Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear had the interim tag removed from his title on Friday, meaning Kinnear will be the Magpies manager for the remainder of the season. The development should put to rest very real concerns in Toronto that head coach John Carver would leave Toronto to join Alan Shearer's staff if and when Shearer took over at Newcastle.

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Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear had the interim tag removed from his title on Friday, meaning Kinnear will be the Magpies manager for the remainder of the season. The development should put to rest very real concerns in Toronto that head coach John Carver would leave Toronto to join Alan Shearer's staff if and when Shearer took over at Newcastle.

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U.S. national team fans weren't the only ones who caught a glimpse of Kenny Cooper's performance against Guatemala on Saturday.

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John Carver, never one to mince words has thrown down the gauntlet. According to this article on the CBC website, the Toronto FC boss will leave the club if it doesn't open up the wallet. Here is an excerpt:

John Carver hasn't hidden the fact that he thinks Toronto FC needs to sign a star "designated player" in order to be competitive in Major League Soccer.

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Tomorrow marks Houston's second visit to Toronto. The reigning MLS Champs will be looking to extend their lead atop the Western Conference, while TFC will be hoping to keep their faint playoff hopes alive. In the Reds' short history, they have done surprisingly well against the Dynamo, beating them 1-0 at home in a rain soaked affair last May, and getting a point on the road in July.

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So it's the day after the Los Angeles Galaxy's awful 3-1 loss to Chicago on Thursday and you're probably wondering where the Galaxy will go from here. I can tell you where at least one of their players is.

None other than David Beckham is in New York City today along with wife Victoria to promote their fragrance lines.

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Toronto FC head coach John Carver has placed himself in front of the firing squad, saying that he doesn't deserve his job next season if TFC can't make a respectable showing in their final five games of the season.
The second-year franchise started the season off well, using solid player acquisitions and strong play at home to beat everyone's early expectations. Click to continue reading...

The Los Angeles Galaxy just flat-lined. Coded. Went into cardiac arrest.

You don't need to watch Grey's Anatomy or ER, or be a doctor, to know the medical terms for what happened to the Galaxy's playoff hopes last night. An embarrassing 3-1 loss to Chicago all but squashed LA's faint playoff hopes less than a week after a promising win against D.

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Did the Los Angeles Galaxy sell damaged goods to Toronto FC? That's how it is starting to look as the Canadian club revealed that striker Carlos Ruiz has been hobbled by a recurring knee injury and will undergo an MRI to reveal the complete extent of the damage. The Guatemalan forward missed a day of training last week in order to get the troublesome knee drained, and was held out of practice again on Tuesday, prompting the need for further evaluation. Click to continue reading...

Well, I almost wish still kicking had not invited me to write the blog while he is enjoying his weekend, because, at the end of it all there were very few positives to write about. Really, there was nothing in this game that hasn't been in a number of other road games. Poor defending, rash challenges, ineffective passing, inadequate attacking were all features of this 2-0 loss to Kansas City. Click to continue reading...

Toronto FC head coach John Carver has guaranteed the club's fans that a Designated Player will call BMO Field home by the start of next season, adding that the team has already "earmarked a couple of players." Carver says he has talked to general manager Mo Johnston about how to improve the team in the near-term, and both agree that a designated player is the best way to go about achieving further success. Click to continue reading...

According to Sportnet.ca (click here for the full article), Toronto FC is looking to bring in 1 or 2 DPs next season. Neither of which would be stars in their twilight, but more along the lines of Juan Pablo Angel of the New York Red Bulls. Sounds like TFC is serious about taking the club to another level. Click to continue reading...

Old habits are hard to break. Toronto FC continues to look to Britain's leagues.

This comes to us courtesy of the BBC:

Former Hibernian midfielder Brian Kerr is having signing talks with Major League Soccer outfit Toronto.

Kerr, capped three times for Scotland, is currently a free agent after his contract with Hibs was terminated by the Edinburgh club last month.

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Many people from Toronto FC's John Carver and the club's fans have complained about the MLS schedule not breaking for FIFA international dates to DC United, Houston Dynam, CD Chivas USA and New England Revolution fans complaining about fixture congestion all have a bone to pick with MLS over the schedule. Click to continue reading...

1) Toronto FC had to make several emergency call ups this weekend due to their missing internationals. The whole debate about MLS playing during World Cup qualifying is one with an easy answer; it's just a matter of when the changes will happen, not if. John Carver and Mo Johnston can't expect a change to be made mid-season, which would be unprecedented in MLS history. Click to continue reading...

Facing an immense player shortage this weekend as a result of Major League Soccer's inability to schedule around FIFA international dates, Toronto FC has reached out to the Vancouver Whitecaps to have defender Diaz Kambere join the MLS outfit in a one-match loan deal.Kambere, 22, will be suiting up for TFC's home match on Saturday against Chivas USA and will then return to British Columbia to be available for the Whitecap's game on Sunday versus the Minnesota Thunder. Click to continue reading...

With MLS blithely carrying on with a regular schedule this weekend despite the heavy World Cup qualifying fixture list around the world, criticism is mounting about the harm the domestic league is doing to its credibility at home and internationally.

