Former Portland Timbers stalwart defender Cameron Knowles has been hired by the his old club as an assistant coach to replace Trevor James who left in December. Knowles joins the coaching staff lead by head coach John Spencer and assistant coaches Mike Toshack and Minnesotan, Amos Magee . Knowles, an Auckland, New Zealand native, attended [.

The Portland Timbers filled their recent coaching vacancy for goalkeeping coach, as Mike Toshack joins the Timbers from Toronto FC. Not only does Toshack have a wealth of coaching experience at various levels, but he has also coached with current Timbers Coach John Spencer when they were both in Houston.

Toronto FC goalkeeper coach Mike Toshack leaves the club and joins Portland Timbers #MLS

via @LukeWileman, a well respected Canadian sports journalist.

No official announcement just yet.

Dalglish not ready to class Carroll and Suárez among Liverpool greats

• The more they play together the better they'll get, says Dalglish • Paul Scharner accuses Luis Suárez of diving for a penalty Kenny Dalglish was just finishing his press duties, satisfied that he had praised the way that Andy Carroll and Luis Suárez had linked up while at the same time avoiding the slip of the tongue that would make for a nice headline, when he was asked if the pair could develop into one of the best partnerships.

New England Revolution team sources confirmed that Danish international striker Radivoje "Rajko" Lekic began a two-day trial with the club today. Steve Nicol and the player personnel team in Foxboro have apparently been keeping tabs on Lekic for some time now. He currently plies his trade at Danish Superliga club Silkeborg IF.

Well, 3 out of 4 ain't bad!

When MLSE VP Tom Anselmi opened today's important press conference with an admission that the club had been "going in the wrong direction" it was hard not to point the finger squarely at the man himself. For four years under Anselmi and MLSE's direction, TFC was allowed to flounder, mostly at the hands of Mo Johnston, and on this site as in many other places, the ownership was rightfully criticized.