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The 2011 MLS season saw two teams tied for last place across the league, the New England
Revolution and the Vancouver Whitecaps. Because of this, I got to thinking about how the off-season
has been approached by these two clubs and how they compare so far heading into the 2012
season.
To start, both clubs parted ways with their head coaches, although Vancouver did so before the
end of the season, and both hired on new ones.
One of the more potential-filled midfielders in the U.S. youth pipeline is coming to MLS.
The Portland Timbers have acquired U.S. Under-20 midfielder Charles Renken through the MLS
waiver process, according to a team release, bringing the 18-year-old to the Pacific Northwest from
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
Charles Renken is now a Timbers. (John Dorton/ISI)
It has been one of those days. First the Sebastien Le Toux trade now these two stories.
First up is former US youth phenom Charles Renken has been signed by the Portland Timbers. The
Timbers got the youth star off of waivers somehow.
Martin Rennie looks to have built an offensive juggernaut. (Photo via Vancouver Whitecaps)
With the news of Sebastien Le Toux joining the Vancouver Whitecaps on a trade today. It has to,
no, it must be pointed out exactly how stacked these Whitecaps are on offense.
Just look at these names currently on the roster (and in camp):
- Camilo
- Eric Hassli
- Atiba Harris
- Omar Salgado
- Darren Mattocks
- Davide Chiumiento
- Lee Nguyen
- Long Tan
- Sebastien Le Toux
- Etienne Barbara (not currently signed)
Holy smokes.
The MLS offseason has certainly been interesting recently. Whether it was the Lee Nguyen
lottery, the on again/off again Beckham to PSG debate (rumored to net Beckham 1 million dollars per
month on an 18 month loan), or Americans to Europe talk, there hasn't been a shortage of news
lately. A recent deluge of stories have come out recently linking Americans with moves to
Europe.
Damn boy... bout time to see him finally make it back stateside. The ex-Hoosier who skipped MLS to
go to Holland to develop his game, bounced around and after rumors were floated last year that he
might come back (salary differences were the contention point supposedly)he's here. This kid was
shaping up to be one of the future forwards of US Soccer, and fell off the map.
So here's a hot topic for you guys: as I was preparing for today's TTB (which is going to be
daily again from now on) I saw this little tweet from Merritt Paulson:
Finalized 2013 kits today-tough as I like current so much. Pleased still. Hopefully no leaks; if
so,at least decent image unlike past leaks
So we now know that we will get a refreshed primary and secondary kit in 2013, but more than
that we know that it's different enough that owner Merritt Paulson put special emphasis on his love
of the current ones in his tweet meaning that there's a reasonable assumption we could see some
fairly big changes.
Photo: Nicolae Stoian
There's only one piece of soccer news that really matters to American soccer fans today, and no,
Eli, it's not that Philadelphia Union signed a deal with Rosenberg's Peanut Chews, which apparently
are a source of some great conflict among the PSP staff.
Yep, it's Landon Donovan going to Everton.
The Chicago Fire declined to participate in yesterday's weighted lottery for Lee Nguyen. Of the
six teams that did enter, the Vancouver Whitecaps ended up as the lucky winners. Vancouver will be
getting somewhat of an unknown product but Nguyen did dominate when he played in the V-League and
he'll always have some USMNT call-ups in 2007 to his name.
Photo: Courtesy of FIFA
Philadelphia Union
A new article from Kerith Gabriel on Friday morning about a Gabriel Gomez to the Philadelphia
Union deal is headlined "Panama's Gomez signs with Union" but the copy says "According to sources,
the contract has been approved by Major League Soccer and awaits Gomez' signature before the Union
can schedule an announcement, which can come as early as next week.
The Vancouver Whitecaps have won the lottery to acquire winger/forward Lee Nguyen, who most
recently played professional football in Vietnam.
The Whitecaps beat out FC Dallas, Toronto FC, LA Galaxy, the Houston Dynamo, and Real Salt Lake
to Nguyen's services.
Vancouver had a 47.6 percent chance of landing Nguyen in the lottery, the best odds of all of
the teams who participated.
The Vancouver Whitecaps have won the lottery to acquire winger/forward Lee Nguyen, who most
recently played professional football in Vietnam.
The Whitecaps beat out FC Dallas, Toronto FC, LA Galaxy, the Houston Dynamo, and Real Salt Lake
to Nguyen's services.
Vancouver had a 47.6 percent chance of landing Nguyen in the lottery, the best odds of all of
the teams who participated.
Lee Nguyen's search for a stable club situation will be taking him to Vancouver.
