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File this under “we’ve heard this before”. New York Red Bulls manager Hans Backe made a sweeping declaration yesterday to reporters while in Mexico. He plans to go all-in this season. “I say we should go for it all: the Open Cup, the Shield, the MLS Cup,” Backe told reporters in a conference call on…[continue reading]

The 2012 MLS SuperDraft has come and gone. With only two rounds this year, the draft flew by like never before. There were no trades during the draft to make it interesting and overall, there weren’t too many surprises. I figured I would give it almost a day before I came back with my draft…[continue reading]

The 2012 Generation adidas class is a little more than half way there. Before Christmas we had Darren Mattocks (Akron), Chandler Hoffman (UCLA), Andrew Wenger (Duke) and Sam Garza (UCSB) sign their GA deals with the league. It appears one more can be added to that list in the form of UCLA midfielder Kelyn Rowe.…[continue reading]

Another top striker considering skipping MLS for the prizes in Europe? It sure seems that way. According to Soccer By Ives, Akron sophomore Darren Mattocks is considering to pass on the proposed Generation adidas deal that the league is offering him to go to Europe. The Jamaican-born striker is said to be fielding offers from…[continue reading]

The on and off again story of former US International Lee Nguyen to Major League Soccer can finally take a rest, he has signed with the league. The 25-year old midfielder declared this news over the weekend via his Twitter feed. Nguyen has played primarily attacking positions and scored 14 goals in 29 V-League matches.…[continue reading]

Next year will certainly be interesting in Major League Soccer. SBNation is reporting this afternoon that the league intends on returning to an unbalanced schedule in 2012 with the addition of Montreal as the league’s 19th club. Anyone paying attention to the current crop of season-ticket renewal requests that have been sent out in recent…[continue reading]

Former Michigan standout and the 2010 NCAA leading scorer Soony Saad has signed a contract with Major League Soccer this past weekend. Saad will be made available in a weighted lottery on Tuesday. Four teams will not be available for this lottery as they won previous lotteries this season. Columbus (Korey Veeder), Real Salt Lake (Cody Arnoux), the San Jose…[continue reading]

By Geoff Reid This past week has not been the best for Sky Sports back in England, with the sacking of long time expert Andy Gray, and the resignation of Richard Keys for off air comments made about female assistant referee, Sian Massey, during last Saturday’s Wolves versus Liverpool Premiership match. Now, as someone who…[continue reading]

For several clubs this is the midway point of the season. The rest are one or two games away from being halfway home for the year with one exception in Philadelphia who are three games away from that mark. The last month and a half since my last update have seen some shifts in the…[continue reading]