Former FC Dallas midfielder Juan Toja started and played 77 minutes of UEFA Champions League action for Steaua Bucuresti in the Romanian club's 1-0 loss to Bayern Munich in their opening match of group stage play on Wednesday. Toja had a relatively quiet game, only showing up on the stat sheet with one foul suffered and one foul committed. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Champions League action continues today across Europe, just a day after some shocking results turned the tournamant on its ear.

Roma's stunning loss to CFR Cluj and Werder Bremen's tie vs. Anorthosis Famagusta have all the remaining match favorites focusing a little more closely today.

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Contract negotiations are starting to heat up in Texas, according to Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney, as FC Dallas has been successful in getting American defender Drew Moor to re-sign with the club. At the same time, however, talks have soured with star striker Kenny Cooper, leading to a suspension of negotiations between the two parties until the season is over. Click to continue reading...

Last year here in Dallas we all knew it would come before long, the Juan Toja wig night. It came with plenty of press and hype and in a way it didn't disappoint all that much. Flip forward a year later and we expected another wig night with Toja still on board this season but a [...] Click to continue reading...

FC Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman is thinking big. And he has to, now that his bosses sold away talented midfielder Juan Toja and may be thinking, despite saying otherwise, of cashing in on Kenny Cooper in the not too distant... Click to continue reading...

Good afternoon to the folks on the West side of the country (and the MLS standings). Here are some news items and notes for you to peruse as your day winds to a close:

FC Dallas signs Sikora

FC Dallas said goodbye to Colombian midfielder Juan Toja over the weekend, but have already replaced him.

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As Juan Toja leaves Dallas for Romania his old team gives him a video send off! Click to continue reading...

Juan Toja played 2 season in Major League Soccer and played in 2 all star games. Now Toja is off to Romania - sold to Steaua Bucharest by FC Dallas. The Columbian midfielder will be the third Columbian on the Steaua Bucharest roster. He will join another attacking midfielder Dayro Moreno and goalkeeper Róbinson Zapata.

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FC Dallas confirmed on Friday afternoon that midfielder Juan Toja had successfully completed a transfer to Romanian club FC Steaua Bucuresti.

Toja, 23, has become one of the league's most promising stars since joining the Hoops from legendary Argentinean club River Plate before the start of last season. Click to continue reading...

Juan Toja, the FC Dallas MVP from last season, has left for FC Steaua Bucuresti. Steaua are in the Champions League and drew Galatasaray today in the third qualifying round draw. The midfielder spoke about the move: I want to... Click to continue reading...

A deal that we've been talking about for a couple weeks now. FC Dallas has announced that they have officially sold Colombian midfielder Juan Toja to Romanian side Steaua Bucuresti today. No immediate details on the transfer were given but my sources tell me the Romanian side is set to pay a transfer fee between $1 [. Click to continue reading...

Remember way back on the 4th of July when we at MLSR told you that Juan Toja might be headed to Bucharest?
According to the official blog of FC Dallas, its a done deal.

Here's the blog entry:

"Late this afternoon, we here at the FCD Blog were able to witness Juan Toja signing off on the final document that sealed his transfer from FC Dallas to Romanian club Steaua Bucuresti. Click to continue reading...

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Jozy Altidore left. So did Brad Guzan. Juan Toja could be leaving soon too, as could Kenny Cooper.

As the list of MLS players set to make moves to Europe continues to grow, one name not on that list is Taylor Twellman, the New England Revolution striker who had his bid for a multi-million dollar move to Preston North End rejected last winter.

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Lots of activity and potential activity going on in MLS. What do the most recent rumors say about who's coming and who's going? Juan Toja didn't play for FC Dallas yesterday. This may or may not mean anything. Toja's said to be injured, but he's also said to be leaving Dallas. His [...] Click to continue reading...

This article comes to us courtesy of Argentine site Facetas Deportivas. It details the travel plans of FC Dallas's assistant coach John Ellinger who has one mission: To bring back players and hopefully "El Burrito" Ortega is one of them. With the pending transfers of Juan Toja and Kenny Cooper, FC Dallas will have some big holes to fill. Click to continue reading...

As you've probably seen, the Aztex U23s suffered a tough loss last night in Orlando, going down 3-1 to the Laredo Heat in the Southern Conference Final. You can read the gory details, if you don't already know them.

And so ends the inaugural season of the Austin Aztex. As I've commented elsewhere, I find it oddly difficult to feel too sad about the loss last night. Click to continue reading...

Hello, hello from Frisco, TX, time once again for another live commentary of FC Dallas. Today the Hoops host David Beckham and the LA Galaxy. I will try to do some play-by-play commentary on here for today's game that looks to be an interesting one for a few reasons. If you have any comments on the [. Click to continue reading...

The New York Times has an article about Kenny Cooper and Juan Toja leaving F.C. Dallas for Rosenborg and Steaua Bucharest respectively. I really think both players would be making mistakes, but especially Kenny Cooper. Kenny is on the verge of establishing himself as a top forward in MLS and is still young enough that there will be plenty of opportunities ahead for him if he stays in MLS. Click to continue reading...

Steve Nicol coached the MLS All-Stars to victory in a back and forth affair with some great goals and the league's stars putting on what was at times an impressive display. In other words, it was exactly what you would hope for from an All-Star game.

