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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

Serie A kick-off delayed due to player strike action

The player's union failed to reach a resolution over a new collective bargaining agreement

View the full story here: The Mirror

A news article on 2011-08-26 11:04:24 from: The Mirror

This news item has been reproduced from today's media.

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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.

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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.

Full slate of games in Major League Soccer and WPS. 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.

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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.

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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.

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.

Today Major League Soccer launched fan voting for the 2011 AT&T MLS All-Star game at www.MLSsoccer.com and via text messaging.

A panel of media members nominated a total of 108 players – the top six per team – to the fan ballot.

Fans can also vote by sending a player's last name via text message to 22442.

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.

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 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.

From The Americano

Mid-July 2011.

What is the significance of this date?

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.

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.