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“>Houston Stadium nears: (Click for video) St Louis Stadium fades….(story here) —-http://www.khou.com/sharedcontent/newslink/thumbnail/www.khou.com/0834/leemac_080820_9_0040-t240.jpg—-http—-//

“>According to Soccer by Ives, and confirmed by various sources, Dutch side FC Twente is considering making an offer to MLS for Chivas USA and United States national team midfielder Sacha Kljestan. Kljestan’s play during the Olympic games opened the eyes of many european scouts. —-http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eG5nyD8m7lE/SLg0vvStveI/AAAAAAAAAPs/UdHuN5-ChYk/s320/sasha.jpg—-http—-//

“> http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/2008/8/18/wallidan-ace-training-with-new-york-red-bulls Gambian U-17 and Wallidan striker Sainey Touray has been on trial with Red Bull New York for the last few weeks. Touray led Wallidan to the 2008 Gambian league title and was the club’s top scorer. He also had a brief trial spell with Arsenal. —-http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eG5nyD8m7lE/SLgGbeDYx0I/AAAAAAAAAPc/FiBkAqLmXX0/s320/touray.jpg—-http—-//

“> The first week of above ground construction of Red Bull Arena has commenced and the progress is very noticeable. If everything goes according to plan the Red Bulls should be playing at the new grounds by the 2009 MLS season. —-http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eG5nyD8m7lE/SLWtesERn7I/AAAAAAAAAPU/50cDevVr1cw/s320/arena3.jpg—-http—-//

“>This is just a quick post to remind you that the CONCACAF Champions League kicks off tomorrow night. We will _try_ to bring you the games here but may not. More here after the jump. —-http://concacaf.com/images/centralgraphic/splashschedEN_update1.jpg—-http—-//

“>It seems at least one guy who plys his trade on the pitch at MLS stadia actively reads us and some MLSR topics get discussed in the locker room…We knew it was only a matter of time…. from (name witheld)to MLS RUMORS date Sun Aug 24, 2008 at 9:19 PMsubject Keep it going Hey ’sup!? Keep my [...]

“>No clever play on words in this post. They seemed lost on someone who seems intent on finding fault with us at every turn in our post about Marvell Wynne. (IP) Anyway…. Could “Emo” be on the mo to Monaco? (hehe) This comes to us from a notable US soccer/MLS journalist who wishes to remain anonymous: I’m hearing some [...]

eived by email this morning: Hello, I Wish to stay anonymous.DO NOT RESPOND I am flooded at TFC right now.The agent for Toronto FC right back Marvell Wynne has confirmed that the U.S. Olympic standout has eived some late interest from European clubs. Though unable to confirm any specific interested parties, I and many others learned that the Pittsburgh [...]

“> http://www.venezuelaesfutbol.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=2339Venezuelan international and Red Bulls midfielder Jorge Rojas told venezuelaesfutbol.com that he may play or at worst train with his former club Caracas FC during the MLS off-season (november through february), in order to maintain his form. Following his nations 4-1 victory over Syria, in which Rojas scored the 3rd goal from the penalty [...]

“> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/olympics_blog/2008/08/soccer.html The Columbus Crew’s Nigerian midfielder Emmanuel Ekpo has a chance this saturday to add an Olympic Gold medal to his resume. He and the rest of the Nigerian Olympic team will take on defending champion Argentina for the Olympic gold. Ekpo, who was signed this season by the Columbus Crew, has appeared in all [...]

“> The New York posts Brian Lewis is reporting that the Red Bulls have narrowed down the search for a strike partner for Juan Pablo Angel. They include the Atlanta Silverbacks Senegalese striker Macoumba Kandji (who will probably be purchased from Atlanta if the club can pay the $200,000 transfer fee), Dominic Oduro of Dallas, [...]

