Raul making his return to Spain with Schalke taking on Valencia. AC…[continue reading]

Another day, another Major League Soccer lottery. Today’s lottery was a fairly quick one as only three clubs participated for the rights to land former US U-18 striker Chris Agorsor. The Philadelphia Union beat out the two expansion clubs, the Portland Timbers and the Vancouver Whitecaps. The other 13 lottery-eligible clubs opted out of this…[continue reading]

The NASL may have won the rights to being called a Division 2 league over the weekend, however a hammer was hit on the small league as the USSF said the five American clubs would not be eligible to play in this year’s edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. During a conference call with reporters…[continue reading]

Oh let the debate rage on. New York Red Bull manager Hans Backe stated over the weekend to the New York Post that his main goal for the season is a Supporter’s Shield trophy, not a MLS Cup. “My target is to win the Shield. I think we’re good enough to compete with the best…[continue reading]

This could be a very nice pickup for Jason Kreis. Today striker Cody Arnoux was placed in a weighted lottery and Real Salt Lake came out on top. RSL only had to beat out five other clubs as only Houston, Columbus, Seattle, Portland and Vancouver participated in the lottery with them. RSL had the forth…[continue reading]