Our friends over at New England Soccer Today are once again flexing their muscles and showing off their superior sources, and today's piece does not disappoint. Few people were probably expecting Monsef Zerka to return this season, but most were operating under the assumption that the front office was at least making some attempt to bring him back at a reduced salary.

Less than a week after bringing American Edson Buddle back to Los Angeles, the team has bolstered the roster further by unveiling two Brazilians.

Earlier this week, the Galaxy officially announced that the club had reached an agreement with Brazilian club São Paulo FC, allowing midfielder Juninho to return on loan for the 2012 season.

Mike Fucito and Lamar Neagle head to Montreal in exchange for Eddie Johnson. (Getty Images)

The allocation was quick and swift for striker Eddie Johnson. The former FC Dallas and Kansas City man was quickly selected by the Montreal Impact via the allocation order today. The Impact quickly tweeted out that they would be trading him though.

It seems odd to me, but over the last few weeks I've seen Aaron Ramsey come in for a lot of criticism, especially on the angst-spewing machine that is Twitter. The main bone of contention seems to be that he has become an automatic first XI pick for Arsene this year, despite the fact that he has not contributed enough to the team.

Barry Robson (left) will be battling it out on a MLS pitch this summer. (Getty Images)

Add Vancouver to the list of clubs with multiple Designated Players.

Today the club announced today the acquisition of Scottish international midfielder Barry Robson as the club's newest Designated Player.

The last time the Baltimore Blast visited U.S. Cellular Arena, they shut out the Milwaukee Wave for the final 50 minutes and dealt the home team its first loss of the season.

Those points appeared to provide some motivation for the Wave on Saturday night.

Greg Howes had a goal and two assists in a seven-goal first quarter as Milwaukee raced out to a 14-0 lead and thumped the Blast 22-8 in a Major Indoor Soccer League match watched by 4,707 fans at U.

Well, we kind of had an idea that Arsenal were playing well but not getting the results. It was a matter of details according to Arteta, Wenger, and others. It all came good in this one as Blackburn were the hapless victims of a rampant Arsenal side.

Chance conversion was another issue which was put to bed, at least temporarily, with 7 out of 8 shot on target registering on the scoreboard.

Juninho proved to be a handful for most MLS sides in 2011. (Getty Images)

I said a few weeks (or maybe just a couple weeks) back that the biggest thing that the LA Galaxy needed to replace this winter was Juninho.

Well, what better way to replace him than with him.

The LA Galaxy announced on Tuesday that the club has reached an agreement with Brazilian club São Paulo FC that will allow midfielder Juninho to return to the Galaxy on loan for the 2012 MLS season.

For the second straight loan, Landon Donovan has performed at a high level for Everton, and for a second straight loan, he's been rewarded with the club's Player of the Month honors.

Donovan captured Everton's award for January, replicating the feat that he accomplished back in January of 2010.

Ola John impresses at FC Twente. Game in game out, the mercurial winger is involved with dribbles, pinpoint crosses, assists and goals. He scored a beauty last midweek against Steaua Bukarest, gifting his new/old coach McClaren the away win.

Ola John, Adam Maher and Luciano Narsigh were selected by team manager [read more]

On Friday afternoon, the Montreal Impact selected United States International Eddie Johnson via the allocation process. Per MLS rules, the Impact will now move to the back of the allocation order for the next time a player enters this process.

After only an hour of being a member of the Impact, it was announced that he was traded to the Seattle Sounders in exchange for Lamar Neagle and Mike Fucito.

By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (Feb 28, 2012) US Soccer Players -- In Tuesday's edition, Tony looks at Major League Soccer's all-time statistical leaders, Nottingham Forest's league position, and an upcoming attendance record in Toronto. At the end of this coming MLS season, could Landon Donovan be the all-time MLS leader in any statistical categories?

Photo: Earl Gardner

UPDATE: The Union have officially announced that Kyle Nakazawa has been traded to the Los Angeles Galaxy along with a 2013 natural second-round pick in exchange for an international slot. The Union are now permitted to have nine internationals on their roster.

