The second MLS draft is coming up tomorrow, the Supplemental Draft is going to take place via conference call. Sporting KC hold 5 picks in the 4 round draft. KC have the 16th, 35th, 43rd, 54th, and 73rd picks in the draft tomorrow. KC currently has 27 players on their roster, although some players will still have to earn contracts, particularly Cyprian Hedrick who has not signed a contract as yet with the team.

The San Jose Earthquakes took a step toward fortifying their back line Wednesday by agreeing to a deal with Honduran centerback Victor Bernardez.

Bernardez, 29, has 52 caps for Honduras. He started in all of Honduras' games during this past summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup and was also a member of the country's World Cup team in 2010.

And moving on...

2011 MLS DEFENDER OF THE YEAR:

Best defender in MLS during the 2011 regular season.

Candidates:

Marshall was a big part of the Crew's surprising success...

Corey Gibbs Chicago Fire

Gonzalo Segares Chicago Fire

Ante Jazic Chivas USA

Heath Pearce Chivas USA

Chad Marshall Columbus Crew

Julius James Columbus Crew

Drew Moor Colorado Rapids

Marvell Wynne Colorado Rapids

Ugo Ihemelu FC Dallas

George John FC Dallas

Andre Hainault Houston Dynamo

Todd Dunivant Los Angeles Galaxy

Omar Gonzalez Los Angeles Galaxy

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Who will be saved and who will be left unprotected for San Jose? (Getty Images)

I am back on the expansion draft list bandwagon this afternoon. I've been working here and there this week on compiling several club's lists. Currently I am only working on teams that are eliminated from playoff contention though next week we'll have plenty more as teams fail to advance in the post season will be up to eight and then up to 12 when the wildcard round ends.

Kasey Keller's night was nearly perfect. He is ending his club career in a fashion where anyone would be happy for him to still be playing. From saves of snap headers, to a sequence that is reminsent of that epic match against Brazil he was as good as he's even been in MLS. Opportune finishing by Sammy Ochoa tied the game and started the climax of an amazing night of soccer and spectacle.

Chicago Fire midfielder Logan Pause, New York Red Bull midfielder Mehdi Ballouchy, former Chivas USA defender Jason Hernandez and current Chivas USA utility man Michael Lahoud with St. Jude patient Sidney.

Chivas USA will mark Goals for St. Jude Week tonight at its home game against Toronto at Home Depot Center.

The Quakes host DC United at Buck Shaw stadium tomorrow night at 7:30 pm. The Quakes are on a 7 game winless streak and are coming off a disappointing thumping against Real Salt Lake. They currently sit 12th in the league table, two spots out of playoff contention. DC United are trying to make the playoffs as well, but are much closer to making it into the top 3 of the East than the Quakes are in the West.

You may not be able to see David Bingham's face in that picture, but I'm sure his smile is as big as Jason Hernandez'. It's been a while since I've posted, sorry for that. In the meantime the Quakes held Philadelphia to a 0-0 draw on Saturday night, defeated the English Premier League's West Bromwich Albion in a friendly on Tuesday, and today there was some trading going on that resulted in 3 new players joining the Quakes.

Chivas USA's second Wednesday night game of the season did not prove a crowd crushing experience driving into Home Depot Center tonight.

And if it hadn't been for the way to many parking lot attendants and unnecessary barriers preventing you from finding a spot easily and quickly I would have been through the gates even quicker.

While Palo Alto and Stanford Stadium hosted an impressive 4th of July fireworks show, albeit on July 2nd, the match itself also had its share of fireworks. The Quakes came off as a bit more feisty and had the majority of fouls on the night, resulting in Bobby Burling picking up 2 yellows and being forced out of the game.

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By THOMAS FLOYD

Amid the hype surrounding D.C. United's blockbuster acquisition of Dwayne De Rosario on Monday, the club's trade with San Jose for center back Brandon McDonald a few hours earlier largely flew under the radar.

Buck Shaw was packed yesterday for the Northern California leg of the Clasico and the 1906 Ultras and the Casbah were out in force. The game provided plenty of drama as Donovan Ricketts was injured, sub Josh Saunders was ejected, and midfielder turned replacement goalie Mike Magee proved strong enough to stave off San Jose's attacks.

Weather: 61 degrees, 13 mph winds with light rain. Otherwise known as sucky.

