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Adu thrilled to join Real - Deseret Morning News Adu overjoyed to join RSL - MLSNet.com It's a Win-Win for Adu and United - Washington Post.com One thing we learned yesterday is that it only cost Freddy a PS3 to land the #11 shirt with Real Salt Lake. Apparently Alecko Eskandarian wouldn't give...

DC United.com Steven Goff - Washington Post Michael C. Lewis - Salt Lake Tribune Deseret Morning News DC United has traded Freddy Adu and Nick Rimando to Real Salt Lake for a major allocation, the rights to goalkeeper Jay Nolly, and future considerations. This deal ends the rocky relationship be...

Rochester Rhinos Head Coach Laurie Calloway was on Kick This! this past Saturday and said that Rene Rivas is looking to re-ignite his playing career in 2007 and that the organization is looking into options to retool the men's team's coaching staff, as well as find a new head coach for the wome...

The Clean Cheet: Chivas Loss is U.S. Gain A Full Friday - ThisIsAmerican.com Gulati mismanaged the hiring process - Jeff Carlisle - ESPN.com Bradley deserving of the chance to lead U.S. team - Ives Galarcep - ESPN.com Rising From the Ashes - Michael Lewis - BigAppleSoccer.com No Better Choice - Bi...

US Soccer.com SI.com - Klinsmann out, Bradley in SI.com - Bombshell of a day BigAppleSoccer.com It what can only be described as stunning news, US Soccer President Sunil Gulati is expected to announce later today that negotiations with former German National Team coach and star Jurgen Klinsmann...

SI.com The David Beckham to the LA Galaxy rumor mill has a little more grist as Victoria Beckham, David's wife, has reportedly been looking at homes in Beverly Hills and Hollywood and supposedly wants to finalize a purchase by January. With the transfer window opening up in January, the timing...

RailHawks.com Yesterday, the Carolina RailHawks officially announced that former Rhinos Chris Carrieri, Jonny Steele, and Connolly Edozien, along with former Puerto Rico Islander Josh Norkus and Anthony Maher will be members of their inaugural season in 2007. RailHawks head coach Scott Schweitze...

Vote for U.S. Soccer Athletes of the Year Abby Wambach is once again up for U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year. In 2006, Abby moved up to sixth all time in goal scoring for the USWNT and scored both goals against Mexico in the CONCACAF Gold Cup Semifinal that punched the US's ticket to the 2...

ColoradoRapids.com On Friday, the Colorado Rapids traded starting goalkeeper Joe Cannon to the LA Galaxy for forward Herculez Gomez and defender Ugo Ihemelu. The teams also swapped second round draft picks in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft with the Rapids receiving the natural 18th and sending the natu...

Clubcall.com Clint Dempsey's desired move to the English Premier League may have encountered a stumbling block that will be harder to overcome than merely getting MLS to agree to a deal. Apparently Fulham have agreed to a deal to land the New England Revolution and US Men's National Team forward/mid...

Eurosport.com US Men's National Team defender Steve Cherundolo has told a German television channel that he has been told that Jurgen Klinsmann will be the next US Men's National Team coach. US Soccer front man Sunil Gulati has said that he hopes to name a new coach by the end of November and early...

FIFA.com FIFA unveiled the three finalists for their men's and women's World Player of the Year awards and Rochester native Abby Wambach did not make the list. US captain Kristine Lilly, Brazil's Marta, and Germany's Renate Lingor were named as the three finalists for the women's award. On the men's...

Montreal Impact.com Toronto Sun The Montreal Impact have announced that MLS has purchased the contract of Canadian National Team goalkeeper Greg Sutton from the club and indications are that he will join Toronto FC. It is expected that Toronto FC will introduce Sutton as their newest addition at...

GLAZER'S ROLE FOR BECKHAM In an interesting twist to the David Beckham to the LA Galaxy rumors, Manchester United owner Malcolm Glazer is interested in buying into the MLS club, re-branding the team, and helping pay the freight to get Beckham to LA. While all the ties between Beckham and LA have bee...

FIFA rules allow a player who's contract is about to expire to discuss a contract for the following season six months prior to his contract expiring. Rhinos captain Scott Vallow has a contract that is currently set to expire on December 31, 2007. That means that if Vallow and the Rhinos have not agr...

