Season Commercials Are Out, SKC Steps Up
Clubs around the league are starting to release their season commercials. Sporting Kansas City has a pretty cool ad that showcases their new stadium along with some highlights of last season.
Feb
02
Grading The Offseason: Eastern Conference
Many clubs are a few weeks into their pre-seasons and now that the international transfer window has shut, it is a good time to look at how each MLS side has done so far this winter. (Note: the MLS window doesn’t close until April, which means players who failed to land new jobs in Europe…[continue reading]
Jan
20
Where Things Are At For Final Four Sponsor-less Kits
When the Chicago Fire announced Quaker Oats as their new jersey sponsor earlier this week (I swear that one is growing on me by the day), the news left four clubs without a sponsor. The Colorado Rapids, the Columbus Crew, FC Dallas and Sporting Kansas City all have holes in their jerseys – well metaphorically…[continue reading]
Dec
02
Sporting KC Trades For Bobby Convey
You have to like what some clubs are doing right now. This week has been a big week of trades as clubs get ready for the First Stage of the Re-Entry Draft next week. Today another trade came down the pipe – and while others haven’t been as big – this one certainly has the…[continue reading]
Nov
28
Sinovic Traded Back To Kansas City For Arnaud
Just when Sporting Kansas City thought they lost defender Seth Sinovic, they get him back. Today Sporting and the Montreal Impact worked out a little deal to send the expansion draft pick back to Kansas City, along with allocation money, for veteran defender Davy Arnuad. The 31-year old Arnaud, played 10 seasons for Sporting Kansas…[continue reading]
Nov
08
CJ Sapong Named 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year
When voting came out for the end-of-year awards in Major League Soccer – one award was simple to vote on – the Rookie of the Year. MLS announced that Sporting Kansas City forward C.J. Sapong has been named 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year. Sapong appeared in all 34 of Sporting’s regular season games and…[continue reading]
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Nov
07
2011 Expansion Draft List: Sporting Kansas City
Starting the year with a 10 game road trip – and 11 of their first 12 games on the road – expectations weren’t high for Sporting Kansas City. The old Wizards turned into Sporting had a new look, name and stadium in 2011. As the year went on it was pretty clear that Sporting was…[continue reading]
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Nov
04
2011 MLS Cup Playoffs, Conference Finals: Picks
So I went three for four in the semifinals with my picks. Real Salt Lake knocked out Seattle in what was a very entertaining series. The other three were good as well, but the conference finals should be very good to watch. We’re down to three more games this season – the Conference finals on…[continue reading]
Sep
22
Sporting KC Vs. Philadelphia Union: Defense Is Key
Here is a little story I wrote for SBNation.com earlier today. Tomorrow’s Sporting KC-Philadelphia game has so many meanings behind it but for me the defense is the biggest key for both club’s success. This game has the makings of being totally open in the offense if the defenses fail to show up.
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Sep
21
An Idea For A Few MLS Teams
My pal Daniel over at BigDSoccer.com just posted this photo on his twitter feed. Valencia of La Liga in Spain did this clever jersey sponsor idea of promoting their brand online instead of having a big time sponsor. I’d say for clubs like FC Dallas, the Colorado Rapids, the Columbus Crew, Sporting Kansas City and…[continue reading]
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