So now that the passion/disappointment has simmered a bit after a below mediocre season, I figured I's sit and look at the team as a whole and write about what I thought should happen for 2010.

Peter Vermes = Technical Director: After 3 seasons in this position I feel Vermes has done a less than stellar job.

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Erie County Legislators John J. Mills, 13th District, Edward A. Rath III, 15th District, and Raymond W. Walter, 4th District, were prevented from voicing their opposition to the proposed 2009 New York State Budget at session today. In a procedural move, an item expressing disapproval of the budget was referred to the Legislature's Finance and Management committee.

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LOS QUE PODRIAN LLEGAR A LA MLS

Martín Mandra -delantero argentino y goleador del Deportivo Quito durante el 2008- manejaría ofertas de la Major League Soccer, de acuerdo a lo que publica el diario El Comercio de Ecuador en su edición de hoy. Click to continue reading...

As I noted yesterday, we played the Arkansas Wizards today in a scrimmage at our Swope Park Training Center. The club brought a U-23 team, and we used it as a tune-up with most players getting a half of game time. Check out the lineups and goal-scoring summary below:
1st half lineup:
------------Hartman (Kronberg 36)-----------
Leathers----Conrad---Wahl---Harrington---
Gomez---Arnaud (Marinelli 36)---Jewsbury--Espinoza
-------Wolff---------Thompson (Trujillo 36)---------
1st half goals:
5th minute- Davy works give-and-go with Thompson and slots inside the left post. Click to continue reading...

Our KCW Reserve squad took on the University of Creighton today at our Swope Park Training Center, winning 1-0 on a goal from Ivan Trujillo. Creighton grad Michael Kraus provided the assist after coming on as a second-half substitute. Our reserves are now 6-0-0 against college and PDL teams in friendlies, including a 26-1 combined score line. Click to continue reading...

One night after the first team got back to its winning ways with a 3-2 win over Chivas USA, the reserve squad took on a group of local college players with much success. The reserves won 4-0, on goals from Espinoza, Marinelli, Kraus and Pizarro. Jonathan Leathers left the game early in the first half and colliding with an opponent and cutting his head. Click to continue reading...

Hold on, it's not that big a deal. According to 3rd Degree, the great FC Dallas blog, the Wizards have traded one of their international slots to Dallas in return for a 4th round draft pick in next year's SuperDraft.
So no, not a glamor trade of any kind. It's the second international slot the Wizards have traded away in the last two seasons. Click to continue reading...

We're nearing kickoff here at gorgeous WakeMed Park in Cary, NC. The stadium is quaint and well put together. The field surface looks smooth and short, should be a good night for soccer. Michael Harrington and Kerry Zavagnin are back in their old stomping grounds, playing just half an hour (without traffic) from their college home at North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Click to continue reading...

For the first time in a couple years, the Wizards enter the US Open Cup proper. Tomorrow night they take on the Carolina Railhawks of USL-1. The last time the Wizards were in the US Open Cup, they defeated the Des Moines Menace 2-1 before losing 2-0 to Chicago. The Wizards come in on the backs of their 1-0 win over Real Salt Lake. Click to continue reading...

It was a good week for Argentina's players in the European leagues, with important goals which will affect the title races of a number of Europe's bigger leagues and one or two eye-catchers further down the pecking order, too. And there were also a few expats on show on the opening weekend of Major League Soccer [. Click to continue reading...