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Of course the day I decide to take most of the day off to rest, relax, buy a new bed, all that usual holiday stuff is the day that not one but two MLS coaches get canned. Teitur Thordarson in Vancouver and Carlos de los Cobos in Chicago. I’ve said for the majority of this…[continue reading]

Both Vancouver and Portland may be a little over a year away from putting a Major League Soccer club on the field but both took a big step forward this past week in hiring technical directors. Vancouver hired former DC United coach Tom Soehn while Portland announced their current head coach Gavin Wilkinson was getting…[continue reading]

Its hard to believe that three clubs are still without a head coach this evening. Well one has an interim head coach but two big time clubs in Major League Soccer end the day without a lead boss, which could be setting them back a bit for the upcoming month with the transfer window opening…[continue reading]

We knew going into 2009 that the calendar for DC United could be a fairly packed one. Possibly Champions League matches, US Open Cup title to defend, summer friendlies, and of course the regular season slate. It turned out to be just the case as DC United played a schedule so packed this year it…[continue reading]

DC United has announced today that Tom Soehn has removed his name from consideration for the team’s manager. The team was told this morning that Soehn was out and the search for a new manager would start. “Tommy has done an outstanding job at D.C. United, first as an assistant and then as our head…[continue reading]

I hope everyone is getting use to the longer days again after the time change this weekend. Nothing like getting darker a bit earlier again here but that’s just how it goes. I have a few goodies to discuss tonight leading off with a big time look at something former Chicago Fire GM Peter Wilt…[continue reading]

It’s been a fairly busy day around these parts. From catching up to things, to getting back to the daily grind at my normal job, and to getting back to work on things with this site. I wanted to kick off with a couple items that a few of your have emailed me and commented…[continue reading]

I don’t have too much going into tonight’s Evening Links and Thoughts. I mainly wanted to touch base with the current coaching hot seat situation in Major League Soccer. I don’t expect any coaching changes to take place until at least after the regular season finishes here. Something crazy would have to take place for…[continue reading]

In light of Kansas City dismissing manager Curt Onalfo yesterday evening, I figured it was high time I updated my coaching hot seat look once again. Funny thing was yesterday I was already set to work on this and got caught up in something else, by the time I went back into it last night…[continue reading]

A bit of a shock to some surrounding the club but today we’ve learned that DC manager Tom Soehn will return in 2009 as the club’s manager. Steven Goff is reporting that his sources have learned that the club is going to exercise his option for next season. I felt Soehn was as good as…[continue reading]