Toronto FC waives seven players, Whitecaps lose three 23 Nov 2011 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.
Ex-Whitecap Khalfan claimed by Philadelphia Union 23 Nov 2011 The Vancouver Whitecaps have lost Tanzanian midfielder Nizar Khalfan to the Philadelphia Union.
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.
Why a home-game MLS Cup is a bad, bad idea 22 Nov 2011 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.
Interesting Canadian options for Impact in MLS expansion draft 22 Nov 2011 The Montreal Impact will be able to choose from several Canadian players in Wednesday’s MLS 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.
Chencinski enjoys breakout season in Finland, hopes for Hart’s call 18 Nov 2011 The question is, to where will Chencinski go next season? Will it be VPS, the Finnish club where he’s become the undisputed No. 1? Or will it be Swedish side Orebro SK, where he trialed right before he came back to Toronto?
Whitecaps’ forward Salgado to train with Fulham until Dec. 4 17 Nov 2011 The Vancouver Whitecaps confirmed Thursday that 2011 top draft pick Omar Salgado is already in England to train with Fulham of the English Premier League.