Posts Tagged ‘MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER EXPANSION’
PLAYERS AVAILABLE FOR WEDNESDAY’S MLS WAIVER DRAFT
PLAYERS AVAILABLE FOR WEDNESDAY'S MLS WAIVER DRAFT A number of players were let go by there clubs on Tuesday in order for teams to meet roster compliance. Below are the players waived and the teams that waived them. All players will be available in Wednesday’s Waiver Draft. There certainly is some ability amongst this lot. Southern [...]
MLS ANNOUNCES DATES AND MATCHES FOR 2011 FIRST KICK
MLS ANNOUNCES DATES AND MATCHES FOR 2011 FIRST KICK Major League Soccer has set the table for it's opening weekend, announcing the matches that will constitute First Kick 2011 as well as the home opener's for all eighteen MLS clubs. The season opens, oddly enough on Tuesday, March 15th at Qwest Field in Seattle, where the Third-year Sounders [...]
TORONTO FC LANDS NATE STURGIS FROM VANCOUVER
TORONTO FC LANDS NATE STURGIS FROM VANCOUVER The first ever Major league Soccer trade between Canadian teams took place earlier today, when Vancouver Whitecaps sent Nate Sturgis to their national rivals Toronto FC for the Red's 1st round pick in January. The Superdraft pick will give the Whitecaps the 8th overall pick in addition to the Number [...]
2010 MLS EXPANSION DRAFT DAY RECAP INCLUDING TRADES
2010 MLS EXPANSION DRAFT DAY RECAP INCLUDING TRADES Wow. Talk about a moving and shaking day. Only four teams didn't have their rosters affected and seven of the 20 players drafted earlier today are back with their original teams or sent on to a third team. many teams came out of Expansion Draft day looking good, though I don't think [...]
DC UNITED TRADE FOR DAX MCCARTY
DC UNITED TRADE FOR DAX MCCARTY And the team that came out on top in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft is... DC United? DC United acquired Dax McCarty from the Portland Timbers, mere hours after the player was selected first overall in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft. United sent Defender / Midfielder Rodney Wallace, allocation cash and the teams [...]
2010 MLS EXPANSION DRAFT DAY RECAP AND ANALYSIS
2010 MLS EXPANSION DRAFT DAY RECAP AND ANALYSIS PORTLAND TIMERS VANCOUVER WHITECAPS 1 – Dax McCarty – M – FCD* 1 – Sanna Nyassi – M – SEA 2 – Eric Brunner – D – CLB 2 – Atiba Harris – F – FCD 3 – Adam Moffat – M – CLB 3 – Nathan Sturgis – D/M – SEA 4 – Anthony [...]
FOLLOW THE EXPANSION DRAFT LIVE
FOLLOW THE EXPANSION DRAFT LIVE Follow Goodman Browne on Twitter for up to the minute expansion draft picks and analysis and see how Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps build there sides from scratch. Follow YGBrowne at Twitter.
MOCK EXPANSION DRAFT
MOCK EXPANSION DRAFT There. I went ahead and did it. A mock expansion draft by me is a bit of mockery in it’s own right. I have regularly mocked journalists and bloggers who have put them together over the years due to the fact that they are always so radically inaccurate. This year it is tougher as it is the first time since 2003 that there [...]
WHY MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER’S WINTER SCHEDULE IS A POINTLESS IDEA
WHY MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER'S WINTER SCHEDULE IS A POINTLESS IDEA The whole concept of switching Major League Soccer to a winter schedule to match that of the European leagues or, in the words of MLS PR, a more international schedule, is a pointless and, in the long run, fruitless gesture. MLS currently needs an eight month season to play out [...]
2011 EXPANSION DRAFT: COMPLETE LIST OF AVAILABLE PLAYERS
2011 EXPANSION DRAFT: COMPLETE LIST OF AVAILABLE PLAYERS Major League Soccer at it's 16 existing teams have released the complete list of player left unprotected and thus available to be selected in the 2011 MLS expansion draft. The Portland Timbers will select first and each team will make ten total selections. Every time a player is [...]
