FC Edmonton will be delaying the announcement of where it will play its home games in the 2012 season.

Better late than never. Chilean forward Yashir Pinto finally made his debut on the FC Edmonton practice pitch Thursday.

At this time last season, Eduardo Sebrango was pondering retirement. Now, he’s guaranteed a season in Major League Soccer.

De Rosario, the first Canadian ever to be named MLS Most Valuable Player, signed a contract extension with D.C. United Monday, a deal which takes out his current deal, which would have paid him just under US$500,000 this year.

So, of the five players holding Canadian passports who played with the Impact in its final NASL season that were invited to the team’s inaugural MLS camp, four have now fallen by the wayside.

The Vancouver Whitecaps certainly scored well in the PR department Sunday, as it beat the reigning CIS champion University of Victoria Vikes Sunday, in front of 2,831 fans in the B.C capital.

Toronto FC finally got its preseason schedule underway, and the Reds got a rather one-sided — and expected — win over the University of South Florida.

Fucito scored six goals in all competitions last year; Neagle scored five in MLS and then added another playoff marker in the Western Conference semifinal loss to Real Salt Lake. Three of Neagle's goals came in an August win over Columbus.

When MLS talks about its state of officiating, sports fans are easily reminded of the National Hockey League.

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.