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Everyone loves a good dark horse story in sports. MLS is no different really as in each season there always seems to be a player that comes from no where to win the MLS MVP race. We saw that in the past with guys like David Ferreira in 2010 and nearly saw it last year…[continue reading]

I’ve been sitting on this post for almost a week now, forgive me.  Major League Soccer released its 2012 roster rules last week, with little fanfare too. Just a few changes from last year, nothing too crazy or different from 2011 but enough to note. Salary Cap The salary cap has been raised to $2.81 million, up…[continue reading]

Sometimes items from Soccer America can be a total miss but check out today’s MLS Confidential on the Galaxy. For anyone out there that couldn’t get how the LA Galaxy was able to squeeze in Edson Buddle to their salary cap, check the article out. By bringing back Edson Buddle into the fold, even if he costs…[continue reading]

The Montreal Impact announced on Friday that more than 25,000 tickets were already sold for the home opener at Olympic Stadium, March 17, against the Chicago Fire. The Impact are hoping to create a new record for attendance at the Olympic Stadium with additional sales leading up to the home opener. “We are very pleased…[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]

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]

Today we learned that Philadelphia and PPL Park would be home to this year’s summer friendly for Major League Soccer known as the All Star Game. But what we don’t know is who the MLS All Stars will be facing off against come July. Just like in every year before this one, there has always…[continue reading]

It has been a crazy day for me here. Busy at work. Busy at life. But I wanted to get to this bit of news before the day really gets away from me. The Union and MLS have scheduled a press conference in Philadelphia for Tuesday, where Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter and MLS commissioner are…[continue reading]

The draft day is here and the trades are starting to come in. This one, thanks to Fox Soccer, says that the Portland Timbers and the New York Red Bulls have struck a deal. New York will acquire Portland Timbers forward Kenny Cooper. Separate Fox Soccer sources report the deal will send a 2013 first…[continue reading]

We aren’t even done with the SuperDraft this week and already some rumors are flying around about this year’s MLS All-Star game. No word yet on who the club MLS will be playing, but one has to figure it won’t be a three-peat of Manchester United. No, the talk today is all about the location…[continue reading]