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Cannonball!!
Kei Kamara has been traded to Kansas City for Abe Thompson. Details to follow.
FOREVER ORANGE
Luis Angel Landin is one of the new faces in MLS. (Getty Images)
I guess you could really say its just been a rather slow week in terms of news. Sure rosters
were finalized on Tuesday night for the rest of the year and the league announced their big break
next summer but other than that it's been rather calm in Major League Soccer this week.
July 4, Kamara scored for Houston at CAB and pulled out a white glove as a tribute to the late
Michael Jackson.
Today, we acquired striker Kei Kamara from the Houston Dynamo for striker Abe Thompson and
allocation money. Kamara comes to the Wizards with 14 career goals and three career assists in 80
MLS games (50 starts) over four seasons.
A late season trade is underway. The Houston Chronicle is reporting that the Houston Dynamo are
set to trade forward Kei Kamara to Kansas City in exchange for Abe Thompson and possible allocation
money.
The deal isn't totally finished but boy it is an interesting one to see. Thompson hasn't really
done a thing in KC since being traded last season from Dallas.
The Kansas City Wizards acquired Kei Kamara from the Houston Dynamo for Abe Thompson and allocation
money.Abe hanging out in the Cauldron at a recent game...I was talking to Technical Director and
acting Head Coach Peter Vermes and he revealed the trade. He mentions the trade at the end of this
short interview.
Photo by ISIphotos.com
With a full stable of forwards, and a player in the final year of his contract, the Houston
Dynamo did what it always seems to do: finds a way to make a deal that helps the club.
Houston sends Kei Kamara to the Kansas City Wizards for fellow forward Abe
Thompson and some allocation money.
There seems to be something about Houston that awakens the scoring touch of forwards. Here are
three recent examples of players who reaped the rewards of joining one of Major League Soccer's
best teams.
Kei Kamara
Houston 19 gm 5 g 3 a .26 gpg
SJ/Clb 48 gm 7 g 0 a .15 gpg
Nate Jaqua
Seattle 12 gm 3 g 4 a .
The Houston Dynamo traded forward Kei Kamara to Kansas City today for forward Abe Thompson and
allocation money. "We would like to thank Kei for his contributions to the Dynamo, both in 2008 and
this year. We feel this is a good move that will help our team remain competitive for the remainder
of this season and beyond," Dynamo COO Chris Canetti said.
In a battle of teams sitting at the bottom of the Eastern Conference the Wizards made the most
of a huge Jorge Rojas mistake to score the only goal in a game where the winning team just made one
less mistake than the loser.
A Josh Wolff goal that came off a Claudio Lopez breakaway rebound allowed the Wizards to come
home with 6 points out of a possible 9 in this 3 game East coast swing.
I complain about lack of movement and the next day, what happens? The Wizards make a move. Today
(as I tried to post on Twitter, but apparently it didn't go through) the Wizards acquired Houston
Dynamo forward, Kei Kamara for Abe Thompson and some allocation money. Kamara is joins the Wizards
having scored 5 goals in 20 starts this year for the Dynamo.
On the final day before MLS teams' rosters are frozen for the remainder of the season, the Houston
Dynamo have traded forward Kei Kamara to the Kansas City Wizards in exchange for forward Abe
Thompson and allocation money.
"We would like to thank Kei for his contributions to the Dynamo, both in 2008 and this year," said
Dynamo Chief Operating Officer Chris Canetti.
It's a day late due to the Chivas-Club America game I went to yesterday.. There's a new former
Wizard after Abe Thompson was traded to Houston. I'm still looking for Alex Zotinca, Doug DeMartin,
Eloy Colombano, Jose Burciaga, Neal Kitson, Scott Sealy, and Will John. Here's this week's
update.
MLS
Nick Garcia - Toronto FC - Started and played 90 minues in Toronto's 3-2 win over Colorado.
Abe Thompson was with the Wizards for a little less than a year before he was traded this past week
for Kei Kamara. Thompson was brought in last year by the Wizards to help with their scoring issues
down the stretch. He didn't find net, but his bigger presence in the forward position did allow the
Wizards to show something different on the field than they had been previously.
After what appeared to be a whole mess of home cookin' the last time these two teams faced
eachother, the weather seems to favor the road team this time around. Here's a brief lesson in
climatology... Arabe Unido hails from Colon, a city in Panama that averages 129 inches of rain each
year. Houston averages 54 inches per year.
Today, the Carling Cup was in play for members of the Football League in England. Former Wizards
striker Eddie Johnson got the start for Fulham, playing 90 minutes** so far in a contest against
Manchester City that is in extra time. For the full round of results that included a big Everton
win over Hull City (without Altidore in the 18), click here.
On the final day before MLS teams' rosters are frozen for the remainder of the season, the Houston
Dynamo have traded forward Kei Kamara to the Kansas City Wizards in exchange for forward Abe
Thompson and allocation money.
"We would like to thank Kei for his contributions to the Dynamo, both in 2008 and this year," said
Dynamo Chief Operating Officer Chris Canetti.
Here's another one of your weekly update on former Wizards. The USL regular season is now over,
meaning all the former Wizards with Miami, Austin, and Minnesota are done for the season. I've also
found out where Eloy Colombano is playing now. He's playing in the Argentine 4th division with
Ferro Carril Sud.
