Category Archives: Eddie Johnson

Do the DP’s have to be old timers?

In order for the LA Galaxy to bring David Beckham to Major League Soccer the rules had to change.  The salary cap was too small for Beckham to fit on any team by himself, so the league added DP’s which only count toward some of your salary cap.  After that the team can pay that [...]

Claudio Lopez signs with Kansas City Wizards

This weekend the Kansas City Wizards improved their roster by leaps and bounds by signing their first ever DP player. They got Argentine Claudio Lopez who has participated in 2 world cups for South American powerhouse Argentina. Lopez signed a 1 year deal with the Wizards on terms that are not yet available. [...]

The Juice is leaving MLS for Fulham

Eddie “TheLa casinos es un de los juegos que podemos jugar en cada de los casinos. Juice” Johnson is on his way out of Kansas City - on his way to London - to Fulham.  It is a continuing transformation of Fulham into the US National team.  Johnson joins Kasey Keller, Brian McBride, Carlos Bocanegra, [...]

Wizards look to change formation and Fulham buys the US National Team

Along with the recent departure of Nick Garcia, the news that Jose Burciaga Jr is going to Colorado for more draft picks reveals signs that the Wizards will be looking to play a new formation.  The lineup will feature 1 defender (who needs more than Jimmy Conrad anyway?), 6 in the midfield, and 3 strikers.
Jose [...]

Eddie Johnson on his way to Fulham?

Is Eddie Johnson on his way out of Kansas City to play for Fulham?
The Daily Mail reports that Eddie “the Juice” Johnson has left the US National team training camp which is a sign that a deal with Fulham is near.   Johnson has had an up and down career recently with the Kansas City Wizards.  [...]

Predicting the postseason

Well a weekend full of season ending games and a couple more end of the year awards have been finalized. How are my predictions going?
I correctly predicted that the 4th seed Chicago Fire took out overall league leaders DC United.
I also predicted that the 5th place (East) Kansas City Wizards would defeat 1st place [...]

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 [...]

MLS All Star First XI announced

The MLS All Star game first 11 was announced today. This isn’t necessairly the starting lineup, just the first 11 guys voted onto the team. 7 more will be added later. No representative from the Colombus Crew, Toronto FC, Chicago Fire, Colorado Rapids, LA Galaxy and Real Salt Lake.
Juan Pablo Angel [...]

Eddie Johnson Scores Hat Trick History

Eddie Johnson and the Kansas City Wizards are hot. Eddie “The Juice” Johnson just made Major League Soccer history by being the first player to score hat tricks in consecutive games.
The Wizards topped the league leading New York Red Bulls on Saturday where Johnson got his second consecutive hat trick. The Wizads get some time [...]

Long weekend

I hope you all had a good long weekend. Mine was exhausting and then work was even more so when I got back. A lot of exciting stuff went down while I was out of town and then locked in my office.
Beckham may be missing from the Galaxy if he gets called back [...]