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“>The following comes to us from an Athletic Bilboa and Toronto FC fan: Hi, I found this article in a Spanish website:The Basque striker says: “Nada más volver de Holanda, tuve una oferta de Toronto, pero tenía tantas ganas de estar en casa… Llevaba como unos diez días y no pude ni hacer la primera maleta. La [...]

“>MLSR has learned that New England have recieved an international player slot from the Kansas City Wizards for a third round 2010 draft pick. This slot would clear the way for Lithuanian forward Edgaras Jankauskas to sign with the team. News did arrive that he signed earlier this month but he has still to retain [...]

“>According to the website of Scottish club Dundee United, former Toronto FC defender Chris Pozniak has left the club to return to Toronto FC:Meanwhile, Dundee’s Canadian midfielder Chris Pozniak has agreed a deal to leave the club and will sign for FC Toronto next week. —-http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss169/mlsrumors/610x-2.jpg—-http—-//

“>As David Beckham prepares to be “welcomed” back to MLS, US Soccer Federation boss Sunil Gulati has stated that Beckham faces an inevitable backlash. This comes on the heels of the publication of Grant Wahl’s tell-all hardback, “The Beckham Experiment” (an excerpt of which is available for your persual here.) It is clear that MLS’s [...]

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“>As Brian Lewis at the New York Post first reported and MLSR relayed, TH14 is looking to help Red Bull NY open up their new stadium and perhaps challenge again for the trophy.Now Spain’s Sport.es is reporting that Thierry Henry is interested in joining MLS and playing with the New York Red Bulls once his [...]

“> MLS’s newest addition adds to their great atmosphere with a great showing of class in support of keeping MLS’s most successful club in it’s home of Washington, DC. The following screenshots are of a banner that appeared on the ESPN broadcast last week of DC United at Seattle Sounders FC. They show a banner designed [...]

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“> As many were aware, backup goalkeeper Zack Simmons has been waived by the Revolution to pursue a law degree at Yale (glad to see we have some intelligent soccer players). In his place, the New England Revolution announced yesterday that the club has signed goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth to a developmental contract. Shuttleworth joins the team after [...]

“> From the Red Bull New York front office, the team has terminated midfielder Juan Pietravallo’s contract. “I want to thank Juan for his contribution to the club,” said Sporting Director Jeff Agoos. “This was a very difficult decision for us, but we believe it was the best move for both parties. We want to wish Juan [...]

“> From the Chicago Fire front office, the team has waived goalkeeper Nick Noble. The Fire drafted Noble from West Virginia University in the first round (7th overall) of the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft. While he did not appear for the Fire in MLS league play through his two and a half [...]

.png”>From the front office of the Seattle Sounders FC, the team placed forward Kevin Forrest on waivers and signed goalkeeper Terry Boss. Forrest, 24, did not play in any MLS games but did play in the May 26 U.S. Open Play-In game against Colorado, scoring the game’s only goal. He signed as a Senior Developmental player [...]

“> From the front office of the Colorado Rapids, the team announced Friday that the club has waived forward Gregory Richardson. Richardson appeared in one game for the Rapids this season playing 11 minutes in the season opener against Chivas USA on March 21. He also played the full 90 minutes in Colorado’s U.S. Open Cup play-in [...]

“>The USMNT has been nominated for an ESPY under the category of Best Upset for their win over #1 Spain at the Confederations Cup. Be sure to vote for the US here on the ESPY ballot, and spread the word on your favorite forums and blogs.Kudos to Dynamoplanet for the heads up. Let’s see the [...]

“>According to Canada’s soccer blog The 24th Minute, they are reporting the latest news on Montreal Impact’s chances of joining MLS in 2011. According to them, it appears that this is now becoming more and more a reality, and it is inevitable this is going to happen soon. You could probably expect an imminent annoucement [...]

“>As part of our coverage of the US Mens National Team’s road to South Africa we present to you the following article as a US media partner of Media Club South Africa. The original article appears on their website here. MediaClubSouthAfrica.com reporter The US football team’s entry into the Confederations Cup final after their shock win over [...]

“>Soccer365 Grapevine has a bag full of US rumors, we shall reiterate them…..Italian reports say Fiorentina and Palermo have joined the crowd around U.S. defender Oguchi Onyewu, while Turkish reports have added Be?ikta? and Trabzonspor to his suitor list…An English magazine claims Aston Villa and Everton are scouting ‘Gladbach midfielder Michael Bradley…Cardiff are lining up [...]

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“>One of the many sons of Reggae legend Bob Marley, David Nesta Marley better known as Ziggy Marley is a New England Revolution fan. Ziggy came to the forefront in the US with his Top 40 single “Tomorrow People”. For a club whose supporters have endured getting to MLS Cup 4 times but never winning it, the [...]

“>Our good friends at Dynamoplanet.com brought to light a story which also shows when sports and politics crosses paths. The picture above in Seoul, South Korea for a friendly shows some members of the Iranian National Team wearing green arm-bands as a sign of support to the protesters of suspect election results in Iran. Here’s what [...]

“>And if so why? We came across this article on The Huffington Post today which raised the question and it is one we all debate. Welcome to the land where sport and politics collide. Here is an excerpt: Gary Schmitt’s riff on America’s victory [...]

“> From the San Jose Earthquakes front office, the team has placed two players on waivers today, defender Eric Denton and midfielder Kelly Gray. Denton appeared in 10 matches this season and had an assist on May 27 against the Columbus Crew. In 2008 he started 26 games at left back. He was signed by [...]

“>Perhaps better known for his entertaining unorthodox goalkeeping tactics than a solid steadying presence in goal as well as an unfortunate incident involving a fan in Houston, DC United’s Liberian goalkeeper has been released by the club. It should be noted that we received a rumor two weeks ago stating he was gone but at [...]

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