Surface: Natural Grass

Location: At a monument to the dominant Japanese automaker in Bridgeview, IL

Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

Line Judges: Brian Poeschel; Peter Balciunas

4th Official: Allen Chapman

Attendance: 11,926

Lineups:

Chicago Fire

Coach: Carlos de los Cobos

GK: Sean Johnson

D: Gonzalo Segares

D: Cory Gibbs

D: Yamith Cuesta

D: Bratislav Ristic

LM: Marco Pappa

RM: Dominic Oduro

CM: Logan Pause (C)

CM: Daniel Paladini

F: Diego Chaves

F: Cristian Nazarit

Bench:

F: Orr Barouch

M/F: Gaston Puerari

M: Baggio Husidic

M: Corben Bone

D: Pari Pantazopoulos

D: Dasan Robinson

GK: Jon Conway

San Jose Earthquakes

Coach: Frank Yallop

GK: Jon Busch

D: Steven Beitashour

D: Ike Opara

D: Jason Hernandez

D: Bobby Convey

M: Joey Gjertsen

M: Brad Ring

M: Khari Stephenson

M: Ramiro Corrales (C)

F: Steven Lenhart

F: Chris Wondolowski

Bench:

M: Anthony Ampaipitakwong

M: Sam Cronin

M: Brandon McDonald

D: Bobby Burling,

F: Ellis McLoughlin

D/M: Justin Morrow

GK Andrew Weber

1. Lenhart gets lose down the left side but Cuesta is there to take the ball away and kick it long towards Nazarit.

The Fire is hoping that Tuesday's penalty kick victory over the Earthquakes will serve as a spring board to a reversal of fortunes. Despite advancing to the US Open Cup tournament for a fourteenth consecutive season the Fire are still winless in their last eight MLS regualr season matches. After a difficult start of the their own, winning only once in their first eight matches, San Jose has won it's last two at home against Columbus and New England allowing them to crawl back towards respectability.

Mark Geiger has been much maligned for his refereeing decisions during the Philadelphia Union's game against the San Jose Earthquakes last Saturday, but there was one important call he got completely correct. Geiger's handball call on Earthquakes defender Jason Hernandez was absolutely legitimate, despite the fact that almost anyone watching the game couldn't tell if it was or not.

Despite a bizarre series of decisions by referee Mark Geiger which led to the Philadelphia Union going down to ten men, they were still able to collect a win over the San Jose Earthquakes Saturday afternoon at PPL Park by the familiar scoreline of 1-0.

It was the Union's fourth win of the season, which all have finished at 1-0.

Sebastien Le Toux scored his first goal of the season, doing so from the penalty spot, and the 10-man Philadelphia Union held off the San Jose Earthquakes for a 1-0 result at PPL Park Saturday afternoon.

Philadelphia was gifted the penalty when Earthquakes centerback Jason Hernandez went to ground to block an Amobi Okugo cross by the end-line, and referee Mark Geiger deemed that Hernandez handled the cross.

In these updates throughout the season, I'll be keeping track of which MLS players have played every minute of every game in the regular season. That feat has been accomplished only 42 times in 15 seasons. Click here for the complete list.
This year, we started with 198 eligible players (18 teams times 11 starters).

Toronto FC hit the road to face San Jose Earthquakes and came away with their first away point this season. It wasn't always pretty, but there were some notable strong passages of play. Some of our new acquisitions are starting to show real promise on the pitch as well. Points away from home are few and far between for most MLS teams and TFC have always been poor on the road, but for some reason we seem to do well when we play away to San Jose.

Synchronicity is a great and wonderful thing. Like when one needs to find an interviewee for three questions, and you know of a blog that is going to launch on the network, and then you find out that they are launching the very week that the Sounders face the Earthquakes.

So go welcome Quake, Rattle and Goal to SBNation.

Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Union

Expansion draft. Re-entry draft Part One. Re-entry draft Part Two. Superdraft. Now the Supplemental Draft.

Though MLS has tried to exhaust you with its countless relocation and dispersion techniques this offseason, don't give up on the last and perhaps most unheralded draft.

Well, five years wasn't enough to properly evaluate Chris Wondolowski. But looking back on SuperDrafts are like looking back on memorable road accidents.
So let's get the conclusion out of the way. You don't build a winner through the MLS SuperDraft. You build a winning MLS team through trades and discovery players.