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Posted Wednesday May 27, 2009, About: Galaxy deny Birchall deal
Good point. They are still likely to sign him, it's just that four years is longer than most MLS contracts go.
Posted Saturday April 25, 2009, About: Yankees president fires back at MLS commissioner
Come on, now.

Garber's law firm happens to have Yankee tickets, so they asked him about those tickets in the present economy. He said, "yeah, it's pretty crazy that the best seats are the emptiest." Then Levine blows up like Garber was talkin smack about his mama or something. He's a ****, it's plain to see.
Posted Thursday December 04, 2008, About: Meola to return to MLS at age 40?
But Tony Meola knew Thomas Jefferson, and you're no Thomas Jefferson! :-D
Posted Tuesday October 14, 2008, About: Falcons owner mulling MLS franchise
It's official now:

http://www.ajc.com/search/content/sports/stories/2008/10/14/arthur_blank_mls_ soccer.html
Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, About: FC Dallas hopes to keep Cooper
Cooper's technical skills are fine for MLS, but at a higher level, he's a target man or he's unsuccessful. Those are the two choices.
Posted Monday March 10, 2008, About: Notables left off U.S. roster
Yeah, so? That's America.

Anyway, I had heard Alvarez wasn't having the greatest of training camps, and Fielhaber supposedly blew up at his teammates the last scrimmage game (probably already told he was on the bubble and needed to get in gear). Don't think he's getting enough club matches right now to go 90 minutes, which makes him almost useless to Nowak. He can't pick the "best guys," he's gotta go with who's best RIGHT NOW.
Posted Monday March 10, 2008, About: Cup vet Lopez joining Wizards
He's not able to run and create like he used to, but he's got good finishing instincts and will score goals for them.
Posted Monday March 10, 2008, About: Adu, Nowak make amends
Yeah, it was a really weird situation to walk in at age 14 having proven nothing yet but being the highest paid player in the league at the time. Hopefully that type of thing will never happen again in MLS. At least now if you walked into that situation, Gallardo is making three times as much as you.
Posted Friday February 22, 2008, About: It's official: MLS heading to Philly
The betting is strong that it will have the word "Athletic" in there somewhere. That is by far the favorite choice of Sons of Ben/Philly fans.
Posted Friday February 15, 2008, About: Galaxy eyes Brazilian midfielder
He was only an intermittant player for internacional in Brazil, but let's face it, their league is pretty good, and a lot of guys who don't get that much PT there could do quite well here.
Posted Friday February 15, 2008, About: Revs to sign Honduran midfielder
I'm hearing this is a done deal now.

FWIW, last year Olimpia's top scorer, Luciano Emilio, moved to DC United. That one worked out pretty well, as he became MLS's top scorer as well.
Posted Wednesday February 13, 2008, About: Will MLS sell Red Bulls forward?
Altidore has been watched in Europe basically since his performance in the Under 20 tournament last year, where he had four goals in five matches played, two of them against Brazil. The goal against Mexico only raised the stakes slightly.
Posted Wednesday February 13, 2008, About: Philly nearing MLS expansion
Soccer faces that kind of haterism in every new town the league goes to. But it works great here in DC only two hours away. It'll work in Philly--and it's gonna be a great road trip.
Posted Tuesday January 08, 2008, About: Miami seeks MLS franchise
You can follow MLS and soccer news in Miami by checking out http://www.miamisoccerfan.com
Posted Saturday January 05, 2008, About: Latin Americans linked to MLS
It's not just about that. In fact, the number of Argentine players will probably outnumber Mexicans for the foreseeable future. Reason for that is that the Argentine league doesn't pay as well, so good players can be had for more reasonable money.

MLS wants the players for Latin America partially because it pleases the Latin American fan, but also because it's cost effective and provides for a good style of play.
Posted Thursday July 26, 2007, About: D.C. United denies Veron interest
Denial?

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2007/07/revealing_qa_with_kevin_ payne.html

'Umm. . I won't say we offered a contract to Veron...but...ahh.. Veron's certainly the kind of player we'd offer a contract to. . . and if we did offer a contract, we'd uh, probably know by the weekend.'

Doesn't sound like a denial to me!
Posted Saturday June 02, 2007, About: Blanco's Fire arrival pushed back?
I believe Copa America does not come on official match days unless you're a South American team. So I believe Chicago could block this if they wanted to.
Posted Saturday June 02, 2007, About: Dynamo's Ching calls Gold Cup win
On US soil we darn well should be favorites. But it's still nice to hear one of our guys come out and say it.
Posted Saturday June 02, 2007, About: Dorman may go to English club
Coming into his game. His citizenship means there will always be somewhere he could go in England, especially on a free. Rev will have to make a good offer to prevent it--which may not be worth it for them, ultimately.
Posted Saturday June 02, 2007, About: Beckham's MLS move in doubt?
It's unlikely to block. Let's face it, suddenly finding out the guy you paid big bucks to is still among the best right mids on the planet is far from the WORST problem to have.

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