One western club’s attack is about to lighter. Next January Real Salt Lake striker Yura Movsisyan is leaving Major League Soccer for Denmark according to Goal.com. Movsisyan has signed for Danish side Randers FC.

Movsisyan’s current MLS contract with RSL will be up after the 2009 season.

This loss will be a big one though I’ve said a few times this season that I haven’t felt good enough about Movsisyan as a go-to striker for RSL. He’s a big, strong guy that will probably do well in a league like Denmark. At least he is getting to test the waters before it is too late on his career.

What RSL will do to make up for his departure is unknown at this time. I honestly believe right now that if they even want to think about reaching the playoffs for a second straight season, they need to get a big time scorer on their roster. Right now with Movsisyan and Robbie Findley their attack just lacks a punch of some sort. Mainly Findley is too hot and cold at times and Movsisyan hasn’t proven he is a guy that can finish a lot of clean up around net.

What do you think of the move? Happy for Movsisyan? What will RSL do to make up for the loss?

David Ferreira is the playmaker FC Dallas has been looking for all winter.

We talked about this potential deal yesterday and today it comes a reality. FC Dallas has announced the signing of Colombian international David Ferreira. He becomes the third player loaned to FCD from Brazilian partner Clube Atletico Paranaense.

We’re very excited to be able to add a player of Ferreira’s ability and experience,” said FC Dallas General Manager Michael Hitchcock. “If you look at the majority of teams who have won the MLS Cup, they’ve had a true number 10; an attacking midfielder who can be a real game-changer. In David Ferreira, we have a player who has played at the highest level with the Colombian national team, been one of the top players for Atletico Paranaense in the Brazilian first division, and now we look forward to bringing him to FC Dallas, where we think he’ll be able to help take this team to the next level and contend for a championship.”

Ferreira is the experienced #10 in them middle that Dallas has been looking for all winter. He brings plenty of solid experience to the talk and some down here are saying he could potentially be a Christian Gomez type of playmaker for Dallas. Continue Reading…

The Kansas City Wizards announced that the club has agreed to terms with Argentine midfielder Santiago Hirsig.

Hirsig is an eight-year veteran of the Argentine first division, most recently with San Lorenzo.

“I am very excited to join the Kansas City Wizards,” Hirsig said. “I have followed MLS a lot in the past year, and I cannot wait to be part of the team and hopefully help the Wizards win MLS Cup in 2009.”

Yeah, to be real honest here, I have never heard of this guy. Normally I would be able to give a decent estimate of what to expect but since I know little of this guy all I can say is I am hoping for the best out of this signing.

Kansas City also now enters the race with DC for the most Argentine players in MLS.

Bobby Convey returns to MLS. Who's excited?!

Time to make it official. The San Jose Earthquakes have signed midfielder Bobby Convey after weeks of rumors of a deal.

The Earthquakes used their position at the top of the allocation order to get Convey. The team now drops to the bottom of the allocation rankings.

“It is rare to be able to acquire a U.S. international in the prime of his career,” said General Manager of Soccer Operations John Doyle. “When he became available we jumped at the opportunity to add him to our team. He is a great attacking player who will make an immediate impact, and our fans will enjoy watching him.”

Most of you know my feelings on the deal. Its a good move for the Quakes, who have really had a solid offseason in my opinion. They kept a core of their strong defense and improved most of the areas that needed work on.

Is $22 Milion enough for David Beckham? (Getty Images)

A couple days ago the LA Galaxy rejected a $10 million offer for midfielder David Beckham. At the time we all knew it was just a starting point. Now we know where the Galaxy want to go with it.

The Daily Mirror is now reporting that the Galaxy is asking for $22 million (£15 million) for Beckham.

Woah nelly. That is definitely a lot for an aging winger.

To be honest I don’t blame the boys in LA one bit for raising the price from 10 to 22 here. More than likely they will meet somewhere inbetween when it is all said and done. My bet is it ends up getting done for somewhere in the neighborhood of $16 or 17 million. Just a hunch.

What do you all think the price will be to get Beckham sold? Is the $22 million tag too much or still too little for GoldenBalls?

It sure sounds like Bobby Convey could be back in MLS sooner rather than later.

Reading FC announced on Friday that Convey has left the club by mutual consent, thus opening the door for Convey to make the reported move to the San Jose Earthquakes that has been talked about over the last several weeks.

The 25-year-old midfielder is now set to return to MLS almost five years after leaving D.C. United. Most expect him to serve as a playmaker in the midfield for San Jose.

This move along with a couple others this winter by San Jose have really opened my eyes to this club. I think should all the pieces fall in place for them offensively they will be a very good team this year. We will see though, they still have some work to do but I would argue that they have had one of the better winters compaired to other clubs in the league. (More on that later)

San Jose could be taking one big step forward very soon. The San Jose Murcery News is reporting the club is close to signing midfielder Bobby Convey.

A Major League Soccer source confirmed the deal is almost complete for Convey, who has been playing at Reading in the English league since 2004. The source declined to be identified because some of the paperwork has to be finalized.

Convey, who played for the United States in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, last competed in MLS with DC United.

We will probably know more about this possible deal in the morning.

If the Quakes do get to sign Convey it means they will have to use their top allocation spot to do so.

I like this deal for San Jose as long as Convey stays healthy. Its a move he needs to make really to get back in favor with the US National side and it’s manager Bob Bradley. I think it worked well for a guy like Cory Gibbs when he came back from Europe to MLS last year. I see it happening the same way for Convey if he stays healthy.

More details will follow soon….