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Just when we thought both Luciano Emilio and Carlos Ruiz were done with Major League Soccer, one club is hoping to get one or even both of them back before next week’s MLS transfer window deadline. The Philadelphia Union have been working long and hard to sign former D.C. United striker Emilio but issues with…[continue reading]

Not only has Toronto FC sold out their season tickets for 2009, they finally get the chance to showcase their home boy Dwayne De Rosario. I’ve said many times that I thought Toronto should and would make this deal happen. Today they finally pulled the trigger on the move. While it looks good on paper…[continue reading]

The past couple of days got me thinking, this year we’ve seen so many trades between the clubs. Some moves have paid off and others have been more of a waste than anything. I felt like today was a good day to look back at the moves that have paid off and the moves that…[continue reading]

You read that headline correctly, Toronto FC is on a retreat – in the middle of a playoff race. Yup, head coach John Carver decided to get the club away from things in Toronto for a couple days and for the new players to get accustom to their new teammates. One of those new players…[continue reading]

We finally got some confirmation that two deals went down today that we’ve been talking about for a couple days now. LA Galaxy ships striker Carlos Ruiz to Toronto FC for a first and second round pick in the 2009 MLS Supplemental Draft and salary budget considerations. The Galaxy also sign veteran midfielder/defender Eddie Lewis.…[continue reading]

Well crap, no more than two second after I hit save on the last post about Toronto FC releasing Laurent Robert to possibly make room for Carlos Ruiz, I get an update saying that Ruiz has been shipped off to Toronto. Yep, the LA Galaxy have traded Carlos Ruiz to Toronto FC, according to SBI.…[continue reading]

Sounds to me like Toronto FC is in the Carlos Ruiz sweepstakes after all here. Today they announced the release of midfielder Laurent Robert. Robert started in 16 of 17 games scoring one goal and adding three assists. Kinda of a surprise release to me. I’m not sure if it was a personal kind of…[continue reading]

Surprise, surprise…the LA Galaxy are still shopping Guatemalan striker Carlos Ruiz. The main reason why The Fish is back on the trading block (was he really ever off?) is due to LA’s desire to claim Eddie Lewis through the allocation system. They would need to free up some space and dump Ruiz as we all…[continue reading]

This is another one of those deals that we’ve been waiting for a while now to come to a conclusion. Will the LA Galaxy trade striker Carlos Ruiz or won’t they? It’s been a strange few weeks really but today I’ve got more word that they are still shopping him and a new party has…[continue reading]

Just how bad is it in the LA Galaxy organization right now? Bad enough that some heads could roll after yesterday’s surprising loss on the road to expansion side San Jose. Yesterday, SI.com’s Jonah Freedman uncovered some very interesting things going on with the Galaxy, AEG president and CEO Tim Lieweke visited the Galaxy locker…[continue reading]