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Moor Gets Contract Extension

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FC Dallas defender Drew Moor has signed a new four year contract with the club according to Soccer America and later confirmed by one of my sources. Moor is one of club's most consistent and reliable players, something not to many people have been able to do on that backline over the last few years. I [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Drew Moor, FC Dallas, Kenny Cooper, Major League Soccer, New Contracts, United States, news and rumors, soccer america

DC To Add Two More Africans

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DC United is going to Africa. Instead of their usual shopping in Latin America, the club has gone in a different direction as of late. At the start of the season they signed Francis Doe (Libria) and a month ago they signed keeper Louis Crayton (Liberia). Now they are set to bring on two more Africans [. Click to continue reading...

WVHooligan @ 04:12 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Africa, Crayton, DC United, Doe, Ibrahim Koroma, Latin America, Liberia, Major League Soccer, Player Signings, Thabiso "Boyzzz" Khumalo, United States, news and rumors, shopping

2009 SuperDraft Projected Order

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Its been a long while since I updated this projected order, mainly because I knew there would be a slew of trades that would come down to shake up this order. And let's be honest, we've seen plenty of deals this year that included draft picks. With Monday's trade deadline looming, I figured we could bring [. Click to continue reading...

Trade Deadline Looming

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One thing that may be sneaking up on everyone is next Monday's trade deadline. Yup, Major League Soccer is just like every other American sports league by having a trade deadline. The big question is who is left to be traded at this point? - New York is looking for a striker within the league. We've known [. Click to continue reading...

WVH Rookie Watch List: Iro Starting To Shine

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It almost seems like being the best rookie this season is like a death wish. Either you start out on top and fade quicker than anyone thought, get hurt or...well get hurt some more. That seems to be the nature of things right now in the league for our crop of rookies. Usually by now we [...] Click to continue reading...

MLS Looking Into 2009 Schedule

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Call it the snooze button that was hit 20 times before finally waking up. Major League Soccer heard the cries for help in lightening the load in their schedule before - and before that - and now its coming down to this. The league finally realized that they need to look into their 2009 schedule [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Ivan Gazidis, MLS Schedule, Major League Soccer, United States, news and rumors

Weekend Recap: Teams Closing The Gap

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Its amazing how close the standings are this season in Major League Soccer. Some clubs are starting to speak at the right time and others are start to show just how deep they really aren't at the moment. And what's with this four way tie at the bottom of the standings? But how about the Columbus [... Click to continue reading...

Big Soccer Weekend

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Lots of soccer taking place this weekend. Lots of MLS action and lots of World Cup qualifiing action across the world! Here's a few to keep an eye on today and tomorrow: USA at Cuba - 8pm- ESPN Classic and Telefutura Jamaica at Mexico - 5:30pm- Telemundo New England Revolution at Columbus Crew - 7:30pm- HDNet New York Red Bulls [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, Cuba, ESPN, FIFA, HDNet, Houston Dynamo, Major League Soccer, Mexico, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Soccer, Soccer on TV, Telemundo, U.S. National Team, United States, Weekend Schedule, World Cup, jamaica, kc wizards, new england, news and rumors

League Denies Toronto Petition

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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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Tags: Chivas USA, Contracts, John Carver, MLS Schedule, Major League Soccer, Toronto, Toronto FC, United States, news and rumors, petition

Weekend Preview: Only 8 To Go

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Week 24 is already off to a hot start with Colorado's rare road upset of FC Dallas last night. The move bumped the Rapids back into the playoff picture for the time being. Several other clubs hope their luck can change like that this weekend as each club faces some more must-win matches. Back to our [. Click to continue reading...

KC Trades For Thompson

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Looks like the Kansas City Wizards are trying to make a serious push towards the playoffs. This morning they have traded for Abe Thompson from FC Dallas in exchange for an undisclosed amount of allocation money. This marks the second striker that the Wizards have traded for this week (the other being Herculez Gomez from Colorado). Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Abe Thompson, FC Dallas, Kansas City Wizards, Major League Soccer, United States, allocation, gomez, kc wizards, money, news and rumors, striker, trades

Hey! A Webcam at Red Bull Arena

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I guess that 60-90 day crap finally ended. The New York Red Bulls announced the website launch for their new stadium at www.redbullarena.us. Best part for some who doubt that actual construction is going on, there is a webcam! As far as the construction goes, its all still relatively the same as we posted last time. Click to continue reading...

WVHooligan @ 09:28 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Major League Soccer, New York Red Bulls, Red Bull Arena, Stadium Construction, Stadium Talk, United States, news and rumors

Vancouver Supporters Issue Statement

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Trying not to be outdone by their rivals to the south, the supporters of the USL-1 Vancouver Whitecaps have issued a press release this morning in regards to a promotion they are going to be putting on at an upcoming game. They want their fans to come out in full support and will be issuing "MLS [... Click to continue reading...

