By Jeremiah Paschke-Wood | Only Love Soccer So there were a couple big(gish) trades in the MLS this weekend that I should mention. First off, Toronto shipped midfielder Julian DeGuzman to Dallas for forward Andrew Wiedeman. It’s a good trade for Toronto, who were paying DeGuzman a hefty salary – and honestly, does a team … Continue reading Rounding up this weekend’s trades in the MLS
By Jeremiah Paschke-Wood | Only Love Soccer All times Pacific, as usual. Saturday Toronto (0-0-5) v. Chicago (1-2-1). (12:30 p.m.) With apologies to TFC and Fire fans, this is another scintillating game of the week for NBC. At this rate, they’re just going to cancel their contract with the MLS. At least the Philly-Columbus match … Continue reading MLS Weekend Preview: April 21-22
By Jeremiah Paschke-Wood | Only Love Soccer Friday DC United 4 v. FC Dallas 1. A very good match from Nick DeLeon, and the most rare of sightings in the MLS, a good shift from Maicon Santos, leads United to a surprisingly easy romp over Dallas. DeLeon had a goal and an assist, and Santos … Continue reading MLS Weekend Recap: March 30-April 1
By Jeremiah Paschke-Wood | Only Love Soccer Saturday I was able to head down to Tucson to attend the final and third-place matches of Tucson’s possibly turning annual preseason tournament, dubbed this year the Desert Diamond Cup. I attended last year, when Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake joined FC Tucson and the Arizona … Continue reading Jeremiah’s Desert Diamond Cup report
Goal: Mike Magee (1) The Galaxy’s typical defensive solidity proves too much for the Red Bulls in the first leg of their playoff series. Mike Magee scored the long goal. In truth, the Galaxy could’ve won by a couple more goals, but Frank Rost made some nice saves for New York, and Robbie Keane was … Continue reading MLS Playoffs: New York 0, LA Galaxy 1
Goals: Joel Lindpere (1), Thierry Henry (1) Red card: Jan Gunnar Solli Shots: FC Dallas – 23 (7 on target), New York – 13 (6 on target) A crushing loss for FC Dallas, who, like many of their matches in the second half of the year, dominated with possession and chances, but were unable to … Continue reading MLS Playoffs: FC Dallas 0, New York Red Bulls 2
According to the article here. (NY Daily News) Basically the gist of it is that he said that the crowd was wrong for booing him, and that the reason the Red Bulls have struggled on defense is because the other players aren’t up to his level. This might be true, but for the salary Rafa … Continue reading Rafa blames teammates for Red Bulls’ woes
By Jeremiah Paschke-Wood*Games to watch ^Games not to watch All times Pacific, as usual Saturday New England (3-5-4 at home) v New York (1-8-4 away). (4:30 p.m.) New York somehow contrived to draw at home with Chicago in a match they might even have been lucky to draw. New England continues to be terrible, getting … Continue reading MLS weekend preview: August 20-21
By Jeremiah Paschke-Wood In a story by Patrick Finley of the Arizona Daily Star, (Link here) MLS exec Nelson Rodriguez has pitched the idea of the league using Tucson (I hope I don’t have to tell you it’s in Arizona) and possibly a site in Florida as potential “spring training” locations for the league. I … Continue reading MLS pinpoints Tucson as possible spring training destination
So in two separate trades, DC United acquired Dwayne DeRosario from the New York Red Bulls and Brandon McDonald from the Earthquakes. The Red Bulls picked up Dax McCarty from United. I believe the McDonald trade was done for picks and/or allocation money. I think it’s likely that United are starting to think they might … Continue reading DC United adds De Rosario, McDonald
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