Under the terms of Major League Soccer's collective bargaining agreement, the League must name a
minimum of 32 All-Stars. With 19 on the active roster for Wednesday's game against Chelsea (ESPN2 -
8:30pm ET), the League announced 13 more players as inactive All-Star selections. GK: Nick Rimando
(Real Salt Lake), Jon Busch (San Jose Earthquakes) DEF: Jamison Olave (Real Salt Lake), Geoff
Cameron (Houston Dynamo) MID: Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Marco Pappa (Chicago Fire), Brek.
The list of the inactive MLS All Stars is finally out. A couple surprised on the list but for
the most part all names included are pretty justified based on their play this season.
Full list: Jon Busch (San Jose Earthquakes), Marvin Chávez (San Jose Earthquakes), Kenny Cooper
(New York Red Bulls), Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Fabián
EspÃndola (Real Salt Lake), Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City), Kei Kamara (Sporting Kansas
City), Fredy Montero (Seattle Sounders FC), Jámison Olave (Real Salt Lake), Marco Pappa (Chicago
Fire), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake), Brek Shea (FC Dallas)
The players were decided in voting by MLS players.
The votes are being counted left and right for the 2012 MLS All Star game in Philadelphia.
Fans can vote for their favorite players through Monday, July 2 at 5 p.m. ET online atÂ
www.MLSsoccer.com as well as by sending a player's last name via text message to 22442. Twitter
voting has closed.
Just in case you didn't hear, the MLS reinstated the Reserve League last season as part of the
new collective bargaining agreement signed between the league and the player's union. If you'd like
to check out all the rules and regulations associated with the Reserve League, you can enjoy them
here.
What do most MLS fans and Snoop Dogg have in common? They both probably don't care at tall about
the 2011 MLS Re- Entry Draft, which will take place tomorrow. Added in the 2010 Collective
Bargaining Agreement between the players' union and the league as a way to ensure job security, the
Draft is now it its second year.
Philadelphia Union declined contract options for midfielder Stefani Miglioranzi and goalkeeper
Chase Harrison, leaving each out of contract and available for election in Major League Soccer's
Re-Entry Draft.
Miglioranzi, 34, is one of two remaining Union originals selected in the Expansion Draft in
November 2009, along with Sebastien Le Toux.
Full slate of games in Major League Soccer and WPS. Â Before we get our regular look at
attendance, here are a couple of other business stories from the weekend. One quick note. Special
thanks to the folks at World Football Daily and American Soccer Show for having me on in the last
couple of days to talk about some of the big business issues in American soccer.
30 goalkeepers have seen action in Major League Soccer so far this season. 25 have a higher
Goals Against Average than Faryd Mondragon. Of the four with a lower GAA, Donovan Ricketts and Nick
Rimando are the only two with more than 90 minutes under their belts.
It's getting harder every week to find a league-related statistic without Bimbo stamped all over
it.
Connor Senn was an Ohio State soccer player who collapsed and died on the field in 2001. For 9
years, the Crew participated in a memorial match with OSU to raise funds for a scholarship in
Senn's name, but they didn't play this year. The reason comes down to a clause in the collective
bargaining agreement:
Provisions in the latest Major League Soccer collective bargaining agreement allow
teams to play only one extra "gated" event without having to provide its players additional
compensation.
That's when training camps for the 2011-12 NFL season would open. For the first time since 1987
however, the National Football League may experience a work stoppage due to the expiration of their
Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NFL Players Association.
Per the Collective Bargaining Agreement there are a minimum of 32 players total named as All
Stars every year. This throwback to the old West v East days gets a few more dollars in pockets of
players both short and long term and expands the overall list of all stars to roughly 5% of MLS
which is a decent number.
As Geoff Cameron gets set to depart MLS for Stoke City, he'll do so as an All-Star.Â
Cameron was named as one of 13 inactive MLS All-Stars Wednesday, joining teammate Brad Davis as
those earning the player-voted honor. The league's collective bargaining agreement stipulates that
at least 32 players earn All-Star distinction, and with the injury substitution of Justin Morrow
for Heath Pearce and the late addition of Michael Farfan, the players' selections round out a
33-man squad.
The only way Dallas is going to be able to fill the center of their defense left by the departure
of George John is to sign Paul Ringo.
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UEFA says Carlos Bocanegra is eligible to play for Rangers in Europa League against Maribor who had
filed an official complaint that he did not have a proper work visa for last weeks game.
In June, the Philadelphia Union sacked their first manager, Peter Nowak, just six months after
he signed a three-year contract extension with the club. Now Nowak is suing the club in federal
court for the remaining three and a half years of unpaid wages left on his contract and severance
pay, which he feels he's owed.
Brian Mullan has received a 10-game suspension and a $5,000 fine for his tackle that broke Steve
Zakuani's leg in Friday's Colorado Rapids-Seattle Sounders match. Zakuani is likely out for the
season. The suspension is the longest in MLS history. Ricardo Clark was also suspended 10 games and
fined $10,000 for an incident in 2007.
The 18 players who will go up against Chelsea at PPL Park in the MLS All-Star Game on July 25
are set, and the tops of the Eastern Conference and Western Conference tables are well
represented.
