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I rate O'Rourke pretty well.

Stunning to see Metro/Red Bull taking advantage of someone else in a trade. Usually they're the ones bending over.

Maybe the name change has been a good thing.

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Major League Soccer to kick off 11th season (Deseret News)

RSL's stadium funding a hot potato for Salt Lake County, Legislature (Salt Lake Tribune)

Rowan stadium could alter look of Route 322 (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)

Jersey bedeviled: What to name a soccer team? (Gloucester County Times)

MLS gets it wrong with Nowak (ESPN Soccernet)

O'Brien closing in on MLS deal, agent says (Yanks Abroad)
Gambit, are you sure you want John O'Brien if your team is willing to give up Herculez Gomez for him?

Et tu, Bruce (ESPN Soccernet)

Questions abound for rebuilding Crew (Columbus Dispatch)

Checketts: RLS is committed to community (Salt Lake Tribune)

Excitement over Dynamo to be on display in opener (Houston Chronicle)

All-star press conference canceled (The Fire Alarm)

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Prediction time, lads.

Eastern Conference
1. DC United
2. New England
3. Columbus
4. Chicago
5. Kansas City
6. Red Bull New York

Western Conference
1. Dallas
2. Los Angeles
3. Houston
4. Chivas USA
5. Colorado
6. Real Salt Lake

MLS Cup champions: Houston
USOC champions: Los Angeles
Rookie of the year: Sacha Kljestan (Chivas)
Manager of the year: Peter Nowak (DC United)
Most Valuable Player: Dwayne DeRosario (Houston)
First manager fired: Dave Sarachan (Chicago)
Post-World-Cup transfer out: Ed Johnson (Kansas City)
Best value foreign acquisition: Marcos Gonzalez (Columbus)

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Coca-Cola signs deal with Kroenke Sports (Denver Business Journal)

[retired_firebear369]

I'll take a shot at the predictions since I was so correct last season in the other thread (I predicted Chivas to win the West )

Eastern Conference
1. New England
2. Kansas City
3. Chicago
4. Columbus
5. DC United
6. Red Bull New York

Western Conference
1. Los Angeles
2. Houston
3. Dallas
4. Real Salt Lake
5. Chivas USA
6. Colorado

MLS Cup Champions: Dallas
USOC Champions: Los Angeles
Rookie of the Year: Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA)
Manager of the Year: Bob Gansler (Kansas City)
Most Valuable Player: Dwayne De Rosario (Houston)
First Manager Fired: Peter Nowak (DC United)
Post-World Cup Transfer Out: Eddie Johnson (Kansas City)
Best Value Foreign Acquisition: Peter Canero (Red Bull New York)

So for everyone out there, neither Dallas or KC will make the playoffs and DC will probably end up winning the whole thing

[retired_jo12289]

Originally posted by Jason the Yank:
First manager fired: Dave Sarachan (Chicago)

Should hire me - just done the MLS Cup and Supporters' Shield double with the Fire :cool:

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Buddle-for-Gaven swap goes down (MLSnet)

Not Bullish at state of affairs (North Jersey Media Group)

Red Bulls don't look like they'll stampede anyone (Newark Star-Ledger)

Suspended Dempsey returns to practice (AP)

Rehabbing Kreis unlikely to start in season opener (Salt Lake Tribune)

Hamilton helped others succeed (Asbury Park Press)

Players with Houston-area roots excited about reserve roles (Houston Chronicle)

Dynamo coaching staff gets a boost (Houston Chronicle)

Sports complex will serve bubbly with a kick: Coca-Cola (Denver Post)

Galaxy, Chivas have work cut out for them this season (Torrance Daily Breeze)

Plenty of fight, but will Revs have plenty of wins (Boston Globe)

'Caps just say 'no Franks' (24Hours Vancouver)

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Toronto stadium beginning to take shape (CP)

Guevara obtains green card (Soccer 365)

Red Bull to play home opener on grass (Paddock Talk)

MLS looks way down the field (Los Angeles Times)

New season, new storylines (USA Today)

Rimando to miss United's opener (Washington Post)

Man, I am so ready for the season to start.

[retired_nico1121]

Originally posted by Jason the Yank:
Guevara obtains green card (Soccer 365)

Woohoo!

[retired_wcclan]

Originally posted by Jason the Yank:
O'Brien closing in on MLS deal, agent says (Yanks Abroad)
Gambit, are you sure you want John O'Brien if your team is willing to give up Herculez Gomez for him?

I'm not that big a fan of Gomez, but we really don't have any other scoring options up front so that would be a bad swap