A day after the Revolution declined the options on seven players, the team opened its wallet for long-tenured goalkeeper Matt Reis by signing him to deal that will keep in Foxboro for his 10th consecutive season. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, per MLS policy.

In 2011, Reis made 27 starts, recorded five shutouts and posted a 1.

Becks flex: David Beckham and the Galaxy held a soccer clinic for kids in Indonesia today. Beckham is expected to choose between staying in MLS or joining a French club at the tour's conclusion. (Getty Images Photo).

Fewer than 48 hours after goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts was named to the Galaxy Asian tour roster he was traded to the expansion Montreal Impact Monday for allocation money and obviously is not now with the club on its first stop in Indonesia.

We are only four days from the culmination of the 2011 season and I don't know about all of you, but I'm ready. Alas, we must be patient and in an attempt to give you something to focus on ahead of the game, I figured it would be good to offer up my analysis of the two teams and who I see having the advantage, at least on paper.

On the defensive side of the game, the Seattle Sounders had three near iron-men. Three players whose presence on the pitch made difference. Three men who highlight why this is a "defensive" player rather than defender of the year vote.

Furthest up the pitch is Osvaldo Alonso, the Honey Badger.

Sporting KC's +10 goal difference is only the second time in team history their goal difference has been in double digits positively.
Matt Besler ended the season playing 2,880 minutes in league play, tied for the 3rd most in team history for a single season with Preki in 1996 and Bo Oshoniyi in 2005.

This is the moment Meath Referee Cormac Reilly awarded Dublin an injury-time free that Bernard Brogan slotted over the bar to beat Kildare by a single point in the Leinster Football Semi-Final yesterday. Terrible Decision!

I guess this is part 2 of yesterday's post, but today we're looking at Roy's record at subbing in the second half when down at half time. Thankfully, for my archiving-searching-sake at least, it only happened five times during the 08/09 season. From F365:

Team PLD LHT W D L F A GD GFA GAA PpG Pts Fulham (7) 38 5 1 0 4 5 11 -6 1.

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Apropos of nothing really, except the news that Knighton was waived by the Union yesterday, here are Philly's goalkeeper transactions in their just over one full year of existence:

• Nov 25, 09 - Traded 175K in allocation money and an agreement not to pick an RSL player in the Exp Draft to RSL for backup Chris Seitz
• Nov 25, 09 - Selected backup Brad Knighton from the New England Revolution in the Expansion Draft
• Jan 14, 10 - Drafted Seattle Wolves' Brian Perk in Rd 4 of the 2010 SuperDraft
• Jul 30, 10 - Waived Brian Perk (claimed by the Galaxy)
• Oct 24, 10 - Finished season with 2nd highest GAA in MLS
• Nov 21, 10 - Both Knighton and Seitz left off of the expansion draft protected list
• Nov 24, 10 - Seitz is added to the protected list after Shea Salinas is selected by Vancouver
• Dec 8, 10 - Declined Seitz' option and left him available for the Re-Entry Draft
• Nov 15, 10 - Seitz selected by Seattle (and then traded on to FC Dallas)
• Jan 13, 11 - Drafted consensus late-first-rounder Zac MacMath 5th overall in the 2011 Superdraft
• Jan 20, 11 - Signed Columbian international Faryd Mondragon (hereafter known as the Moon Dragon) after he was benched by Bundesliga relegation candidates FC Koeln.

The Union announced tonight that they have waived goalkeeper Brad Knighton, who did not practice with the team when they opened training camp yesterday. Knighton started eight games last year, stealing the starting role from Chris Seitz for the last two months of the season. He posted a 1.10 GAA and was on the field for the Union's first clean sheet ever.

Former New England Revolution goalkeeper Adin Brown is making his return to MLS. Brown will be joining the expansion Portland Timbers for the 2011 season Timbers head coach John Spencer told ExtraTime Radio on Tuesday.

Adin Brown became a fan favorite while backstopping the Revs to the MLS Cup in 2002.