Only a couple names to even mention today that cleared waivers and were picked up by a new club. D.C. United added defender Jeff Curtin, who was let go from Chicago; Houston adds Kyle Brown (RSL) and Chicago picks up defender Brandon Prideaux (Colorado). I didn't see Kelly Grey's name out there even though he was being [. Click to continue reading...

We've heard it many times over the past couple months. Argentine forward Claudio Lopez coming to the MLS for some club's designated player tag. For a while we didn't know which club as names bounded around from DC to Dallas to Colorado but one finally seemed to stick, Kansas City. I've waited around a little bit [. Click to continue reading...

Ever wonder what your name would be if you grew up in Brazil and played soccer? BrazilName has a fun little name generator [link] that will give you yours. Mine was Graiano da Costa.

Some MLS players if they were Brazilian :
Brian Ching == "Briildo"
Bouna Coundoul == "Coundoisco"
Bobby Boswell == "Beca"
David Beckham == "Claudio Beckhson"
Taylor Twellman == "Taylinhosa"
Dema Kovalenko == "Demisco"
Lanny Cakes == "Lildo"
Eddie Pope == "Eddiildo Pau"

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I figured it would be easier to cut to the chase and not list out every club and who they were protecting, and instead put who they weren't going to protect in tomorrow's expansion draft. Some very interesting names on this list. A few that I notice sticking out like a sore thumb are guys like [...] Click to continue reading...