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Its been a day of trades for Toronto FC. The club has sent three players packing while picking up two new ones. Where to begin you may ask? I suppose I’ll go for the bigger of the two. Toronto picked up midfielder and Canadian Terry Dunfield from Vancouver in exchange for allocation money and future considerations.…[continue reading]

Some of you may not realize this but I’m a big backer of breast cancer awareness. I’ve had family members affected by this disease and even lost my mother-in-law last year to it. So when I see companies like Puma supporting it I have no problem giving them a little hype when they do good…[continue reading]

While some folks will be focused on the World Football Challenge matches that are set to begin, or the opening of the last Harry Potter film, others will be concerned with the week 18 slate in Major League Soccer. Yup, its a pretty full one indeed this weekend too. Only Toronto FC is off this…[continue reading]

The New York Red Bull goalkeeper issue has been a well documented thing all season long. The Red Bulls announced today the signing of veteran goalkeeper Frank Rost. Rost comes to New York after playing in the German Bundesliga for nearly 20 years. But the kicker in all of this, Rost will be New York’s…[continue reading]

In a meaningless friendly last night between the San Jose Earthquakes and West Brom, rookie keeper David Bingham got his time in goal and made it count. In the third minute of the match, Bingham cleared the ball from his box and one-bounced the WBA keeper for the games first goal. Crazy stuff.

We’re at the midway point here in the MLS season and the transfer window for the summer is nearly set to open. I figured it would be a good time to look at each team quickly to see the needs that each need as we gear towards the playoff push. A lot of teams are…[continue reading]

Mustapha Jarju. You got that name? Alright. Learn it because he’s MLS’s newest Designated Player today as Vancouver announced the signing of the 24-year old Gambian striker today. Jarju joins Whitecaps FC after three successful seasons with Belgian club Royal Albert-Elisabeth Club (RAEC) de Mons. During the 2010-11 season, the 24-year-old scored 25 goals and…[continue reading]

Reinforcements could be on their way to Vancouver. The club is set to make a “major” announcement this morning. Yeah I know what you all are thinking with the word major in quotes but this one seems fairly straight forward here. Marc Weber of The Providence is reporting the club is set to sign a…[continue reading]

We’re starting to get to that point in the season where the movement in the Power Rankings goes down. Not a whole lot of changes from top to bottom this week. The good teams are still good while the bad teams are still bad. I know that is a terrible and yet a general statement…[continue reading]

On Sunday, Major League Soccer announced the First XI for the 2011 MLS All-Star Game during the halftime of the Portland-Seattle game. Of the 11 named, seven of them came from two teams, the Los Angeles Galaxy and the New York Red Bulls. The usual suspects headline the roster as Landon Donovan, Thierry Henry, David…[continue reading]