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October 1, 2008

The Best Superdraft Picks by Draft Position (#34-112 posted)

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There have been plenty of articles over the years about the best Superdraft steals in MLS history. I'm sure everyone knows by now that Jeff Parke was the last pick of the 2004 draft, or that Jonathan Bornstein was a 4th rounder. Steve Davis gave us his top ten back in January at Soccernet in a nice piece. Click to continue reading...

September 3, 2008

Evening ticker: Rapids trade Herculez to KC, Barrett signs new TFC deal and Nery goes missing

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One team is in desperate need of some offensive help while the other team might just be raising the white flag.

That's one way to look at the Colorado Rapids trading of forward Herculez Gomez to Kansas City for allocation money and draft picks (4th rounder and 1st round supplemental in '09).

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July 21, 2008

Bruno Guarda Lottery

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He's the latest player to be the subject of the dreaded weighted lottery. Played for SMU under Schellas Hyndman, so I'm sure if Dallas wins there will be a lot of complaining. I don't really know anything about him, but Buzz at 3rddegree.net apparently thinks that he would've been a first rounder in this year's draft. Click to continue reading...

February 26, 2008

Don't show 'em the money!

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It appears that the New England Revolution has taken a bit of a different approach toward signing the majority of their rookies this MLS preseason.

Instead of procuring their services in writing early in preseason training, the club bypassed the entire process and simply awarded each frosh the title of "trialist". Click to continue reading...

February 8, 2008

Training observations, 2/6

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I apologize for the tardiness of this piece, but between computer strikes a 24-hour bug, I wasn't able to deliver this to you until now. So, without further ado...

The Revs held training at ForeKicks in Norfolk, MA ona rainy Wednesday morning. Among some of the highlights:

*The bulk of the training was devoted to stretching, calisthenics, and some jogging. Click to continue reading...

January 4, 2008

MLS (Finally) Releases SuperDraft Order

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Something that really should have been posted a month ago or so has finally been released. The 2008 MLS SuperDraft order is finally out and ready for the public viewing. Interesting seeing the number of picks and where things actually did fall for the clubs. Chivas with only one pick really jumps out at me, especially since [. Click to continue reading...

July 9, 2007

Monday Thoughts

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A nice weekend around the league. Time to discuss a few things surrounding a few teams and some possible expansion talk. Feel free as always to put your input below. ~~ For those wondering who the US U20 team will be facing (if you have been living under a rock or something), they get Uruguay Wednesday [...] Click to continue reading...