Coaches hate it, players hate it, fans hate it, but the MLS suits don't appear to understand the harm they are doing to the league.

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Talk about some bad times in Toronto right now. They will be missing nine players tomorrow to international duty and are looking to sign players to one-day contracts to fill their roster. In the mean time they did petition to Major League Soccer to re-schedule tomorrow's game with Chivas USA to another date. Click to continue reading...

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John Carver is looking for some soccer players, any soccer players.

In a story widely-reported in Canada, Carver's Toronto FC will have to take on Chivas USA on Saturday missing nine players due to international duty.

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I am now going to take the sonic laser out on MLS, but bear with me, it's not what you might think. I'm not going to criticize level of play, ownership structure, championship structure, Designated Players or even the insipid scheduling of games on FIFA dates without a postpone clause for teams that lose half their roster to international duties (John Carver already handled that last one just Click to continue reading...

Facing a massive player shortage for their next game, Toronto FC head coach John Carver is lashing out at league officials for their refusal to schedule games around FIFA international dates. In all, nine TFC players have been called up for international duty this weekend, a testament to the talent that the club boasts, but also a real problem heading into this weekend's home game against Chivas USA. Click to continue reading...

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And Presto-Chango just like that, Kevin Keegan is shown the door at Newcastle. Click to continue reading...

I'm trying to crank out my PE column tonight so I don't have to worry about it on Monday morning, which is a good thing since I'm going to be out and about most of the day. I'm writing a column on the horrendous scheduling by Major League Soccer and how they're playing right through World Cup qualifying. Click to continue reading...

Game story.

Notable:
*Chivas USA was without seven players due to injury and suspension: Maykel Galindo (sports hernia surgery), Jesse Marsch (fractured jaw), Claudio Suárez (R hip strain), Carey Talley (L thigh strain), Raphaël Wicky (R ankle surgery), Alex Zotinca (R knee surgery) and defender Shavar Thomas (yellow card accumulation).

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John Carver didn't hold back much after Toronto lost to Chivas 2-1 on Saturday.

He said he was "absolutely furious" with his defense and also was disgusted with the league and its scheduling. In fact, he even said Toronto FC asked the league to postpone next Saturday's match against Chivas due to extreme hardship. Click to continue reading...

As I mentioned in my last post, I'm in the middle of moving into residence at York University, which means that this preview is going to be a little shorter than I would like it to be.

Tonight marks the opening match of a home and home series with Chivas USA. Unfortunately for TFC, a home and home includes a road game.

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You read that headline correctly, Toronto FC is on a retreat - in the middle of a playoff race. Yup, head coach John Carver decided to get the club away from things in Toronto for a couple days and for the new players to get accustom to their new teammates. One of those new players [...] Click to continue reading...

Putting an end to rumors about whether he would even report to his new team, Carlos Ruiz is scheduled to arrive in Toronto on Tuesday to meet his new teammates and tour the facilities, according to a press release put out by Toronto FC Media Relations.The Los Angeles Galaxy announced that they had traded Ruiz to Toronto FC on Wednesday, while the Guatemalan forward was in his home country preparing to take on the USA in a World Cup Qualifier. Click to continue reading...

There really is no need to brag about getting something as right as saying a coach should be fired at anytime in the year. I know other sites will say they called it and what not but I like everyone else knew Fernando Clavijo's time in Colorado was about two years too long. So with that [...] Click to continue reading...

What can we say other than we called it.

While it didn't go down as part of an epic 3-way trade involving Brian McBride, our sources were right in that El Pescado still ended up with a new northern pond.

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Mo Edu's sale to Glasgow Rangers is more good news for US Soccer as we begin the 2010 World Cup qualifying cycle. While Edu was fortunate that in playing for Toronto FC he was led by one of the few outstanding MLS managers in John Carver, playing on the fieldturf of BMO Field as well as the general disjointed-ness of MLS would have stagnated his growth as a player.

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Edu with the USMNT/SI.com Mo Edu's sale to Glasgow Rangers is more good news for US Soccer as we begin the 2010 World Cup qualifying cycle. While Edu was fortunate that in playing for Toronto FC he was led by one of the few outstanding MLS managers in John Carver, playing on the fieldturf of BMO [. Click to continue reading...

If your a Toronto FC supporter you cant help but feel you witnessed a seminole moment in the evolution of your clubs growth. Today on the road down five starters down and a mile high you saw a side that has until today found a way to loose despite great opportunities at victory.But today Toronto held on a mile high against a ten man Colorado that played the final 12 minutes short a man. Click to continue reading...

There is a petition being put together to change the name of the East Stand at St. James' Park to the Sir Bobby Robson Stand. Bobby Robson - while manager at Newcastle - notice John Carver and young James Milner in the background Click to continue reading...

There is a petition being put together to change the name of the East Stand at St. James' Park to the Sir Bobby Robson stand. Bobby Robson - while manager at Newcastle - notice James Milner and John Carver in the background We are only too keen to put this out, so that those fans who want [...] Click to continue reading...