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Just when you think the MLS Discipline Committee isn’t going to strike this week, the hammer comes down and comes down hard. MLS DC has suspended FC Dallas midfielder Brek Shea for three games and fined him an undisclosed amount for deliberately kicking the ball at an assistant referee in the 24th minute of the game…[continue reading]

For some odd – very odd – reason the new week gets started a day earlier than normal. I won’t spend a ton of time with this as I have things to do before this game kicks off. Tonight’s game should be a fun one though. Portland Timbers at Houston Dynamo: John Spencer makes a…[continue reading]

Remember when I said there would be more friendlies announced in the coming days for this summer? Well, today was one of those days. Aston Villa of the EPL announced their summer tour including stops in Portland, Chicago and Philadelphia. Pretty cool. Another EPL side, Chelsea, also will be coming over to the States when…[continue reading]

Each season in Major League Soccer there are a number of players that seemingly come out of nowhere to enjoy a big season. A couple years ago it was Chris Wondolowski to last season with Dominic Oduro finally finding his way in the Windy City with the Fire. Obviously it is always hard to tell…[continue reading]

Yeah, I’ve been getting beat up a bit on Twitter and through email today about my team grades for this winter. Again, I’ll revisit those later on to have a final grade. Obviously this kind of news will impact it. The Portland Timbers announced on Friday that forward José Adolfo Valencia will undergo surgery to repair…[continue reading]

Yesterday I took a look at the 10 clubs from the Eastern Conference in how they’ve done so far this winter. Naturally right after the post was put up one of those clubs went out and signed a DP. Today, we’ll look at the nine clubs from the Western Conference to see how they’ve been…[continue reading]

It has been one of those days. First the Sebastien Le Toux trade now these two stories. First up is former US youth phenom Charles Renken has been signed by the Portland Timbers. The Timbers got the youth star off of waivers somehow. Yes waivers. So far me and probably a half dozen other writers…[continue reading]

Last day of the transfer window makes for a fun day. Two big(ish) points of news on this Monday afternoon. 1. The Portland Timbers have signed their third DP, Scottish striker Kris Boyd. A big stinkin’ signing. 2. Faryd Mondragon has left Philadelphia to return to Colombia. Union now down to one keeper in Zac…[continue reading]