The Philadelphia Union revealed today that the team has acquired Porfirio Lopez, the first transfer in a long time that the club has managed to keep secret before the official announcement. The signing will go through once the team receives Lopez's International Transfer Certificate and P-1 visa.

Lopez has played mostly in Costa Rica, his native country, throughout his career, after debuting with Santos de Guapiles in 2005.

By Chris Wright

In which a rather corpulent young Dalian Shide (of the Chinese Super League) supporter waddles his way onto the pitch with designs on doing the referee an extreme physical discourtesy, only to be comfortably out-paced as the official jogs out of harm's way.