Long Tan won’t allow himself to be the Whitecaps’ forgotten striker 26 Feb 2012 Tan drew two penalty kicks, the first one which was converted by Sebastien Le Toux, as the Whitecaps beat the Houston Dynamo 1-0 Sunday.
Impact round-up: Ching back to Houston, Valentin off to U.S. U-23 camp 16 Feb 2012 On Thursday, the Impact announced it had finalized a trade with the Houston Dynamo, sending veteran striker Brian Ching back to Texas. The Impact gets the conditional pick in return.
Saputo’s cryptic tweets tantalize Montreal soccer fans 13 Feb 2012 Saputo was clearly having some fun on social media Monday, telling his followers about his European travels and his quest to find his club some veteran help.
Impact loses preseason match to Dynamo; striker Braun leaves game 8 Feb 2012 The Montreal Impact has already lost one player to an injury suffered in a preseason match. Impact fans are hoping that the number doesn’t rise to two.
Sturgis trade ensures TFC gets a poor return for a first-round pick 30 Dec 2011 At that time, C.J. Sapong, who would go on to become the league's rookie of the year, was still on the board. Will Bruin, another forward who had some impressive spurts in 2011, was also still there for the taking.
Whitecaps make six available, deal Salinas: Jazic top Canadian available in re-entry draft 30 Nov 2011 And, Chivas USA put Canadian defender Ante Jazic on the list. Yes, Jazic is in his mid-30s, but he’d be a significant upgrade for many teams in the fullback slot. He has become a regular starter for the Canadian national side. And, while his age is an issue, it’s hard to believe that a national-team starter can’t be of some value to someone.
Expansion Draft: Impact ignores Ching’s retirement threat 23 Nov 2011 Brian Ching, scorer of 77 career regular-season goals, made it public that he would rather retire than be plucked off Houston’s roster and go to the Impact. What did Marsch do? He made Ching the first pick of expansion draft.
Galaxy exorcises years worth of demons with MLS Cup triumph 21 Nov 2011 Until Sunday, the Galaxy had been the team that couldn’t win when it mattered. But then a trio of Designated Players combined to give Los Angeles the goal that ended years of frustration.
MLS unveils new unbalanced scheduling format 20 Nov 2011 Under the new format, each Eastern Conference team will play each Western Conference opponent only once in a season. The home and road dates alternate from season to season. So, for example, if TFC hosts the Whitecaps in 2012, TFC will go to BC Place in 2013.
De Rosario makes history with MVP nod 18 Nov 2011 Major League Soccer announced Friday that DeRo is the league’s MVP. He becomes the first Canadian to ever win MLS’ highest individual honour. He becomes the first player in North American pro sports history to take an MVP award in a season in which the winner played for three teams. He’s the first player from a non-playoff team to ever win the MLS MVP.