MISL NEWS RELEASE: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Missouri's Tiguinho Named Player of the Week Had five assists as part of a nine-point night in Comets' victory last Wednesday TAMPA, Fla. –...
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Gunners, waiting for Götze? No longer, Thomas Eisfeld, 19 years old, who's supposed to be even more Götze than Mario Götze and comes from the same club arrives at the Emirates for a princely sum of £420,000. Which means dear Gunners, if you're waiting for the real thing, you're doing it at your own hazard.

Liverpool were linked with dozens of players during the January transfer window, and one of the names that kept popping up was Aston Villa's Darren Bent. With 164 goals and 39 assists in the last nine seasons, the England International definitely matches the type of player Liverpool need (and arguably still need), but the Bent has now revealed that a transfer was never realistically on the

Regular readers of my blog will know that I like to pick out a video on YouTube now and again to showcase some of the work being done by fantastic people on there. In the last few days my Torres post which had over 10,000 hits alone featured work put together on the video channel.
Here I present to you yet another one to have a watch.

A first win of 2012, seven goals, a striker in the form of his life, and one of the most exciting young talents in the country. Finally a day really worth cheering about.

The emergence of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, in particular, is great news for the club. In recent times Arsene Wenger seemed to have lost his touch with bringing in exceptional young talents, with the likes of Diaby, Denilson and Walcott not fulfilling their potential, and the most exciting player, Wilshere, coming up through the club's academy.

Olympique de Marseille vs. Olympique Lyonnais

Stade Vélodrome – Week 22, Ligue 1.

The swords are drawn.

The only two teams in French League alive in four championships play in The Olympico at Stade Vélodrome. Not just another League match, but one that will set expectations for greater games to come.

Craig Bellamy has been fantastic for Liverpool so far this season, and with 9 goals and 7 assists to his name already, he is arguably the club's most important attacking player right now. Dirk Kuyt played alongside Bellamy during his first stint at Anfield, and he believes that the Welshman is an even better player now.

Robin Van Persie scored a hat-trick and gave three other assists in the 7-1 win over Blackburn this weekend, but the teamwork amongst him, Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was a joy to watch as they terrorized the Rovers defence. The Ox was starting his fourth game in a row for Arsenal and Van Persie [.

Darwin Jones was among the Seattle Sounders' recent cuts from preseason training camp, but that doesn't mean he'll be going very far. The 19-year-old has joined the University of Washington's 2012 recruiting class, giving the Huskies four Sounders Academy products in this class alone. Jones will be accompanied by Michael Gallagher, Ian Lange and Dominique Dismuke.

John Nyen spurs a more interesting relationship between Donovan and Dempsey than "foil."

....or did they?

10 goals in the Barclay's Premier League and 16 in all competitions: Clint Dempsey

5 assists in 7 games in the Barclay's Premier League: Landon Donovan

No animosity (photo credit: MLSSoccer.

David Silva is behind more goals than any other midfielder, having a total of 17 goals and assists, followed by Gareth Bale on 16. Nani and Mata are tied on 13, Valencia and Nasri on 10, Giggs with 9 and Young on 7. However, when you take in to consideration the games they've actually played in, specifically focussing on starts, Giggsy comes out top with an impressive 1.

Lionard Pajoy was having the best season of his career as a 30-year old in Colombia, and now the 6'1″ striker has a chance to build on his late blooming success as a member of the Philadelphia Union.

The team announced the signing of Pajoy (pronounced "Pa-hoy") from Colombian first division side Itagui Ditaires today.

On a night when AZ starter Charlison Benschop bagged a hat trick, late sub Jozy Altidore has come on to hit a brace of his own, capping a 6-0 win at ADO Den Haag. They were both simple finishes, coming less than two minutes apart on assists by Brett Holman and Maarten Martens.Jozy had been without a goal since December 4th, but now his league total stands at seven and his haul across all

Arsenal winger Theo Walcott has dedicated his team's recent 7-1 mauling of Blackburn Rovers to their under-pressure manager Arsene Wenger.

