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...

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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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By now you have read at least 13 articles about how depleted Toronto FC will be this week due to national team call-ups. The situation is so dire that they are looking to staff members to fill out the side; team scout Tim Regan, formerly a defender with the Metrostars/RBNY and Chivas USA, looks likely to get one last shot at 90 minutes of MLS glory. Click to continue reading...

If one watched the Saturday Match between Red Bull New York at home to Kansas City Wizards, one might have seen a man in a Red Bull jersey and jeans jump over a considerable wall and on to the pitch without spilling a drop of beer to celebrate with the players after Danleigh Borman's goal in the 80th minute (shown below beginning at 1:00):



MLSR has learned that it is possible this man was former Red Bull, Tim Regan shown at right below:




An alternative explanation is that the man was one Borman's college room mates. Click to continue reading...