Check out the new segment from our friends at Futbolr.com, Futbolr 15.
Their first interview is with recently signed UVA alumni Brian "Cobi" Span. This Sophmore landed a signing with Swedish outfit Djurgårdens IF one month ago. Talk about a great way to end the year.
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After a solid two seasons at the University of Virginia, American winger Cobi Span is excited to begin his professional career with Djurgarden's in the Swedish Allsvenskan.

The blog that follows UVA sports, Streaking the Lawn, is reporting that Virginia sophomore winger Brian "Cobi" Span signed a contract today with Djurgarden IF of Sweden's top flight, Allsvenkan.
Streaking the Lawn | UVA Soccer Standout Brian "Cobi" Span Signs With Djurgarden IF of Sweden
According to Ives Galarcap of Fox Soccer, Span is ranked as the 7th best player on the 2012 MLS Draft Big Board.

One of college soccer's top attacking talents is headed overseas.

After not being offered a Generation adidas deal by MLS, University of Virginia winger Brian "Cobi" Span signed with Swedish club Djurgarden on Tuesday. Djurgarden had also offered former Akron and current GA striker Darren Mattocks a deal before he ultimately signed with MLS.

The 2012 MLS Draft is less than a month away and Major League Soccer has secured the services of the two highest-rated prospects coming out of college this year.

Sources have told Fox Soccer that Duke standout Andrew Wenger and Akron star Darren Mattocks have signed Generation adidas contracts, with MLS expected to announce the first of its Generation adidas signings on Tuesday.

With the 2011 season officially over and the Expansion Draft having come and gone we've begun to see many trades and player movements throughout MLS, including our own Portland Timbers who have dropped a number of players and are bringing on a new DP in the coming days/weeks.

But with all that done, there's still one huge event looming on the horizon: the 2012 MLS SuperDraft.

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Before we begin, let's all shake our righteous heads at hockey hooligans. Although I can understand Vancouver fans being upset - I didn't even know UCLA had a hockey team.
Back to Gold Cup coverage. We have a special guest here on the blog - sports fan and dictator, Fidel Sarcastro. Nice to have you with us, Fidel!

Featured image: Eryin Wandel

Reading United scored four second half goals in route to a 5-1 victory over the visiting Central Jersey Spartans. United midfielder Lasse Sohrweide contributed a goal and two assists in an efficient thirty minute shift to help maintain Reading's position atop the Mid-Atlantic table.

Reading United's win over Ocean City Nor'easters on Friday night put them in the US Open Cup. In the four games the team had played up to that point, Reading has outscored their opponents 15 goals to 3.

Westchester Flames

Reading United remained in the top spot in the the Mid-Atlantic Division with a dominating 4-1 victory over the Westchester Flames Wednesday night at City Park Stadium.

The Philadelphia Union's Player Development League affiliate team has spent plenty of time in the last couple of years near the top of the PDL standings. Now the Reading United AC looks to build upon their past successes with a boost by a strong 2011 recruiting class.

"The recruiting class brought in by Brendan Burke is absolutely top notch.

The Soccer Hall of Fame may be trapped in the Phantom Zone, but that doesn't mean there aren't players to enshrine. So, let's look at this year's ballot!
...wait. Can you? You sure can't here. No, this site hasn't worked for a dog's age.
Oh, okay, the Fed has the list.

Cobi Jones & Kevin Hartman are bar-tending at Cobi's restaurant in Santa Barbara, CA tonight. What are the odds of some local blogger sitting at the bar and unwittingly pumping Jones for information on the Cosmos while the two for Galaxy players reenact scenes from Cocktail behind the bar?

Some News for Tue Jan 11, 2010
STARTERS
Edson Buddle has signed with Ingolstadt in the German Bundesliga 2.
-This is the kind of player that MLS should have done everything possible to keep. But instead he is another player who walked away on a free transfer. And to the second to the worst team in the German second division.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. German second-division club Ingolstadt has signed United States forward Edson Buddle. Buddle's contract with Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy had expired. He was MLS's leading scorer for most of last season despite missing more than a month for the World Cup. Buddle ended the regular season as the second-highest scorer [.