Real Salt Lake have their sights set on the CONCACAF Champions League next year.
Winning the regional title is priority No. 1 for RSL and GM Garth Lagerwey calls it “arguably bigger than MLS Cup.”
Proof that RSL are doing all they can to win the competition, the club’s owners stepped up and purchased the buyout of Alvaro Saborio, who was on loan from FC Sion, and made him a Designated Player.
Signing Fredy Montero as the club’s third DP has the Seattle Sounders in a “cap-constrained” position, according to GM Adrian Hanauer. He said that the club will be on the lookout for role players this offseason.
After Saborío and Montero, next in line for a new contract is MLS MVP David Ferreira, who FC Dallas say has been extended a three-year offer. (SPANISH)
Even with all the major signings of South and Central American players, ex-Chicago Fire defender Wilman Conde, in his first training session with Mexican club Puebla, calls MLS a very European league. (SPANISH)
With half his roster to build for 2011, Columbus Crew head coach Robert Warzycha has spent a week scouting in Argentina.
Josh Wolff is set to be one of the bigger names available in the first ever MLS Re-Entry Draft next week after his contract option was not exercised by Sporting Kansas City.
One Sporting player who reportedly has a future at the club is goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen.
Chivas USA’s Venezuelan forward, Giancarlo Maldonado, may make a return to his native country and play for the club coached by his father, according to reports from Venezuela.
Meanwhile, the Goats have distanced themselves from the soccer stadium being proposed for downtown Los Angeles.
There is a controversy brewing involving the sister club of Chivas USA. In Guadalajara, they are accusing the United States and American clubs of stealing players from their youth system, namely Omar Salgado, who will be part of the 2011 SuperDraft. (SPANISH)
The ownership drama in Toronto is apparently heating up with a 66 percent share of the company which owns Toronto FC at stake.
On the international scene, West Ham United manager Avram Grant praised his Carling Cup goal-scoring hero, American Jonathan Spector, and says he was inspired by the Spanish clásico.
Now the club is set to offer Spector a new contract, admitting that perhaps he’s been playing the wrong position his entire career.
The best American player in England today is Clint Dempsey, and the experts point to the fact that he played street soccer growing up.
Lastly, the story of US Soccer President Sunil Gulati who, win or lose, was the face of the 2022 US World Cup bid.
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