Dax McCarty is on the move yet again. (Getty Images)
Yes, this is indeed real. Dwayne De Rosario has been traded from the New York Red Bulls to D.C.
United in exchange for Dax McCarty.
Let that one sink in for a moment. DeRo for Dax. Straight up.
De Rosario began the 2011 MLS season with Toronto FC, registering one goal and one assist in two
matches before being dealt to the New York Red Bulls on April 1.
I made a list a while back of players I thought best fit the mold of coming back to play in
Major League Soccer either this year or even in the next. One of those players was veteran keeper
Marcus Hahnemann, who was let go by Wolverhampton today after two years with the club.
The 38-year old is with the US National Team right now getting ready for the Gold Cup.
The worry over Major League Soccer not having a TV deal with Fox Soccer is over, at least for
one more year. The two sides agreed on a 31-game contract, plus three exclusive MLS Cup Playoff
matches including a Conference Final for the 2011 season.
The announcement also saw some schedule changes for several clubs.
I'm trying to stay on top of things as I've already gotten a couple emails about this. Now that
D.C. United have used their allocation order spot on Charlie Davies, we now have a new leader in
the clubhouse.
Dallas did not receive the top spot in their trade with Chivas USA yesterday, when they sent
Heath Pearce over for allocation money.
Charlie Davies is now a member of D.C. United. (Photo via Hugo Ivan Muñoz/dcunited.com)
The long road to recovery has an official stop for striker Charlie Davies. Today, D.C. United
announced the 12-month loan deal for the striker from French side FC Sochaux.
"We are really pleased to have concluded a deal that will bring Charlie to United," D.
Okay, one final lottery. Today marked what hopefully is the final player lottery/draft of the
2011 offseason with the weighted player lottery for 19-year-old Korey Veeder.
Four clubs went into the draft, Toronto FC (45.52 percent) had the best chance at acquiring the
US Under-20 prospect followed by the Seattle Sounders (24.
Health Pearce talks to media at MLS Cup 2010. (Photo via CenterlineSoccer.com)
Props to my colleague Daniel Robertson at BigDSoccer.com for finding this out first today. Talk
today at FC Dallas camp is that defender Heath Pearce has been traded. Its uncomfirmed at the
moment, but it appears the club has sent Pearce to Chivas USA.
Oh let the debate rage on.
New York Red Bull manager Hans Backe stated over the weekend to the New York Post that his main
goal for the season is a Supporter's Shield trophy, not a MLS Cup.
"My target is to win the Shield. I think we're good enough to compete with the best teams.
I read MLSSoccer.com's Kick Off each day for various reasons but today they sure did sneak in a
little bit of information that some fans will be very curious about. The situation surrounding
former Everton reserve and Vancouver Whitecaps striker Cody Arnoux as been resolved as he will be
played in a weighted lottery set for today at 4:30 pm ET.
I missed this Yanks Abroad article from a couple weeks ago. I blame the snow.
Former FC Dallas SuperDraft pick Ryan Guy wants to come back home to the US after a couple
successful seasons abroad in Ireland with St. Patrick's Athletic.
"My first choice is to play for a west coast team in MLS but really, just whoever needs a wide
midfielder," he concluded.
I've been meaning to update this list for a couple weeks now that Portland has signed Kenny
Cooper. The league actually beat me on the update even though a few folks have asked me on Twitter
and through email about this. With Charlie Davies in D.C. United camp at the moment they have first
crack at him via the allocation system.
I won't even go into the "Major" announcement that is the 2011 All-Star Game at Red Bull Arena.
Not even worth going into detail over. Instead I feel this is more of a major news break for MLS
and even for D.C. United.
Steve Goff is reporting that the club has been in serious discussions with French side Sochaux
about the Washington-based club acquiring the US National team striker Charlie Davies.
So MLS is holding a media teleconference tomorrow afternoon as commissioner Don Garber, LA
Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan and New York Red Bull striker Thierry Henry all join together for
it.
Its being dubbed as a "Major Announcement", whatever that means. Only thing that comes to my
mind is a new TV deal that will be a blockbuster deal for the league.
While I've been fairly vocal on the idea of getting rid of the SuperLiga tournament, one other
tournament involving MLS clubs could be back on the menu for 2012. The Pan-Pacific tournament could
be kick started again for 2012 if ESPN, MLS and other Asian leagues all get back on board with
it.
The drafting season is over for MLS (or at least we all hope so). Today marked the Supplemental
Draft, a 3 round affair for the league. It came and went rather quickly too. For the most part it
was a mess to follow on Twitter though the teams and the league's main blogger SF did a respectable
job keeping us up to date with each pick.
Michael Boxell is one of the many left on the boards for the Supplemental Draft tomorrow.
No, no, I won't be doing a mock draft for the Supplemental draft which takes place tomorrow.
That's just silly now. What isn't as silly is teams filling out the rest of their rosters to make
way for the return of the MLS Reserve division with this draft.
Don Garber addresses the media at the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. (Getty Images)
Yesterday was a busy day, we all know that. Some items that fell in the cracks for some though
are things you need to hear.
Several folks out there mentioned at the draft that MLS commissioner Don Garber said the league
was close to finalizing the conference alignment for this season and the playoff structure.
With all the talk of Kenny Cooper coming back to MLS to play for Portland, a couple readers
asked if I would post the current allocation order. Now some folks will wonder why Portland can get
Cooper if he does return, its simple, FC Dallas made an offer before he left for Germany a couple
years ago so they no longer hold his player rights here in MLS.