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Who cares?

Well he's a great player. IN MALAYSIA!! Come on, can't the MLS do better than this?

P.S. I love the "creative shell games" MLS teams have to play. I've been following the league since the beginning and don't understand the player transfer rules. What the hell is a discovery claim? How did Toronto have the ability to block the McBride to Chicago deal?

Agree with you on that one Pawn. That creative shell games line almost got me in trouble at work for laughing too loud and disrupting my colleagues.

Where do they find these guys and why do they go after them!??!

If they would've said "Marlon Brandon" (may he rest in peace) they would've gotten my attention! But, Marlon ... who?

I have been waiting for this signing so I can get the shirt.

MLS needs to figure out something where they can at least compete with some halfway decent leagues. There should be no way the USL has better buying power than the higher tier league, but they do. There should be no way we lose our national team players to the likes of Belgium, Norway, and Finland.

I get that they are growing the league, but I think the money is there and wants to be spend on some talent. There has to be a time when you have to put up or shut up.

I dont understand why this is on here...

I am an Earthquakes fan and I am looking forward to this signing. But to put it among the rumors of the rest of the world...???

I have seen his videos on youtube, and although he is "a good player...in MALYASIA", all of his goals are world class. Understandably, malaysian soccer is CRAP, but a guy who can stand out greatly is worth looking at.

Pawn> Since the league pretty much owns all the contracts, and holds exclusive negotiating rights- teams are given an "allocation order". Its kind of like a waiver system, but if MLS sells the contract of a big-time player for your club, your club is "owed' an allocation. Toronto was at the top of the allocation list (as expansion teams usually are, San Jose picked up Peguero Jean Phillipe, who played give games), so they had first go on McBride. McBride decided he only wanted to play in Chicago or Columbus, so TFC had to be compensated to "pass" on McBride.

And David James- read the article. USL doesn't have anywhere near the "buying power" of MLS. It is a transfer window technicallity that has to do with James contract at Kedah that prevented him from going to the 'Quakes directly.

This guy will be a Quake on Sept 14th.

J. Hova

You might be interested to know that "Kedah", the Team James played for and lead in scoring for the past two seasons, and won the treble championships with in MSL Malaysia Super League twice. Was rated #111 in the world by The International Federation of Football History & Statistics. Above teams such as:

115 Aston Villa
124 Manchester city
140 Borussia Dortmund
210 Hertha Berlin
271 West Ham United

Clearly you may have underestimated both the player and the team.

http://iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1 c2bbb6f28f53512

J. Hova

You might be interested to know that "Kedah", the Team James played for and lead in scoring for the past two seasons, and won the treble championships with in MSL Malaysia Super League twice. Was rated #111 in the world by The International Federation of Football History & Statistics. Above teams such as:

115 Aston Villa
124 Manchester city
140 Borussia Dortmund
210 Hertha Berlin
271 West Ham United

Clearly you may have underestimated both the player and the team.

http://iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1 c2bbb6f28f53512

J. Hova

You might be interested to know that "Kedah", the Team James played for and lead in scoring for the past two seasons, and won the treble championships with in MSL Malaysia Super League twice. Was rated #111 in the world by The International Federation of Football History & Statistics. Above teams such as:

115 Aston Villa
124 Manchester city
140 Borussia Dortmund
210 Hertha Berlin
271 West Ham United

Clearly you may have underestimated both the player and the team.

http://iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1 c2bbb6f28f53512

ibleedteal- sounds like the MLS is the toughest league in the world (all sports, including NFL) to be a GM,
seems like a stupid way to try to attract talent also, what decent player wouldn't care whether he went to NE Revolution or Dallas? especially when teams have specific needs to fill. seems like theyre concerned with "parity" instead of growing the league