Trades: Forward Crisis in Houston? Gallardo Goes…Where? Who Is Ivan Trujillo?

It’s not so much the trades I’m reading about today that interest me, and not all are – how do you say? – consummated, as the fallout they’re producing. Here’s a quick tour, starting with the outgoing and confirmed.
- Joseph Ngwenya to SK Austria. Sounds nice for the player, but what’s it do [...]

Give ‘Em Hell, Andrea!

I don’t often do simple plugs, but Andrea Canales penned a good post over on Sideline Views, ripping into the Los Angeles Galaxy management, along Major League Soccer (MLS) in general, for being psychotically close-to-the-vest in their dealings with the media. Worse, league management, in collusion with players’ agents, get players to go along.
Good [...]

La Liga: Real Zaragoza Gets a Win, Loses a Coach

Just as quickly as I said Ander Garitano gave Real Zaragoza their first win since Halloween, the Basque coach announced his resignation late Monday night.
The resignation came as a complete surprise to most around the club. Garitano was scheduled to appear at several media appearances but was reported to have a fever, thus missing [...]

MLS Supplemental Draft Coming….Shhh…

It seems Major League Soccer (MLS) views Thursday’s Supplemental Draft as some kind of malformed, chickenhead-eating geek, some horrific half-man they keep under lock and key in the basement. At least that’s the impression one gets from MLSnet.com’s front page (or even news page) radio silence on the event. Don’t know how a [...]

World: UEFA and FIFA Will Pay Clubs For International Duty

Any readers of this site know of my utter despise when players head off on international duty. Case and point: My beloved Sevilla currently without Kanouté, Kone and Keita while they toil it out at the African Cup of Nations in the hot sun.
However, today UEFA and FIFA have came to an agreement (of [...]