“>http://www.venezuelaesfutbol.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=2325Alejandro Moreno’s play with Columbus Crew this season has not gone unnoticed by the Venezuelan Football Federation, as he was called up to face Syria in a friendly. Moreno scored in the 4-1 victory wednesday night and looks to become a fixture for the “vino tinto”. —-http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eG5nyD8m7lE/SK24R303F_I/AAAAAAAAAOU/spzykv5H4-Q/s320/moreno.jpg—-http—-//

n we speculated that Clavijo’s trip to Uraguay was a thinly veiled cover story, we were accused of being mean. What can we say other than we called this. ————

t can we say other than we called it. While it didn’t go down as part of an epic 3-way trade involving Brian McBride, our sources were right in that El Pescado still ended up with a new northern pond. Read more about that here. We hope he likes the water temperature there. Of course, things COULD get [...]

“> Portugal’s Jornal Record (http://www.record.pt/noticia.asp?id=800272&idCanal=806) reports that fomer Red Bull trialist Brandon Poltronieri, has been loaned out from Brujas FC to newly promoted Portuguese side Leixoes Sport Club. According to the article as well as other sources Poltronieri was going to be loaned to New York, but finally decided to join the Portuguese club. New [...]

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“>Blanco at Eye of the Storm As Firey Debate Rages On One thing to keep an eye out for if you watch today’s Chicago Fire game home to DC United at Toyota Park is a mass fan protest which was initially begun by Sector Latino a Latino/a and Hispanic fan section at the stadium. It now [...]

“>While MLS is not the English Premier League, that hasn’t stopped a few players from making a tidy bit of coin and greenbacks. Here is the 2008 MLS Rich List. Top 20 Guaranteed Compensation 1. David Beckham (LA Galaxy) $6,500,0002. Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Chicago Fire) $2,700,000 3. Marcelo Gallardo (D.C. United) $1,900,000 4. Juan Pablo Angel (Red Bull New York) $1,600,000 5. [...]

“>According to leparisien.fr Red Bull New York is in talks with former French international forward Sylvain Wiltord. The former Arsenal star has fallen out of favor with french club Rennes and is looking for a new opportunity and New York may be the perfect place to ressurect his career. A partnership of Juan Pablo Angel [...]

“>A young Spanish Midfielder named Manuel Diego Tello who spent time with Real Madrid is training with Toronto FC. Read more about that here. —-http://www.joinfutbol.com/fotos/8319g.jpg—-http—-//

“> According to Larry Millson at the Globe and Mail (click here for the original article), US U-20 standout Johann Smith has been acquired from Bolton Wanderers as a new striker for TFC. TFC traded up the allocation list with New England receiving allocation money for the swap in allocation order. Courtesy of:-the Patrician —-http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/mediaUS/20070927/smith_275.jpg—-http—-//

“>Juan Carlos Osorio today confirmed that the three foreign forwards the club was targeting (including Panamanian Gabriel Torres) will not be acquired. The offers put forward by Red Bull NY were rejected by the players clubs. The club will now focus on bringing in a US based striker. As previously reported Macoumba Kandji remains [...]

“>According to Steven Goff of the Washington Post, Glasgow Rangers is negotiating with MLS for the rights to Toronto FC midfielder Maurice Edu. The transfer fee being reported is in the $5 million dollar range. Edu began receiving interest from English clubs last season, if Edu succeeds with Rangers it may open up a bigger [...]

“>….For a family emergency. This of course comes just hours after Steve Goff reported a meeting took placed between the Colorado Rapids and Clavijo in which Clavijo thought he was sure to get the sack. In the days of the old Soviet Union, much was gathered about the secret goings on of organizations behind the Iron [...]

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“>Could it be? Could we have come across the first MLS Expansion scam? In a sure sign that MLS is growing in popularity it appears one clever person has set up a donation scam site (as near as we can tell) called www.mlsdetroit.com A casual search of the public domain name records uncovered: Mlsdetroit 2700 Glenmore [...]