25 year old American goalkeeper Matt Pickens is on his way out of Major League Soccer. The former Chicago Fire goalkeeper is headed to Queens Park Rangers for the rest of the English season – his contract is only good until June 2008.
Pickens played 40 games in 4 seasons during his Major League Soccer career for the Chicago Fire.
Toronto FC finally scored on Saturday and the crowd loved it. Then they gave up a goal which the crowd didn’t like so much. Then both Toronto FC and Chicago Fire had a man sent off with red cards. Toronto FC had lost Danny Dichio (their goal scorer) for aparently trying to bite Matt Pickens. Diego Gutierrez got involved and also got a red card. I don’t know how Matt Pickens came out of it un-booked, but he did and the game went on. Toronto FC went on to score 2 more goals to complete the 3-1 victory and the crowd love it. It was exciting to see part of Major League Soccer history on Saturday. It would have been better to be a TFC fan and be at the game.
Here is a fan video I found of the first TFC goal. It isn’t the best shot of the goal, but it captures the crowd reaction pretty well.