D.C. United and MLS All-Star coach Ben Olsen opted to select all 11 players voted into the
First XI by the fans while adding his own in-form attacker Chris Pontius; Seattle Sounders Osvaldo
Alonso and Eddie Johnson; Real Salt Lake captain Kyle Beckerman and Chivas USA goalkeeper Dan
Kennedy.
Although the majority of teams passed on the opportunity to add players in the second stage of
the MLS Re-Entry Draft, a few used Monday's exercise to stockpile depth ahead of the 2012
preseason.
Three teams took multiple players, spearheaded by the defending champion Los Angeles Galaxy, who
made four selections: defenders Andrew Boyens and Chris Leitch, veteran forward Pat Noonan and
veteran goalkeeper Jon Conway.
The Houston Dynamo did not select a player during today's first stage of the Re-Entry Draft. The
2nd stage will be held next Monday.
While 16 teams passed with their picks, three did make moves. Chivas USA selected forward Arturo
Alvarez from Real Salt Lake, defender Carlos Mendes moves from the New York Red Bulls to the
Columbus Crew and Danleigh Borman was selected by the New England Revolution from Toronto FC.
Chivas USA made the biggest move in Monday's short first stage of the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft by
using its fourth overall selection to pick former Real Salt Lake midfielder Arturo Alvarez.
Two other teams made selections, as the New England Revolution used the second overall pick on
former Toronto FC fullback Danleigh Borman, and the Columbus Crew used the ninth overall pick to
add former New York Red Bulls defender Carlos Mendes.
The NSC Minnesota Stars game on Saturday night v Montreal will be a night for Breast Cancer
Awareness. The Stars will be sporting hot pink uniforms to show their solidarity. Game time is 7pm
sharp. See you in Blaine.
-IMSoccer News got pictures of the uniforms for us to preview:
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UPDATED: MLS has POSTPONED 3 East Coast games this weekend to avoid any danger from Hurricane
Irene:
-Saturday
DC v Portland
-Sunday
New York v LA
Philadelphia v New England
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Just like what happened last week in Spain, the players in the Italian Serie A have declared a
strike and will not play their first round matches this weekend.
From Twitter this morning: "Stay tuned" - Freddy Adu
And a few hours later we hear this from the rumor mill - Freddy Adu signing with Philadelphia
Union. Reunites with coach he should have listened to a lot more way back when - Peter Nowak!
The story is that MLS signed him and Chivas USA had the first selection to pick him, and as with
Benny Feilhaber, they passed.
The latest NBA collective bargaining agreement will include an amnesty provision that will allow
each team to waive a player and erase the contract from their salary cap. Who are the best NBA
amnesty candidates? Here is our look at the top ten.
1. Rashard Lewis, Washington Wizards
Although massively overpaid, Rashard Lewis can still play.
The Fire have announced the release of last season's opening day goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra. The
acquisition of Jon Conway via trade on draft day led to some speculation that the Fire would keep
three 'keepers on the roster in order to make one available for reserve league action while the
other competed for the back up spot to Sean Johnson.
Just a day after the players strike in Spain had been resolved and La Liag will begin its season
this weekend, comes news that the first week in Serie A has been called off due to players
strike.
The final attempt to reach a solution didn't happened until Friday, morning so the players
association decided to go on with their strike and refused to take on the pitch for the first week
of Serie A, a disappointing decision that according to the AIC's president, Dammiano Tomassi, could
get worse if agreement still can't be reached.
There is still no agreement between players and Spain's Primera over a new collective bargaining
agreement, so you can expect the players to go on strike and boycott this weekend's first round of
games.
-Sid Lowe of the Guardian explains the principles behind the strike.
Now that U.S. Soccer and the Women's National Team Players Association have finalized material terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, USWNT players are beginning to join their clubs to prepare for the upcoming inaugural NWSL season. Both Ali Krieger and Lori Lindsey arrived at Spirit facilities on March 20 to start working with their teammates.
There was some good news and some bad news today involving Kei Kamara. The good news first, Kamara,
along with midfielder Roger Espinoza were named as reserves for the MLS All Star team. In regards
to the MLS game tonight it means little, neither one traveled to Philadelphia for the game, they
weren't part of the roster.
A.S. Roma have announced the capture of 21-year old starlet Miralem Pjanic from French giants
Olympique Lyonnais for a transfer fee reported to be around £9 million .
Pjanic, who struggled to follow up to a sensation 2009-10 season last year, has attracted from
the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea in the past but it turned out to be a revamped
Giallorossi side that eventually swooped for him on the transfer deadline day.
The new season of Germany's Bundeliga and France's Ligue 1 begin this week on Fri Aug 5.
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Remember back to last season when last minute negotiations twice averted a strike by Serie A
players? Well it turns out that the players never ratified the new collective bargaining agreement,
so they are threatening to do it all over again.
Today is the second half of the MLS draft, with the Supplemental draft taking place. KC owns 3
picks in the draft, the 10th, 28th, and 46th. This is a chance for MLS teams to build their depth
with the return of the reserve league. The reserve league returning this year is the reason we see
the return of the supplemental draft.
