The MLS Disciplinary Committee has suspended Vancouver Whitecap Barry Robson for Saturday afternoon’s Cascadia Cup derby match in Seattle. But the timing is what’s interesting — the announcement came mere hours before the Sounders and Whitecaps are to do battle.

“It was just one of those games that never got going,” head coach Martin Rennie said. “It was stop, start, all the time. "

Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan became just the fourth player in MLS history to register four assists in a match, putting him in a select company of players that includes Canadian Dwayne De Rosario.

One halftime change altered the course of the game. It sent Real Salt Lake off the rails, and gave the Vancouver Whitecaps a major advantage.

After all, this is a league that still continues to confuse fans with secret allocation money, and waits for the union to announce salaries (even though it’s a salary-cap league, so salaries are key to fan interest). So, instead of best conference record, the tiebreaker system was designed to be more complicated than it needed.

The Laval Cometes dominate the Canadian roster for the upcoming U-20 Women’s World Cup.

The Vancouver Whitecaps announced Friday that the club has acquired Brazilian midfielder Tiago Ulisses. He will join the club pending the clearance of his visa.

Going through the names on the list, we decided to pick out the Canadians in MLS — and rank Canada’s Rich List (or Poor List, depending on some entry-level deals).

According to FIFA, Canadian teams acquired a total of 58 players in the first half of 2012, while 48 moved on. But, altogether, the total amount of transfer dollars in ALL of the deals was… USD$100,000.

Two of Canada’s top developmental sides had crucial post-season matches Sunday, and both came up short.