The CBA: Can MLS Wait Until…um…Till…um…Then?

…is it 2009 that Major League Soccer (MLS) keeps saying they’ll re-work the collective bargaining agreement with the MLS Players’ Union? 2010? Does it matter? It’s like Jon from the DC United Offside said in his post about DC-draftee Andrew Jacobson bypassing MLS to sign with France’s Lorient:
“Eddie Pope, take notice. [...]

The Nut of the Crew’s Striker Search

The Columbus Dispatch’s Shawn Mithcell takes the Columbus Crew’s quest for Maciej Zurawski to the “real” newspaper today, providing impressive detail on where things stand. The apparent pivot point in this deal shows in the following:
“How much Celtic is asking for the transfer and how much Zurawski is asking to be paid has not [...]

MLS PHILLY MOVES CLOSER!! Still not certain, but we’ll see Thursday!

Don Garber, sign us up! All signs are pointing to us getting the $45 million now… Sons of Ben – I want to hear from you on this – any info on Thursday’s event?
NOTHING IS CERTAIN. But unfortunately, my hopes are now officially up.

Gomez to Colorado: “It’s Going to Happen” (and Houston gets a ‘keeper…)

Tucked in a bunch of other player movement items, Goff effectively buries the lead…at least so far as Colorado Rapids fans are concerned. Citing a “source with knowledge of a possible trade” Goff reports now-former DC United midfielder Christian Gomez’s move to the Colorado Rapids only waits on the blessing.
So, what will this do [...]

Can anyone stop Adebayor? Fulham sputters…

1. Newcastle’s defense certainly couldn’t – they almost looked like they needed Oguchi Onyewu who played pretty poorly on loan with them about a year ago.
2. Not even his own teammates can stop him – and as you saw, Nicklas Bendtner tried.
What many people forget is that Adebayor was not a high-profile signing. Sure he [...]

My Connection (+ Comment to a promotion/relegation debate)

I have written witty comments to comments others have left down below as well as typing out something for the relegation/promotion debate posted on Nutmegged.  None of these appear to have gotten through.  Why, you ask?  I suspect it’s because my connection to the larger Web-world eats balls – often and eagerly, judging by the [...]