WVHooligan @ 01:08 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Expansion Hopefuls, MLS expansion, Major League Soccer, United States, Vancouver, Vancouver Expansion, Vancouver Whitecaps, expansion talk, news and rumors, rivals

11 is nice, 12 is better

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DC United won their 12th club trophy last night in the 2008 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup with their 2-1 defeat of the USL-1 Charleston Battery at RFK Stadium. DC was lead by their two Brazilians Luciano Emilio and Fred in this one as Emilio got the Black-and-Red up early and after Charleston leveled things [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Charleston Battery, DC United, Fred, Lamar Hunt, Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, Luciano Emilio, Major League Soccer, US Open Cup, United States, brazilians, news and rumors, rfk stadium

Gomez Traded To Kansas City

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Kansas City Wizards have traded for Colorado striker Herculez Gomez today according to the Denver Post. Colorado will ship the 26-year old Gomez to KC in exchange for a forth round pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft and first-round pick in the '09 supplemental draft as well as undisclosed amount of money. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: 2009 MLS SuperDraft, Colorado Rapids, Denver Post, Herculez Gomez, Kansas City Wizards, MLS SuperDraft, Major League Soccer, United States, kc wizards, news and rumors, striker, supplemental draft, trades

More From Portland

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While Portland may have not finished in the top two of the WVH Poll for expansion (that nod went to St. Louis and Montreal), they have put out their plan today for MLS expansion, including what they plan to do with current Timbers venue PGE Park. According to MLStoPortland.com, the plan to renovate PGE Park includes: Modification [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Expansion Hopeful, MLS expansion, Major League Soccer, Portland, Portland Expansion, Timbers, United States, expansion talk, montreal, news and rumors, poll

CCL Games Tonight

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A couple more preliminary matches in the CONCACAF Champions League tonight, both involving MLS squads. New England Revolution and Chivas USA play host to Joe Public and Tauro FC, respectively. Tonight, they will either move on to the group stages of the competition or fade off into the sunset. The Revs have the better shot at advancing after [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: CCL, CONCACAF, Champions League, Chivas USA, Group Stages, Joe Public, Major League Soccer, New England Revolution, Revs, Tauro, United States, concacaf champions league, new england, news and rumors, sunset

WVH August Awards: GBS Leads The Way

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I'm trying not to make this such a Columbus love fest here but when your hot it has to be noted and right now the Columbus Crew are indeed hot. The main reason is because of the way things are clicking on the offensive side of the ball and also to a degree on the [...] Click to continue reading...

WVH Weekly Awards: Espindola Strikes

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Lots of action in week 23 to count and figure out who shined brighter than who. To make this quick and simple I went with a two goal effort this week over a couple solid one goal efforts and a two assists effort out of a couple others. I went with Real Salt Lake's Fabian Espindola's [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Fabian Espindola, Goal of the Week, Landon Donovan, Landon Freakin Donovan, Los Angeles Galaxy, Major League Soccer, Player of the Week, Real Salt Lake, United States, Week 23, Weekly Awards, assists, fabian, news and rumors

WVH Power Rankings: Labor Day Edition

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Not a whole lot of change this week in the WVH Power Rankings. The Labor Day weekend saw the Crew go on top of the standing and the Rapids fall to the bottom of the standings. In regards to the standings here on WVH, it is pretty much the same on top as it is [...] Click to continue reading...

Garber Address Scheduling Situation

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We've heard the complaints all week, and rather all year, about the congested MLS schedule. Today in his blog, MLS Commissioner Don Garber addressed that very issue. He like many of us were upset to see a showcase game last week with LA and Chicago lose its luster over the amount of players called into [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Article Reactions, Don Garber, MLS Commissioner, MLS Schedule, Major League Soccer, United States, blog, news and rumors

CONCACAF Champions League Recap

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The first round of preliminaries are nearly over, one match is left to be played today (Pumas v Harbor View). You can thank the oncoming Hurricane for the delay. But let's recap the first round of games. Deportivo Jalapa (Guatemala) 1 - 0 San Fransisco (Panama) Joe Republic (Trinidad and Tobago) 2 - 1 New England Revolution [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: CONCACAF, Champions League, Chivas USA, Major League Soccer, New England Revolution, San Fransisco, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, concacaf champions league, games, new england, news and rumors

Dutch Club Eying Kljestan?

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I mentioned yesterday that it wouldn't take long before we hear Sacha Kljestan's name being mentioned by several European clubs for a transfer move. Today we get a report that Dutch club FC Twente is interested in the Chivas USA midfielder. He could join former England boss Steve McClaren at Twente if they can make an [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Chivas USA, England, FC Twente, Major League Soccer, Sacha Kljestan, Steve McClaren, United States, boss, news and rumors, summer transfers

Next MLS Stars To Head Abroad

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A lot has been made of the players this summer who have left Major League Soccer for higher wages in Europe. I figured since today was a slower news day I would take a look at the next group of guys that could potentially cash in on a move across the pond. Feel free to give [...] Click to continue reading...