The Gunners dominated the relegation-threatened side last weekend, which was the first time that they collected all three points this year. The lopsided victory means that Arsenal are now just three points behind fourth-placed Chelsea, who threw away a three-goal advantage against Manchester United on Sunday.

Earlier today MLSSoccer.com reported that the reason Mac Kandji wasn't in camp right away is that he was looking for a team in Europe. This afternoon the Rapids announced that Kandji had been traded to Houston for a conditional 3rd round draft pick in 2014. Probably a fair trade for a guy who's had 0 goals and 3 assists in 16 games.

ESPN Announced on Thursday morning that Circle Pines, Minn., resident Jenna Roering has been named to the 22 women Gatorade State Fall Girls Soccer Players of the Year Team. The Centennial junior forward scored 34 goals and passed for 12 assists this past season, leading the Cougars (18-2-2) to the Class AA state semifinals.

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- Adebayor has more assists (10) than any other striker in the league.

- Rooney has more shots per game (4.7) than any other player in the league, followed by van Persie (4.6) then Suarez (4.3).

- Van Persie is the best striker on home turf (13), followed by Augero (11) then Rooney (9).

And, he does it again folks! He sinks three-pointer with .5-seconds left for the win.
Knicks come back in the 4th quarter Valentine's Night behind their Linsational point guard phenom. He has 27 points and 11 assists in Toronto for the gutty 90-87 win.
The New York Knicks haven't lost a game with Jeremy Lin as a starter or before when he came off the bench to play significant minutes.

Stewart Downing came for a big fee in the Summer of 2011. With a good touch, pace and consistently the most crosses in the Premier League he looked like a good compliment to Andy Carroll, but he was never worth the £18.5 million pounds Liverpool paid for him, becoming the sixth most expensive Liverpool signing of all time in the process.

Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Martin Rennie has made no secret of his desire for a ball-winning central midfielder, and he may have found the man for the job.

According to reports, the Whitecaps will sign Middlesbrough midfielder Barry Robson on a free transfer once the Championship season concludes.

Barry Robson (left) will be battling it out on a MLS pitch this summer. (Getty Images)

Add Vancouver to the list of clubs with multiple Designated Players.

Today the club announced today the acquisition of Scottish international midfielder Barry Robson as the club's newest Designated Player.

The Portland Timbers have seen enough from Cameroonian midfielder Franck Songo'o to make him one of their own.

The Timbers announced they agreed to a deal with Songo'o on Thursday, signing the former Barcelona youth product after his solid showing in Portland's first four preseason games.

Philipakos tweeted this photo with his announcement that Witkowski had signed.

Supplemental Draft pick Krystian Witkowski has signed with the Philadelphia Union according to a tweet by agent Ted Philipakos. As of this writing no confirmation has been received from the Union.

The Union selected Witkowski with their second pick of the 2012 Supplemental Draft.

Last weekend, Robb Heineman posted on Twitter that "pending league approval got another guy resigned". Speculation on who that was ran around for a few days. The two names that were regularly brought up were Matt Besler and Graham Zusi. The two had breakout years last year, with Besler stepping up and anchoring the central defense for KC and becoming an asset on set pieces, especially with his long throw.

On Monday, it was announced that the Revolution have acquired French striker Saër Sène on a free transfer from Bayern Munich.

Sène had spent most of his time with the the team's reserve squad, Bayern Munich II, but had also been called up to the senior team multiple times.

The Frenchman had appeared in 55 matches for Bayern Munich II over a two and a half year stint with the club, scoring 19 goals and adding three assists.

The Linning streak had to end one day. Friday night ended up being that day. Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks lost at home against the New Orleans Hornets by a final score of 89-85. The Knicks had won seven straight games.

Lin produced once again, finishing with 26 points, five assists and four steals in 40 minutes of action.