*Central defender Greg Janicki, who began the season as a starter but fell out of favor with several poor performances and never regained the coaching staff's confidence, was waived by D.C. United. Midfielder Ely Allen, a midseason addition who appeared in three Champions League matches, was also let go. The only player claimed in MLS's waiver draft was Houston forward Abe Thompson by Real Salt Lake....
The Chicago Fire picked up the options of defender C.J. Brown and forward Brian McBride... the Major League Soccer club announced on Wednesday. from ABC 7 News
Defender CJ Brown and forward Brian McBride had their options renewed by the Chicago Fire, the club announced on Wednesday. 2010 will be Brown's 13th season with the club. He has been a member of the Fire since they joined Major League Soccer in 1998. “We are pleased to have both Brian and CJ back with the team for 2010,” said Fire Technical Director Frank Klopas. “McBride is a force...
Hats off to Real Salt Lake, the team that qualified dead last for the playoffs, on the last day of the season grabbed their first MLS cup in their five year franchise history, capping off an emotional month of play for RSL. They played like champions last night and deserved to win. Jason Kreis' boys did a remarkable thing in the past month: October 24, 2009. Last day of the regular season for RSL,...
My introduction to Daniele De Rossi was the vicious elbow that he threw at Brian McBride, leaving his face bloody in the USA vs Italy match in the 2006 World Cup. It left a negative impression of him but...
Final Record: 11-7-12 (45 pts) Goals: 10) Chris Rolfe 9) Marco Pappa 8) Cuauhtemoc Blanco 7) Chris Rolfe 6) Peter Lowry 5) Patrick Nyarko 4) Brian McBride 3) Peter Lowry 2) Chris Rolfe 1) Brian McBride Note: Only goals scored in the 2009 regular season were considered. Finally getting around to doing this, albeit a little later than usual. One down, fourteen to go...plus the overall best goals comp....
Photo by ISIphotos.com Welcome to the latest installment of Your October Questions Answered, where we take your reader-submitted questions and try to offer up our best responses and opinions to those questions. This batch of questions covers everything from Brian McBride's potential return to the U.S. national team, to my pick for Top Five Jay-Z songs. DaMarcus Beasley's international future is also...
Forward Fredy Montero, Seattle's leading scorer in the expansion club's debut season with 12 goals, was named MLS newcomer of the year, beating out teammates Kasey Keller and Freddie Ljungberg. (Newcomers are first-year players in the league with prior pro experience.) Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton, in his first full season since 2006, was voted comeback player of the year ahead of Chicago's...
Chef Brian McBride, far left, his daughters and Mark Toigo check out the bounty at Toigo Orchards. Photos: Chefs A'Field/Warner Hanson Television Foodies love griping about how there aren't any good food shows on TV anymore. But if you've never caught an episode of Chefs A'Field, you're missing out. Now in its fourth season, the Emmy-nominated series is the creation of local producers Heidi Hanson...
Seattle Sounders midfielder Freddy Llungberg is Major League Soccer's Player of the Month for October. He had four assists as the expansion Sounders qualified for the MLS playoffs. Llungberg was the Player of the Week for Week 31. 2009 MLS Player of the Month Awards March: Fredy Montero – Seattle Sounders FC April: Brian McBride – Chicago Fire May: Conor Casey – Colorado Rapids June:...
Anyone who thought it would be smaller companies that adopted Google's hosted office applications suite, Gooogle Apps, might want to look at a couple of recent customer wins. Earlier this month Rentokil Initial annonced it is moving 35,000 employees to the web-based communication and collaboration suite, in the largest roll-out of the cloud-based service to date. Then late last week it was the turn...
Amazon has announced its first application for the iPhone and iPod touch, giving users easy access to the online retailer. The main feature that will excite Apple users is the ability to take a photo of an item and upload it to the site through 'Amazon Remembers'. A search from the application then matches the picture with possible products, and obviously then gives you purchasing and release information....