The Vancouver Whitecaps acquired Nguyen via a weighted lottery on Thursday. The Whitecaps were
the odds-on favorite to acquire the 25-year-old attacker. The other teams who entered the lottery
were Real Salt Lake, Toronto FC, the Houston Dynamo, FC Dallas and the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Sporting KC has done well so far this offseason. (Getty Images)
Well, it is mid-December. The Christmas trees are up and the snow is falling in some places
around the country. The Re-Entry Drafts have come and gone for the 19 MLS clubs. Teams are
constantly making moves this offseason at times more moves than it seems like ever before.
Lee Nguyen's wait to find out his new club is almost up.
MLS will conduct a weighted lottery for the services on Thursday afternoon, the league
announced.
The teams that have thrown their hat into the ring for the lottery are the Vancouver Whitecaps,
Toronto FC, Houston Dynamo, FC Dallas, Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles Galaxy.
The lottery to allocation Lee Nguyen to an MLS team is set to talk place tomorrow. Rumor is that
all the teams in the league have applied to be in the lottery. For those that don't know, the
lottery is based off of a team's record over the last season. That being said, with Sporting KC
finishing 5th in the regular season last year, their chances are not great.
The lottery to allocation Lee Nguyen to an MLS team is set to talk place tomorrow. Rumor is that
all the teams in the league have applied to be in the lottery. For those that don't know, the
lottery is based off of a team's record over the last season. That being said, with Sporting KC
finishing 5th in the regular season last year, their chances are not great.
Photo by ISIphotos.com
Lee Nguyen's long journey is leading back home.
Nguyen, a Texas native, signed a multi-year deal with MLS on Tuesday, bringing a one-time U.S.
attacking prospect to the league after six years overseas. Nguyen appeared three times in 2007 for
the U.
The on and off again story of former US International Lee Nguyen to Major League Soccer can
finally take a rest, he has signed with the league. The 25-year old midfielder declared this news
over the weekend via his Twitter feed.
Yep, you can spread the word. This upcoming season, I will be taking my talents to the MLS!
The on and off again story of former US International Lee Nguyen to Major League Soccer can
finally take a rest, he has signed with the league. The 25-year old midfielder declared this news
over the weekend via his Twitter feed.
Yep, you can spread the word. This upcoming season, I will be taking my talents to the MLS!
Photo: Courtesy US Soccer
Philly Soccer Page
Today marks the return of one series and the start of another. First, fresh on the heels of our
series of raves, we begin our series of season reviews of every Philadelphia Union player who saw
more than ten minutes of action in 2011 (sorry Morgan!
Photo by Bill Barrett/ISIphoto.com
The Tim Ream buzz in England continues to spread throughout the Premier League.
After reports surfaced that Arsenal had a summer bid for the New York Red Bulls centerback
rejected and was scouting Ream during the MLS playoffs comes word that West Brom has invited Ream
for a trial and is reportedly into offering a loan to the 24-year-old defender.
Lee Nguyen To Join MLS Via Weighted Lottery
Notably the Seattle Sounders (you've heard of them?) tried to sign him as a free at one point.
Seattle wouldn't have a strong chance, but another creative player capable of scoring is not a bad
thing.
STARTERS - BOB BRADLEY IS OUTBob Bradley was fired today as head coach of the USA national team. The federation has stated that
they will have another announcement tomorrow. Don't know if that will be about a new coach, or an
interim, or etc etc etc.
We here at du Nord are big fans of coach Bradley and want to thank him for all his hard work, and
wish him all the best in his next endeavor.
Don't don't don't don't! Bình Dương's Lee Nguyen scored twice from restarts, including the late
winner from a devilish corner kick, to key a 4-3 win over Thanh Hóa.Side note: Isaac Acuna also
scored again this weekend, but his Mexico call-up seems set to pull him out of our pool. Of course,
if he turns it down, I'll go back to putting him up at NSC.
The Rapids' Kosuke Kimura is big in Japan. Which is kinda fitting since is from there and all. I
have no idea what they're saying about him because I am an ignorant, English-only American but I
did hear the word "Beckham" in there towards the beginning. So I'm going to assume they were
talking about Colorado trading Kimura to LA for Becks because that's the only logical reason his
name would be brought up*.
Some quick news to get you started on just a Suuuuper Draft sort of day.
• Just Super
Only a little from TSG...
MLS SuperDraft day today. Unfortunately, we're not your best resource today....but I am hearing
that "there is a lot of speculation as to the 1st pick.
