Background: Diego Serna spent six years in MLS. When he first arrived here from
Colombia, he did quite well and was even named to the 2001 MLS Best XI. But, his last few years
were marred by injury and unproductive. In 2000, prior to the decline of his career, Serna did
set one infamous MLS record though.
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3rd Degree 28 September @ 09:03 AM EST
Colombia has finally announced their roster for the Mexico game on Wednesday at the Cotton Bowl. FC
Dallas takes on the New England Revolution at 6 pm with Mexico and Colombia putting on the night
cap. FCD fans wishing for a Juan Toja sighting will be disappointed as he's not in the squad.
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A fresh batch of news tidbits for the Colorado soccer fan. ...
PREKI FINED: Major League Soccer fined Chivas USA head coach Preki
Radosavljevic $1,000 for inappropriate conduct directed toward match officials following Chivas
USA's 3-1 U.S. Open Cup loss to the Charleston Battery on June 30.
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Kenny Cooper is leaving Major League Soccer to join the former home of Kansas City Wizards
striker Josh Wolff. Cooper will join 1860 Munich for reportedly somewhere a little over $1
million.
What is FC Dallas going to do without Cooper? Without Cooper on the team Jeff Cunningham is the
leading scorer with 4 goals on the season.
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Reports this morning out of Colombia indicate Fredy Montero will be called into the Colombian
National Team. From my vantage point, this is a potential big step towards MLS regaining the ground
its lost in South America since about the year 2000.
For years, I have stated that MLS' quality of play and quality of international signing hit a
high water mark in the 1998 to 2000 period and then dipped thereafter and has only begun to recover
in the past few years.
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WVHooligan 14 July @ 03:15 PM EST
Kudos to Buzz over at 3rd Degree for finding this one. Apparently FC Dallas may be in talks with
29-year old El Salvadoran striker Ruis Corrales. He currently plays for Salvadoran club
Águila.
Apparently Corrales and Águila will be playing a friendly with FC Dallas in the coming weeks
for the two sides to get to know one another better.
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SoccerLens 08 May @ 10:56 AM EST
MLS is ready to double the ante for its annual All-Star competition in 2010 by creating two
separate teams for the Eastern and Western Conferences to compete against two international
powers.
This July 29, EPL Everton and keeper Tim Howard compete against the MLS All-Stars at Utah's Rio
Tinto Stadium, the seventh and newest soccer specific stadium in the country.
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MLS Rumors 20 April @ 11:24 PM EST
Excellent US soccer journalist, Andrea Canales has a great interview with the Seattle Sounders FC
star in which he reveals the reason he decided to come to MLS. Here is an excerpt:
The 21-year-old Colombian striker, on loan from Deportivo Cali, has been an early revelation for
the Sounders, scoring three goals in his first two games.
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MLS Daily 18 September @ 02:17 PM EST
Former FC Dallas midfielder Juan Toja started and played 77 minutes of UEFA Champions League action
for Steaua Bucuresti in the Romanian club's 1-0 loss to Bayern Munich in their opening match of
group stage play on Wednesday. Toja had a relatively quiet game, only showing up on the stat sheet
with one foul suffered and one foul committed.
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The UEFA Champions League action continues today across Europe, just a day after some shocking
results turned the tournamant on its ear.
Roma's stunning loss to CFR Cluj and Werder Bremen's tie vs. Anorthosis Famagusta have all the
remaining match favorites focusing a little more closely today.
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MLS Daily 09 September @ 05:31 AM EST
Contract negotiations are starting to heat up in Texas, according to Soccer America's Ridge
Mahoney, as FC Dallas has been successful in getting American defender Drew Moor to re-sign with
the club. At the same time, however, talks have soured with star striker Kenny Cooper, leading to a
suspension of negotiations between the two parties until the season is over.
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WVHooligan 19 August @ 02:07 PM EST
Last year here in Dallas we all knew it would come before long, the Juan Toja wig night. It came
with plenty of press and hype and in a way it didn't disappoint all that much. Flip forward a year
later and we expected another wig night with Toja still on board this season but a [...]
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FC Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman is thinking big. And he has to, now that his bosses sold away
talented midfielder Juan Toja and may be thinking, despite saying otherwise, of cashing in on Kenny
Cooper in the not too distant...
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Good afternoon to the folks on the West side of the country (and the MLS standings). Here are
some news items and notes for you to peruse as your day winds to a close:
FC Dallas signs Sikora
FC Dallas said goodbye to Colombian midfielder Juan Toja over the weekend, but have already
replaced him.
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Juan Toja played 2 season in Major League Soccer and played in 2 all star games. Now Toja is off
to Romania - sold to Steaua Bucharest by FC Dallas. The Columbian midfielder will be the third
Columbian on the Steaua Bucharest roster. He will join another attacking midfielder Dayro Moreno
and goalkeeper Róbinson Zapata.
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MLS Daily 02 August @ 02:06 AM EST
FC Dallas confirmed on Friday afternoon that midfielder Juan Toja had successfully completed a
transfer to Romanian club FC Steaua Bucuresti.
Toja, 23, has become one of the league's most promising stars since joining the Hoops from
legendary Argentinean club River Plate before the start of last season.
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Juan Toja, the FC Dallas MVP from last season, has left for FC Steaua Bucuresti. Steaua are in the
Champions League and drew Galatasaray today in the third qualifying round draw. The midfielder
spoke about the move: I want to...
