Monthly Archives: July 2007

Wanchope Will Join Fire Tomorrow

It is expected that Paulo Wanchope will officially join the Chicago Fire.  He reportedly passed his medical exam and has agreed to terms for a one year deal with the Fire.
Wanchope is a 31 year old Costa Rican striker that will bring a lot of experience and goal scoring power to the team.  He is [...]

Eddie Johnson Happy To Stay In Kansas City

Eddie Johnson turned down the possiblity of going to play in the English Premiere League.  Derby County made an offer to buy the young striker from the Kansas City Wizards.  Johnson himself decided he’d rather stay with the Wizards.
Earlier in his career Johnson was courted by a european team.  Benfica tried to sign Johnson when [...]

Paolo Wanchope Training With Chicago Fire

It is rumored that Paolo Wanchope is training with the Chicago Fire and that the Fire will have the option of signing him if they want.  Learn more about Wanchope at the ever-so-helpful wikipedia (Paulo Cesar Wanchope Watson).
How would Wanchope fit in with the Fire?  Fire Fans; Excited or just don’t care about another aging [...]

SuperLiga Schedule

SuperLiga starts up tonite, don’t miss FC Dallas and LA Galaxy in action tonite if you are lucky enough to have TeleFutura. All games will be shown on TeleFutura.
All times Central
Tuesday, July 24
FC Dallas vs. Chivas - 8:00 PM
LA Galaxy vs. Pachuca - 10:00 PM
Wednesday, July 25
DC United vs. Monarcas - 7:00 PM
Houston Dynamo [...]

Welcoming Golden Balls

It sounds kinda sick doesn’t it?
Found this video thanks to ThroughBall

Angel Enjoys MLS And His All Star MVP Performance

Juan Pablo Angel hasn’t even had time to stop and think about why he chose to come play in Major League Soccer.  He hasn’t looked back and is very happy with his decision to come to play in the United States.
Angel scored the first, and game winning, goal versus Celtic in the MLS All Star [...]

Two More USL-1 Teams Advance In US Open Cup

Two more lower league teams dropped two more MLS teams out of the US Open Cup.  The Seattle Sounders beat Chivas USA 3-1 to advance to the quarterfinals and will eventually face the Colorado Rapids.  The Carolina RailHawks beat Chicago Fire 1-0 and will go on to face the Richmond Kickers in the quarterfinals.
Major League [...]

2008 All Star Game Goes To Canada

Toronto will host the 2008 MLS All Star game at the brand new BMO Field.  For a fifth year the format on the MLS All Star game will be the MLS All Stars versus a high power international team.  Coming up soon the MLS All Stars will take on Celtic.  In the past years the [...]

San Jose Earthquakes Back In 2008

The San Jose Earthquakes may likely be back for the next season of Major League Soccer.  An announcement is expected tomorrow to officially declare San Jose as the newest location for MLS Expansion.
It wasn’t that long ago that the San Jose Earthquakes moved to Houston and became the Dynamo.  The Earthquakes had a couple of [...]

Beckham Has Arrived

Well kinda.  He was in LA yesterday and was officially introduced to the media and fans at a press conference yesterday morning.  Everyone is over-reacting, including ESPN.
I do hope this does work out well for the Galaxy and more importantly the whole league and even more just soccer in the US in general.  But we [...]