On Monday, the Portland Timbers announced the signing of Scottish striker Kris Boyd, the all-time leading scorer of the Scottish Premier League, with 164 goals in 296 matches.

The deal was completed pending the completion of a team physical and receipt of his visa.

The 28-year old forward appeared for Kilmarnock FC from 2000-05 before joining Rangers FC midway through the 2005-06 season.

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CARSON, Calif. -- There were plenty of lessons learned on Friday as the United States senior squad soundly defeated the U.S. Under-23's 4-0 in a scrimmage that took place on the Mooch Myernick Field at the Home Depot Center complex.

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The Philadelphia Union picked up midfielder Nizar Khalfan in the MLS Waiver Draft after Vancouver Whitecaps FC waived him earlier today.

The Union have waived goalkeeper Thorne Holder and defender Juan Diego Gonzalez.

A native of Tanzania, Khalfan played in 22 Major League Soccer regular season matches with Vancouver, scoring one goal and four assists.

It was a perfect Saturday for the Marquette, UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee men's soccer teams, as all three teams opened their conference schedules with victories.

Each of the three games played out in different fashions, with a comeback, a dominating performance that didn't yield any goals until midway though the second half and a win over a perennial conference power that hadn't lost at home lately.

Just as Arsene Wenger shouted his confidence that Arsenal have already getting back on track after the humiliating defeat against Manchester United, the opposite occurred again as the London outfit surprisingly beaten by Blackburn Rovers in a thrilling match at Ewood Park.

The Gunners were actually leading until the end of first half but everything simply collapsed in the second period as the match ended with a 4-3 victory for the Rovers.

Last year Brøndby was eliminated from the Europa League in the most pathetic way, after being up, and then fucking it all up when it counted.Now, this bunch of useless idiots have done it again, and this time against an even worse opponent than last season, the unknown Austrian side SV Ried. Brøndby had lost the first match 2-0 in Austria, but midway through the second half they were 4-0 up, and

Walter White would understand it at least. He knows all about the the curse of wanting more, that however much you have, it's just never enough. Yes, Spurs' player of the year for 2010-11 Luka Modric, now reminds me of the meth cooking protagonist of AMC's Breaking Bad (returning on Sunday for season 4).

Many of you remember the points per game analysis I did during the quarter mark of the season. At that point the Portland Timbers had just won their 5th straight home game and were riding a huge momentum wave. Well they now are at the lowest of lows just over midway through the season.

Once again the calculations are really easy and I will just quote myself from the previous post:

So to get the calculations I am going to share with you I did some simple spreadsheet math.

Morning all,

midway through the week and it'd be a lie to say spirits weren't slightly lifted by last night's European action. Sp*rs took a 4-0 hammering at the Bernebeu. Normally this would be just classified under general amusement but given the week we've had you take any little lift where you can get it.

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS Groningen were stunned at home by Roda JC, Excelsior added to Willem II's misery with another drubbing, while AZ Alkmaar were too strong for Heerenveen. Mads Junker grabbed a hat-trick as Groningen's impressive home record was tarnished with a 4-1 reverse at the hands of Roda JC.

Washington, D.C. (February 16, 2011) - D.C. United announced today that the club has acquired forward Charlie Davies. The Black-and-Red have signed the striker to a loan deal from French side FC Sochaux for the 2011 season. The club used its position in the MLS allocation ranking to acquire the forward.

Laurent Koscielny should probably restated his earlier statements saying that the title race will only concern his team, Arsenal, and Manchester United especially after this weekend result where the Gunners throw away a 4-0 lead against Newcastle United.

Coming away from the match with a 4-4 draw against the Magpies doesn't only cost them a chance in catching United at the top, but the result also brings Manchester City closer again as the rich club convicingly won against their opponent on the same day.

Laurent Koscielny should probably restated his earlier statements saying that the title race will only concern his team, Arsenal, and Manchester United especially after this weekend result where the Gunners throw away a 4-0 lead against Newcastle United.

Coming away from the match with a 4-4 draw against the Magpies doesn't only cost them a chance in catching United at the top, but the result also brings Manchester City closer again as the rich club convicingly won against their opponent on the same day.

Whoever thought Jose Mourinho could be shocked by arrogance? It seems that in Real Madrid general manager Jorge Valdano he has met his match as a potentially detrimental feud threatens to derail Real Madrid's pursuit of Barcelona.

When Mourinho took over at Real, he made it clear that he wanted greater control over the management of the team than the long list of ‘coaches' who had bowed to the whims of the board for more than a decade.

Former New England Revolution goalkeeper Adin Brown is making his return to MLS. Brown will be joining the expansion Portland Timbers for the 2011 season Timbers head coach John Spencer told ExtraTime Radio on Tuesday.

Adin Brown became a fan favorite while backstopping the Revs to the MLS Cup in 2002.