No Kandji For New York

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Let's take one striker off the shortlist of players the New York Red Bulls are after. Reports today say Major League Soccer has blocked a bid for New York to transfer in USL star Macoumba Kandji from Atlanta for $200,000. According to SBI, the league denied the New York's club bid for a USL player. That [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Atlanta Silverbacks, Macoumba Kandji, Major League Soccer, New York Red Bulls, USL, United States, news and rumors, shortlist, striker, summer transfers

Doing Work On Red Bull Arena

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Yeah, all of that 60 to 90 crap seems out the door with steel actually going up in Harrison, New Jersey. Thanks to the Red Bull Reader, today we have proof that they are doing some serious work on the new Arena. The progress to date includes completion of the erection of structural steel and steel [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Major League Soccer, New York Red Bulls, Red Bull Arena, Stadium Construction, Stadium Talk, United States, news and rumors, red bull

St. Louis Opening Doors For Other Expanion Hopefuls

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Talk about an insert-foot-into-mouth kind of moment. Jeff Cooper, the man behind the machine that is trying to get a MLS club in the Gateway City of St. Louis had a couple comments about the league's expansion fee. "We're not going to pay so much," Cooper said. "If they're unreasonable with the price, we can go elsewhere," [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Expansion Hopefuls, Jeff Cooper, Major League Soccer, St. Louis Expansion, United States, expansion talk, news and rumors

MLS Playoff Odds

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Lots of people complain that the biggest thing against soccer is the lack of stats. Americans love their stats and honestly I can't blame them. Other sports are full of them and soccer does lack some statistical value to some people. Well, today I found a site that puts the math to the test and helps [. Click to continue reading...

MLS Clubs Drop Opening CCL Games

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Not a good night for Major League Soccer on the international scene. Two games on foreign soil and two very ugly losses. Chivas loses in Panama to Tauro 2-0. New England loses in Trindad to Jack Warner's Joe Public 2-1. MLS clubs lost games to very small clubs. Not the big boys of CONCACAF like Pachuca or Olimpia, [. Click to continue reading...

WVHooligan @ 07:51 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: CONCACAF, Champions League, Chivas, Chivas USA, Jack Warner, Joe Public, Major League Soccer, New England Revolution, Olimpia, Pachuca, Panama, Tauro, United States, concacaf champions league, new england, news and rumors

Dallas Gets New Field

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Nice to know some clubs still care about where they play. While all summer pitches across the land turned brown or nasty due to too much play. FC Dallas made sure the stretch run into the fall would not include a nasty, torn up field. Kudos FCD for caring about your field. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: FC Dallas, Major League Soccer, Pizza Hut Park, United States, news and rumors

Possible Revs Stadium Location Update

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It's starting to sounds like this is just another Boston suburb to check off the list for New England fans. We talked back in mid-July about the possibility of New England building a stadium in the Boston suburb of Somerville, which is located not too far out of the city. This time however, the news doesn't [. Click to continue reading...

WVHooligan @ 02:57 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Bob Kraft, Major League Soccer, New England Revolution, New England Stadium, Soccer Stadiums, Somerville, Stadium Talk, United States, new england, news and rumors

WVH Weekly Awards: Once More Its GBS

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What more can you say about Columbus's Guillermo Barros Schelotto right now? Two weeks in a row with goals and assists to lead the Crew to a victory. There was really no question in my mind who had the best week in week 22 here. GBS's goal and two assists were clearly better than anyone's lone [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, Goal of the Week, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, John Thorrington, Major League Soccer, Player of the Week, United States, Week 22, Weekly Awards, assists, news and rumors, victory

Weekend Recap: East Still Owning The West

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I guess something really never change here now do they? In one weekend we've seen a conference just utterly dominate the other. Then again, all season the eastern conference has practically owned the western conference like we've never seen before. Lucky for the western clubs this season three get an automatic bid into the playoffs, [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, DC United, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, MLS Weekend Recaps, Major League Soccer, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Toronto FC, United States, kc wizards, news and rumors

Updated: In-Season Player Movement

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Another week of wheelin' and dealin' in MLS. Here is an updated list of what's gone on during this season in terms of player movement. Here's some food for thought though too. Look at this list, you see something interesting? Yeah, a whole slew of Americans returned to MLS this summer. Brian McBride, Eddie Lewis, Robbie [. Click to continue reading...

Osorio Still Striker Shopping

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After the sale of Jozy Altidore to Spain, New York Red Bulls coach Juan Carlos Osorio has been shopping around the world for a replacement striker. Right now he is mainly targeting three here in the States as the international transfer window closed for MLS clubs last Friday. The three Osorio is looking at right now, [. Click to continue reading...

WVHooligan @ 07:44 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Colorado Rapids, Dominic Oduro, FC Dallas, Juan Carlos Osorio, Macoumba Kandji, Major League Soccer, New York Red Bulls, Omar Cummings, Spain, United States, coach, news and rumors, trades

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