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WVHooligan 01 August @ 07:26 PM EST
A deal that we've been talking about for a couple weeks now. FC Dallas has announced that they have
officially sold Colombian midfielder Juan Toja to Romanian side Steaua Bucuresti today. No
immediate details on the transfer were given but my sources tell me the Romanian side is set to pay
a transfer fee between $1 [.
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MLS Rumors 01 August @ 06:28 PM EST
Remember way back on the 4th of July when we at MLSR told you that Juan Toja might be headed to
Bucharest?
According to the official blog of FC Dallas, its a done deal.
Here's the blog entry:
"Late this afternoon, we here at the FCD Blog were able to witness Juan Toja signing off on
the final document that sealed his transfer from FC Dallas to Romanian club Steaua Bucuresti.
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Jozy Altidore left. So did Brad Guzan. Juan Toja could be leaving soon too, as could Kenny
Cooper.
As the list of MLS players set to make moves to Europe continues to grow, one name not on that
list is Taylor Twellman, the New England Revolution striker who had his bid for a multi-million
dollar move to Preston North End rejected last winter.
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The Offside 28 July @ 09:00 AM EST
Lots of activity and potential activity going on in MLS. What do the most recent rumors say about
who's coming and who's going? Juan Toja didn't play for FC Dallas yesterday. This may or may not
mean anything. Toja's said to be injured, but he's also said to be leaving Dallas. His [...]
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MLS Rumors 27 July @ 11:23 PM EST
This article comes to us courtesy of Argentine site Facetas Deportivas. It details the travel plans
of FC Dallas's assistant coach John Ellinger who has one mission: To bring back players and
hopefully "El Burrito" Ortega is one of them. With the pending transfers of Juan Toja and
Kenny Cooper, FC Dallas will have some big holes to fill.
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The Aztexan 27 July @ 07:21 PM EST
As you've probably seen, the Aztex U23s suffered a tough loss last night in Orlando, going down 3-1
to the Laredo Heat in the Southern Conference Final. You can read the gory details, if you don't
already know them.
And so ends the inaugural season of the Austin Aztex. As I've commented elsewhere, I find it oddly
difficult to feel too sad about the loss last night.
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WVHooligan 27 July @ 05:52 PM EST
Hello, hello from Frisco, TX, time once again for another live commentary of FC Dallas. Today the
Hoops host David Beckham and the LA Galaxy. I will try to do some play-by-play commentary on here
for today's game that looks to be an interesting one for a few reasons. If you have any comments on
the [.
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The New York Times has an article about Kenny Cooper and Juan Toja leaving F.C. Dallas for
Rosenborg and Steaua Bucharest respectively. I really think both players would be making mistakes,
but especially Kenny Cooper. Kenny is on the verge of establishing himself as a top forward in MLS
and is still young enough that there will be plenty of opportunities ahead for him if he stays in
MLS.
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Steve Nicol coached the MLS All-Stars to victory in a back and forth affair with some great
goals and the league's stars putting on what was at times an impressive display. In other words, it
was exactly what you would hope for from an All-Star game.
Canadian International Dwayne De Rosario scored the game winner on a penalty kick in the 69th
minute in front of a sold out crowd at BMO Field in Toronto.
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WVHooligan 25 July @ 12:48 PM EST
I feel as though the day after the MLS All-Star game I need to start announcing clean ups in aisle
nine or something. So many stories from the game and the surrounding festivities this week. I kind
of think we all underestimated just how big of an event this really truly was this year. First off,
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WVHooligan 25 July @ 08:11 AM EST
The last 48 hours or so have been an absolute mess in the Juan Toja transfer to Romanian side
Steaua Bucharest. Some reports say a deal is done, some now say the deal has hit a wall and some
reports are apparently totally fake. SO what really is going on here? Apparently the second of
those three [..
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With reports circulating about transfer deals being completed for both FC Dallas midfielder Juan
Toja and forward Kenny Cooper, but MLS All-Stars denied that deals were done while a team source
told SBI that multiple teams have made strong inquiries about Cooper.
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Wizards captain, Jimmy Conrad, is now all star winning captain, Jimmy Conrad. Conrad played all 90
minutes, captaining the MLS all stars tonight against West Ham United at BMO Field in Toronto.
United put up a good effort against the MLS all stars. They grabbed the lead through Dean Ashton in
the 26th minute.
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Good evening folks. I'm coming to you from BMO Field and we're less than two hours from kick-off
of the 2008 MLS All-Star game between MLS and West Ham United.
The fans haven't been let in yet but I can see them stacked outside the gates. A sell-out crowd
is expected tonight and it will be interesting to see how Toronto fans embrace an MLS All-Star team
that may have no Canadians in the starting lineup.
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Is Juan Toja about to play his final match as a MLS player?
Rumor has it that the longhair midfielder will fly to Romania tonight, after the All-Star match, to
finish a deal with Romanian powerhouse Steaua Bucharest.
Then again, it is just a rumor. Accord to FCD coach Schellas Hyndman, "I expect him here to
play against LA (on Sunday).
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Colombian Midfielder Juan Toja has been sold to Steaua Bucharest for a undisclosed transfer fee.
Toja said "I want to play in Europe because it's the only way to play in the
Colombian national team," Toja, has played for the U-20 Colombian National Team during
his time with Independiente in Colombia.
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