The San Jose Earthquakes have snapped up FC Dallas striker Marvin Chavez for allocation money.
The 28-year-old Honduras international scored six goals in 31 appearances for Dallas last season, having previously played for Victoria and Marathon in his homeland.
He also scored the decisive goal in Dallas' 1-0 victory at Pumas UNAM in the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League in August, the first-ever victory by an MLS side in Mexico in any competition, and has been popular among the soccer betting tips ever since.

One of the big weekend stories involves America's most well known soccer player, Landon Donovan, and his decision to accept a short term loan deal to English side Everton. Though not a business story in the traditional sense, Donovan's temporary move has the added benefit of shining a global light upon Major League Soccer and bringing attention to the league.

Slim soccer news pickings from the Thanksgiving holiday. Checkout our Thanksgiving Day news roundup for extensive coverage of reaction to the Expansion Draft and more.

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Union Dues says Justin Mapp "has won himself into the 'Do Not Boo' list" and looks forward "to welcoming Mapp and his new team to PPL for the first time.

Slim soccer news pickings from the Thanksgiving holiday. Checkout our Thanksgiving Day news roundup for extensive coverage of reaction to the Expansion Draft and more.

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Union Dues says Justin Mapp "has won himself into the 'Do Not Boo' list" and looks forward "to welcoming Mapp and his new team to PPL for the first time.

The Montreal Impact selected Bobby Burling in the expansion draft yesterday. Head coach Jesse Marsch played with Burling on Chivas USA from 2007 to 2009. Marsch played as a defensive midfielder and Burling played as a defender while on Chivas USA. As such, Marsch was happy to select Burling during the expansion draft.

This week, EPL Talk is conducting a trivia contest in conjunction with the John Doyle interview from earlier this week. If you are interested in winning a copy of the book The World is a Ball: The Joy, Madness and ...
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John Doyle's book The World is a Ball: The Joy, Madness, and the Meaning of Soccer is an account of one man's travels around the world following soccer. The journey begins in 2002 and takes readers through European qualifying and ...
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Hans Backe and New York are on the brink of disaster. (Getty Images)

It has been a while since I last updated my coaching hot seat post. In fact I don't believe I've updated it since Carlos de los Cobos was about to be let go in the Windy city earlier this summer.

There really shouldn't be too many surprising names on this list below.

While you wait for the editors at SI.com to post the Week 22 MLS review (with Team of the Week and Power Rankings), let's take a moment to update a list we all like to watch. We like to watch it the same we can't help but stare at automobile accidents on the shoulder of the road. We all have a dark side; what can we say?

Brandon McDonald has been traded to DC United for an undisclosed amount of allocation money. The 25 year old central defender joined the Quakes in 2009 after being drafted by the Los Angeles Galaxy. Over 2 and a half season with the Quakes McDonald played in 58 matches, scored 3 goals and had 3 assists.

By Clemente Lisi - NEW YORK, NY (Mar 2, 2011) US Soccer Players --There was a time when the only mentors American soccer players had growing up were foreign-born. Whether it was Pele or George Best during the 1970s in the original NASL or Tatu and Steve Zungul of MISL fame throughout the 1980s, a lot has changed in this country's soccer landscape over the last several decades.

Anthony Ampaipitakwong, or Ampai for short, and Stephen Lenhart are the newest members of the Earthquakes following today's SuperDraft.

The Quakes decided to trade away their number 15 draft spot and allocation money to Columbus for a player that would be revealed later.