Canadian International Dwayne De Rosario scored the game winner on a penalty kick in the 69th minute in front of a sold out crowd at BMO Field in Toronto.

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I feel as though the day after the MLS All-Star game I need to start announcing clean ups in aisle nine or something. So many stories from the game and the surrounding festivities this week. I kind of think we all underestimated just how big of an event this really truly was this year. First off, [.. Click to continue reading...

The last 48 hours or so have been an absolute mess in the Juan Toja transfer to Romanian side Steaua Bucharest. Some reports say a deal is done, some now say the deal has hit a wall and some reports are apparently totally fake. SO what really is going on here? Apparently the second of those three [.. Click to continue reading...

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With reports circulating about transfer deals being completed for both FC Dallas midfielder Juan Toja and forward Kenny Cooper, but MLS All-Stars denied that deals were done while a team source told SBI that multiple teams have made strong inquiries about Cooper.

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Wizards captain, Jimmy Conrad, is now all star winning captain, Jimmy Conrad. Conrad played all 90 minutes, captaining the MLS all stars tonight against West Ham United at BMO Field in Toronto. United put up a good effort against the MLS all stars. They grabbed the lead through Dean Ashton in the 26th minute. Click to continue reading...

Good evening folks. I'm coming to you from BMO Field and we're less than two hours from kick-off of the 2008 MLS All-Star game between MLS and West Ham United.

The fans haven't been let in yet but I can see them stacked outside the gates. A sell-out crowd is expected tonight and it will be interesting to see how Toronto fans embrace an MLS All-Star team that may have no Canadians in the starting lineup.

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Is Juan Toja about to play his final match as a MLS player?

Rumor has it that the longhair midfielder will fly to Romania tonight, after the All-Star match, to finish a deal with Romanian powerhouse Steaua Bucharest.

Then again, it is just a rumor. Accord to FCD coach Schellas Hyndman, "I expect him here to play against LA (on Sunday). Click to continue reading...

Colombian Midfielder Juan Toja has been sold to Steaua Bucharest for a undisclosed transfer fee.  Toja said "I want to play in Europe because it's the only way to play in the Colombian national team,"  Toja, has played for the U-20 Colombian National Team during his time with Independiente in Colombia. Click to continue reading...

OK, so ..... a very short entry today and sadly none tomorrow, as I have to go out of town on short notice for some family business. Just read the other Designated Players sites for all the updates. See ya next week.


FC Dallas has sold midfielder Juan Toja to Steaua Bucharest in Hungary. Click to continue reading...

Some news on the eve of the All-Star game in Toronto. Pretty much just a follow up to last night's topic on the possible sale of FC Dallas midfielder Juan Toja. It appears that a deal is now done. According to Buzz Carrick at 3rdDegree.net, league sources say that Toja has been sold to Steaua Bucharest. Click to continue reading...

I'll admit, I laughed off the Eto'o to Uzbekistan link -- probably like many of you.

But the Barca striker seems crazy enough. And he was over there getting all chummy with PFC Kuruvchi.

Thanks to The Spoiler for the picture compilation.

• Are Mexicans starting to respect the MLS?

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According to this site, Toja is gone.

The following comes courtesy of our friends at los-torros.com

Well, sports fans, it looks like it's over. From Wednesday's GSP.ro:

Conducere Stelei i-a rezervat ieri biletele de avion, iar sîmbătă seara, Toja va fi prezent în Ghencea ca jucător al vicecampioanei. Click to continue reading...

Talk in the Big D today centers around All-Star midfielder Juan Toja and his possible transfer to FC Steaua Bucureşti in Romania. Diego Aparicio of Al Dia here in Dallas reports today that the Romanian side upped their offer from $500,00 to between $1 million and $1.5 million. **Translation from the Aparicio article that was originally [. Click to continue reading...

Well, let's see. We had five league games this week and all five ended in a draw. KC-Columbus kicked it off with a 3-3 draw, then San Jose-Toronto and Real Salt Lake-Chicago each went 0-0 while Colorado-FC Dallas and Galaxy-New York went 2-2. No winners, no losers, 10 teams gaining one point apiece.

Meanwhile, DC crashed out of SuperLiga by losing all three games. Click to continue reading...

It was clear when FC Dallas traded some draft picks for two international slots that they were looking to do some serious business in the transfer market . There were rumors that they were going to tap into their Brazilian partner, Club Atletico Paranese as they had done previously to sign Ricardinho and André Rocha. Click to continue reading...

The one day most of the MLSR writers and editors decide to take an early weekend all hell breaks lose in the MLS transfer news and rumors area. So forgive us for being late with the lateness. We seriously deserve the Gasface. Ok you know what time it is! Enough with the 90s rap clichés.

This will serve as a master round up of todays transfer/trade news and rumors. Click to continue reading...

NEW YORK -- Major League Soccer announced that Chivas USA defender Jonathan Bornstein, New England Revolution midfielder Steve Ralston and FC Dallas midfielder Juan Toja were selected by All-Star head coach Steve Nicol to replace Sacha Kljestan, Michael Parkhurst and Robbie Rogers who were named to the U. Click to continue reading...