Nakajima-Farran, who signed with the Roar ahead of the 2011-2012 A-League season, scored twice this past weekend as Brisbane scored four first-half, then cruised to a 4-0 win over the Perth Glory.

Now, Impact fans should think back to Labour Day weekend. Why? On that day, the Strikers beat the Impact 1-0, a game that dealt a massive blow to the Montreal’s NASL playoff hopes.Who were the two standout Strikers that day? Gerson Mayen and Arguez.

FC Edmonton confirmed that defender Justin Farenik will be on the 2012 roster.The 24-year-old Calgarian has been training with the club from the end of October.

FC Edmonton coach Hans Schrijver sat down and chatted with The 11 about his decision to come back to the club, his dismissal at Japanese side JEF United, and about how much the team has progressed in the year that he was gone.

While some advance notes of these moves have escaped through Twitter, MLS has now confirmed that Toronto FC has waived seven, count ‘em, seven players.That list included Dutch forward Javier Martina and Canadian Gianluca Zavarise.

The Vancouver Whitecaps have lost Tanzanian midfielder Nizar Khalfan to the Philadelphia Union.

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.

So, now what? An MLS Cup home game?What does this mean? It means that visiting fans and sports media now have one or two weeks, depending on the cushion between the Conference finals and the big game, to book flights, hotels, etc.For sports editors and accounting departments, this means more expenses and more hassles. And, it most certainly means more editors saying “no” to doing anything more than using wire copy for MLS Cup.

Christine Sinclair then gave Canada the win with a goal two minutes into stoppage time. After a hectic WPS and World Cup schedule, Canada’s reigning player of the year took a sabbatical and missed Canada’s last two friendlies against the United States. But, in a style to which Canadian fans have grown accustomed, Sinclair returned to score a key goal.

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.