Clint Dempsey's impressive and quick recovery from a slightly torn PCL was the news of the day
on Thursday, with the U.S. national team striker playing 30 minutes in Fulham's 3-1 Europa League
loss to Juventus.
Dempsey didn't make much of an impact on the match, but his return provides a major boost to a
national team in dire need of options at forward.
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The Seattle Sounders are taking on the Portland Timbers tonight at Qwest Field in the 'Community
Shield'. The match is the last between the long-time arch-rivals before the Timbers join MLS in
2011.
If you are at tonight's match, or are following the match, please feel free to share updates
from Qwest Field on the action and the atmosphere at one of the best rivalries in American
soccer.
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WVHooligan 03 February @ 08:07 PM EDT
Merritt Paulson signs the official expansion letter with MLS. (photo via Portland Timbers)
The final hurdle to bring Major League Soccer to Portland was cleared on today when the
Portland City Council voted 4-1 to approve $31 million in funding to renovate PGE Park. The vote
means the Portland Timbers expansion team can begin play in 2011 as planned.
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By AVI CREDITOR
The question isn't "If?" for Montreal Impact president Joey Saputo. It's "When?"
The Vancouver Sun reported Monday that Saputo plans on having his team join Major League Soccer
as soon as 2011, with realistic hopes set at 2012.
Saputo has met with MLS league officials, including commissioner Don Garber, in each of the last
two months, and he's as optimistic as ever that the Impact will make the leap from USSF Division 2
to MLS within two years.
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By AVI CREDITOR
'Tis the season of stadium news.
On the heels of the Kansas City Wizards getting approval for a new stadium, the Red Bulls
opening their arena against Santos FC and Baltimore looking into the possibility of building a new
stadium comes word that the Portland Timbers are close to city approval for completing renovations
to PGE Park.
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By AVI CREDITOR
'Tis the season of stadium news.
On the heels of the Kansas City Wizards getting approval for a new stadium, the Red Bulls
opening their arena against Santos FC and Baltimore looking into the possibility of building a new
stadium comes word that the Portland Timbers are close to city approval for completing renovations
to PGE Park.
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WVHooligan 21 January @ 11:47 AM EDT
Both Vancouver and Portland may be a little over a year away from putting a Major League Soccer
club on the field but both took a big step forward this past week in hiring technical
directors.
Vancouver hired former DC United coach Tom Soehn while Portland announced their current head
coach Gavin Wilkinson was getting the position.
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WVHooligan 22 December @ 10:02 AM EDT
PGE Park renovation renderings. (Portland Timbers)
Details of PGE Park's $31million renovation for the Portland Timbers' move to Major League
Soccer in 2011 was released Monday to The Oregonian. Renderings show exactly how they plan on
making PGE a soccer facility for good.
The biggest transformation will be the stadium's east side.
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Good morning all. As we try to wrap our heads around Landon Donovan's new contract (which Sports
Illustrated's Grant Wahl puts at four years, $9 million), things continue to get more and more
interesting in MLS during a time of year when things are usually slow.
So what is our take on Donovan's new contract?
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WVHooligan 15 December @ 06:32 PM EDT
The holiday season is in full force here as we have (gasp!) nine days until Christmas! Yikes.
Anyways it seems like a perfect time to sit back and look at what each team and the league in
general should be putting on their Christmas shopping lists this year.
Now I will admit some of this is purely for fun while the rest may be serious wishes that people
out there probably want for their teams.
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WVHooligan 16 October @ 05:22 PM EDT
Thanks to a couple Portland readers for sending this link my way from OregonLive.com. It seems
like damage control in Portland has gone into full gear after Wednesday's comments from Merritt
Paulson who said there would be no MLS in Portland without a new baseball stadium.
Well now it appears the Paulson is once again a "100% committed" to Portland's MLS efforts.
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WVHooligan 15 October @ 04:08 PM EDT
I guess Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson is just playing some hardball with the city of
Portland now. According to Oregonlive.com, Paulson told Beaverton officials that the future of
Major League Soccer in Portland hinges entirely on whether he can find a new home for his minor
league baseball team.
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WVHooligan 23 September @ 07:41 PM EDT
With this winter quickly approaching now that we are in the fall season it seems only fitting to
really start the discussion on what will certainly be the number one topic all off season in Major
League Soccer, the CBA negotiations. The big one comes down to the great wage debate.
I bring it up today because of a link I found late last night over on one of my favorite sites,
Pitch Invasion.
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WVHooligan 18 September @ 07:31 PM EDT
I am glad to say it is Friday. Somehow this week has flown by me here but thankfully we have a
weekend full of soccer ahead of us here. Two games tonight, with one just about underway in New
York, and plenty more tomorrow and Sunday. Nearly every game has playoff implications surrounding
them.
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WVHooligan 27 August @ 07:38 PM EDT
We've had a full day of interesting news with the UEFA Champions League draw, the US Men's
National team roster announcement that took four hours to do, and random news here and there. Time
now to close down the day with some links and thoughts on what's going on.
I wanted to get into some MVP race discussion.
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September is right around the corner, and this translates into the most important part of the
season for MLS clubs fighting for their playoff lives.
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September is right around the corner, and this translates into the most important part of the
season for MLS clubs fighting for their playoff lives.
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WVHooligan 10 August @ 07:34 PM EDT
A few stories tonight that are worth checking out. A lot of MLS based items that need discussed
and a little US-Mexico hype for Wednesday. If you got a link that you feel needs discussed here
just send me an email and I'll do my best to get it up tomorrow.
Blanco and Kljestan Grace FIFA Soccer 10 Cover
Link
Cuauhtémoc Blanco of the Chicago Fire and Sacha Kljestan of Chivas USA will be featured on the
front packs of FIFA Soccer 10.
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WVHooligan 04 August @ 07:57 PM EDT
From time to time I have a few links that I come across and want to discuss but never get to
because I just don't want to spend the time on writing a full post about it. Well hopefully I can
change that a little bit and provide a quick thought and the link for you all to see. I'm trying to
add new stuff to the site, little by little here, so this is an attempt.
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WVHooligan 10 July @ 05:21 AM EDT
I feel like we've been around this over and over again but it looks like soccer will most
certainly be coming to the Rose City in 2011. The Oregonian reported yesterday that Portland mayor
Sam Adams and Commissioner Randy Leonard reached a tentative $31 million deal with Portland Timbers
owner Merritt Paulson to renovate PGE Park.
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WVHooligan 30 June @ 05:33 PM EDT
Sounds like Portland mayor Sam Adams and County Chair Ted Wheeler are going to go toe-to-toe
over the stadium situation for Portland and it's MLS bid. The Portland Mercury is reporting more on
the on-going saga of the stadium funds today.
Wheeler won't support the $15 million for PGE Park. Adams is hoping to find another way to get
Wheeler on board.
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WVHooligan 24 June @ 08:48 PM EDT
It seems like this is a report we've posted time and time again here. Hopefully this will be the
last.
Portland city council has approved a plan to allow both MLS and minor league baseball in the
city. PGE Park will get renovated as planned and the baseball team will get their new stadium.
The Portland City Council on Wednesday passed a resolution to support starting negotiations with
Merritt Paulson over a financing plan to renovate PGE Park to accommodate a Major League Soccer
team.
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