XanGo.com RealSaltLake.com FoxSports.com Today, Real Salt Lake will be holding a press conference to announce that beverage maker XanGo will become their kit sponsor starting in 2007. Reportedly, the deal is for four years and will land Real Salt Lake between $4 and $5 million total. Real Salt Lak...

SI.com - Greg Lalas FoxSports.com - Nick Webster Now that the offseason is under way, the soccer media is having a field day talking about the new Designated Player Rule and what it means for the future of MLS. Of course, there is the usual Beckham and Ronaldo speculation. But, there is also good di...

MLSNet.com The newest member of MLS will add ten players on Friday as the league will hold an expansion draft for Toronto FC at 1pm. There are already some interesting rumors flying around ahead of the draft where 10 teams will lose one player. The most interesting rumor has FC Dallas trading right...

Dynamo are fast workers: one year, one title Onstad saves day ... then saves the ball Dy-no-mite! Houston wins MLS Cup For the first 105 minutes, the 2006 MLS Cup was not the most entertaining game. The game was scoreless and neither team had a multitude of quality scoring chances. Taylor Twellman...

 SOCCER WITH THE RHINOS ON TURKEY BREAK!!JOIN SCOTT VALLOW and MATTHEW DELICÂTE of the ROCHESTER RHINOS for a HALF-DAY GOALKEEPER or STRIKER CAMP!!WHEN: November 24, 1-5pm WHERE: Premier Sports Center, 701 Phillips Road, Webster Who: Any young soccer player looking to strengthen his / her tec...

US Soccer.com The USA will take on the winner of the Mexico-Trinidad & Tobago quarterfinal on Wednesday, Nov. 22, in one of the Women’s Gold Cup semifinals at The Home Depot Center. The winner of that game will qualify directly to the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Despite missing her first game ev...

SOCCER COMPLEX | A different financing proposal considered On Tuesday, Johnson County voters shot down a ballot issue that would have funded a 24 field youth and amateur soccer complex with an increase in property taxes by a 64% to 36% margin. OnGoal LLC, the new owners of the Wizards, are now looki...

Atlanta Silverbacks.com The Atlanta Silverbacks announced yesterday that they had re-signed former Rhino David Hayes to a new three year contract, as well as re-signing USL 1st Division 1st Team defender Matt Bobo, goalkeeper Felipe Quintero, and midfielder Tony McManus to new two year contracts. At...

Washington Post.com Beyond the talk of Freddy Adu possibly moving across the pond, there are other tidbits of speculation out of DC that should be on interest to fans in Rochester. USL 2nd Division leading scorer Robert Ssejjemba appears to be headed back to the USL after his stint with United after...

Both of the MLS Conference Final games yesterday featured an early goal by the road team. In the first game, it was all the scoring that would take place. In the second game, it was the only stumbling block for the home side. New England gets back to the MLS Cup Final again Heading into Sunday's ma...

FoxSports.com The US defeated the Netherlands today by a 2-0 score in Peace Queen Cup to advance to the final where they will face Canada. However, the US will likely be without Abby Wambach for the final as she picked up an ankle injury in today's match. The US dodged a bullet as Kristine Lilly wil...

It was a crazy weekend in the MLS playoffs. Only one team that entered Game 2 of their total goals series with a tie advanced. And penalty kicks played a big part in how 3 of the 4 series were decided. The Revs versus the world The New England Revolution entered the second leg of their series with...

FoxSports.com A segment of Mexican fans had a hard time accepting that Mexico's World Cup team included Argentine-born forward Guillermo Franco and Brazilian-born midfielder Zinha. Nationalistic pride led them to believe that Mexico wasn't one of those countries that needed to import talent to win...

SI.com First he was dropped from England's squad by new head man Steve McLaren. Now David Beckham is dealing with being benched by Real Madrid. After reports that contract extension talks between the former English captain and the Spanish giants had stalled, there is now loads of speculation of what...

RHINOS RE-SIGN LAURIE CALLOWAY Coach Calloway given three-year deal with Rhinos In a move that has been expected, the Rhinos re-signed head coach Laurie Calloway to a three year extension on Monday. The new contract will run through the 2009 season. In his two years in Rochester, Calloway has led t...