Articles tagged with "designated-player"
Will the Last DP to Leave MLS Please Turn Out the Lights?
By Laurie | November 21st, 2008Looks like we've got a veritable MLS Designated Player exodus on our hands this off-season. All "loans," of course. First we learned ...
Freddie Ljungberg is Coming to Seattle
By Laurie | October 28th, 2008So in my email today, I got an invite to the fan meet-up with Seattle Sounders FC's new Designated Player. And who is that ...
Beckham on Loan to Milan: Two Views
By Laurie | October 22nd, 2008The latest rumor coming from the AC Milan camp is that David Beckham will be coming to Milan on loan in January -- not ...
AC Milan Wants David Beckham
By Laurie | October 17th, 2008One could argue that the American dream hasn't worked out so well for David Beckham. The LA Galaxy look set to miss the playoffs ...
Player Announcement Coming Thursday
By Steve | August 12th, 2008The next Sounders FC player signing will be announced on Thursday, August 14th at 2:00PM at Qwest field. If the team is calling together the fans, ...
Reyna and The DP Slot
By Dave Martinez | July 15th, 2008Questions abound regarding that Reyna DP slot. Do we own it? Will we use it? Ives is clarifying things, as always. The Bulls ...
CLAUDIO REYNA RETIRES!
By Dave Martinez | July 15th, 2008I am in shock. Seriously. I mean, we all expected Reyna to pull a "Djorkaeff" and simply fade into the history books. ...
Wild guess
By James | June 30th, 2008I think Guillermo is going to move to a DP contract before the end of this season. There's too much grinning for me to think ...
Henry staying on the MLS radar
By akeem | June 26th, 2008French striker Henry spent this past weekend with his good friend and compatriot, NBA star Tony Parker, cruising the Big Apple and playing in the ...
Blogger M.I.A.
By Steve | June 2nd, 2008To everyone who reads this blog and was awaiting my response to the jerseys or a mention of the Brazil v. Canada game in QWest, ...
Weekly Update: Let's Get Kitted
By Steve | May 22nd, 2008The Seattle Sounders FC kits will be unveiled Wednesday, May 28th in Qwest field, the same day as the US v. England match. Coincidence? ...
Almost Too Funny to be True
By Steve | April 28th, 2008Rarely does a soccer headline grace the front page of the ESPN website. In this case, Brazilian World Cup star Ronaldo (not Cristiano) made ...
Great Expectations
By Steve | April 21st, 2008One day I was sitting in my parents living room playing some FIFA 07 on my dads big screen TV. He came home from ...
Bofo Bautista to Chivas USA - What is he worth?
By Alex | April 15th, 2008Some rumors make sense. Chivas USA need a playmaker and a star to attract fans. Bofo Bautista is out of contract at the end of ...
Designate This
By Steve | April 11th, 2008It seems pretty logical that the Seattle Sounders FC will begin the 2009 season with at least one designated player on the roster. The owners ...
Bruno Marioni to Chivas USA?
By Alex | March 31st, 2008One game in and the transfer speculations have started. Bruno Marioni to Chivas USA. Read it for yourself. The Argentine Striker has played .... everywhere. The guy ...
LOPEZ TO JOIN WIZARDS
By travis | March 7th, 2008Ahh, at last. Some relief from these incessant rumors. A number of sources are reporting that Lopez is going to join the Wizards. In fact, ...
What Does the Ruiz Deal Mean for the Galaxy?
By Laurie | January 15th, 2008What are the stages of grief? Anger, denial, bargaining, depression, acceptance, right? I'm not at "acceptance" yet. (And to make my life even worse, ...
What I am Thankful For . . . .
By Dave Martinez | November 22nd, 2007HAPPY TURKEY DAY EVERYONE! After an awesome year for our league, here is what has made me a thankful fan: WHAT I AM THANKFUL FOR: o The ...
A REYNA BUYOUT?
By Dave Martinez | November 19th, 2007The New York Times is reporting that the Red Bulls are looking to buy out Claudio Reynas million dollar contract, thus freeing up space for ...
MLS Grandfathers Retain Pipe & Slippers for 2008
By Daryl | November 18th, 2007Part of this whole Designated Player dealy is that "normal" players (ie non-DP players) cannot earn more than $400,000 per season. Most of them don't ...
Landon Donovan and that Elusive, (Illusive?) Second DP Slot
By Laurie | September 27th, 2007There is some interesting debate going on in the media lately about the possibility of gifting teams with a second Designated Player (DP) slot. ...
Can Chivas USA get a "David Beckham"?
By Alex | September 18th, 2007If you could pick any one in the world right now to play for Chivas USA, who would it be? There has been a lot ...
What the hell, we got Denilson?!?
By Robert | August 24th, 2007Let me first apologize for the mistakes I made the other day, I wrote a piece a couple days early because I was just sure ...
FC Dallas and the designated player
By Robert | August 21st, 2007(This is part three of a two part series: part one, part two) Now that signing deadline has finally passed its time to look back at ...
DP Controversy: Claudio Reyna Revisited
By Dave Martinez | August 20th, 2007Ok. Time for a cold shower. The season didnt end at 5-4. This WILL be difficult for me, but oh well. Its my ...
Free Kicks
By Robert | August 10th, 2007This is the last day of a really tough work week; hopefully I can get back to my normal output (now over 4,000 words per ...
The case for a designated player
By Robert | August 8th, 2007(This is the second in a two part series) With time running out on the window to sign a designated player (DP) and FC Dallas among ...
Crew steal a point from Blanco...er...Chicago
By scott | August 6th, 2007Nope, sorry Blanco. You only get the one point. On the road. In Chicago. With an excited, sold out stadium. Sure we'll take a point. The ...
The case against the designated player
By Robert | August 3rd, 2007(This is part one of a two part series) With time running out on the window to sign a designated player(s) and FC Dallas embroiled in ...
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