Sebastien Le Toux's departure from the Philadelphia Union certainly made headlines. There was much made of the incident after the player came out and spoke his side of the story. It was emotional and troublesome that, according to Le Toux, a professional club in MLS would dismiss a player in such fashion.

Philadelphia Union fans have been dealt heavy blows of late. Their veteran goalkeeper was sent away and within days, the face of their franchise was traded away and not to the glamour of the English Premier League. Rather, Sebastien Le Toux is finding his way up north, to Vancouver.
Officially, Le Toux was let go for allocation money.

Today, everything changed. The Union traded Le Toux to the Vancouver Whitecaps, where he'll play alongside Eric Hassli. Eric FUCKING Hassli. Though also French, Hassli earned three red cards in his debut MLS season. Remember when Woody and Buzz ended up in Sid's hands?

Wilman Conde is back in MLS with the Red Bulls. (Getty Images)

This news had been around for some time. The New York Red Bulls and the Chicago Fire finally made it official today though. Wilman Conde is finally going to the Big Apple.

The fun part about this deal however is that it is really a few years too late.

The process that brought him in was a little unexpected, but the end result really wasn't. Today, Sporting KC acquired the rights to former San Jose Earthquakes draft pick, Michael Thomas for a 4th round Supplemental draft pick, the 73rd overall. The fact that Sporting had to give something to San Jose for Thomas is the surprising part.

Sporting Kansas City continued their busy start to the offseason, making another trade. This time, the team brought in left sided midfielder/back, Bobby Convey from the San Jose Earthquakes. In return, Sporting KC is sending an international roster spot to the Quakes. A bit of a surprising move for KC sending the international spot to San Jose, as KC will now go from 9 international spots to 7, the other spot KC is losing is because it's expiring from the Adam Cristman trade with DC.

Robb Heineman posted on Twitter today that pending one more approval another player would be joining "US". As I was talking about the announcement on Twitter, I'd assumed it was a new player signing. I tried to not get fans too excited about the move because if it happened tomorrow it was unlikely to be announced at that time due to league rules.

The final of the three announcements for yesterday was finally made earlier today with the announcement that Sporting KC had acquired Chivas USA midfielder, Paulo Nagamura. In return, Sporting KC sent the 1st round Supplemental draft pick that KC originally received from Chivas in the Ryan Smith trade.

photo courtesy Jarred Donalson
Sporting KC was busy today, making one trade, another player announcement, and talk of a second trade taking place. It started during the weekend with a Tweet by Robb Heineman stating that there would be an announcement today. At 1:30 we got the first of the announcements, a surprising trade.

Just when Sporting Kansas City thought they lost defender Seth Sinovic, they get him back. Today Sporting and the Montreal Impact worked out a little deal to send the expansion draft pick back to Kansas City, along with allocation money, for veteran defender Davy Arnuad.

The 31-year old Arnaud, played 10 seasons for Sporting Kansas City after being drafted in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft out of West Texas A&M.

Sporting KC started a busy day today by announcing a trade with Chivas USA. Kansas City sent midfielder Ryan Smith to Chivas USA for 2 supplemental draft picks in the upcoming draft. Both sides can see this as a win for them. From Kansas City's perspective, they get something for nothing. Smith's time in Kansas City was over.

Most Kansas City fans probably didn't expect Guadeloupe midfielder Stephane Auvray to play another game for the Wizards ever after he had basically disappeared from training almost 2 months ago. Today that became official as Sporting KC traded the midfielder to the New York Red Bulls. In return, Kansas City get the Red Bulls second round pick in 2013.

Stephane Auvray and Thierry Henry are now teammates. (Getty Images)

In search of some midfield depth, the New York Red Bulls have gone out and made a deal today. The club has sent a 2nd round pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft to Sporting Kansas City for Guadeloupe defensive midfielder Stephane Auvray.

De Rosario will play for D.C. United
Interesting is an understatement in the latest league trade. The New York Red Bulls traded league veteran and elite midfielder Dwayne De Rosario to D.C. United for the younger and less proven Dax McCarty. Both teams have been underperforming as of late.
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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.

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There is no doubt that the English Premiership, one of the top (if not the) best soccer leagues in the world, is better than Major League Soccer.

In a move that was surprising but not incredibly shocking, Sporting KC traded midfielder, Jack Jewsbury to expansion side, Portland Timbers for allocation money. Jewsbury's playing time reduced last season as Craig Rocastle started to adjust better to MLS soccer and with his salary close to $150,000, this trade gives KC allocation money to use and more salary space to use.

The Philadelphia Union traded midfielder Andrew Jacobson to FC Dallas in exchange for a 2nd round draft pick in 2013.

Jacobson started 13 games for the U in 2010, logging 18 shots, 8 on goal. He became extra parts when The Union acquired Brian Carroll as their 18th center midfielder (kidding!

The deals just keep on coming for FC Dallas and honestly I don't see them stopping here with this news today. The club has announced they have acquired midfielder Andrew Jacobson from the Philadelphia Union in exchange for the club's second round natural selection in the 2013 Major League Soccer SuperDraft,

"I'm very happy to have Andrew join FC Dallas," said head coach Schellas Hyndman.

It's an interesting perspective, considering SH's track record of removing people that don't get on the "bus". And we all know about his and Pearce's little spat at the end of the year. That said, Buzz Carrick over at 3rd Degree has a quote from Technical Director Barry Gorman, regarding the trade:

Via 3rd Degree:

"We try to keep the coaches out of the direct line with these things.

Chivas USA continues to make deals. Today, they traded midfielder Sal Zizzo to the Portland Timbers in exchange for allocation money.

The 23-year old played in 10 games last season with Chivas while contributing one assist. He was acquired by Chivas USA in a weighted lottery after signing with MLS in July 2010.

I made the trek over to Frisco and Pizza Hut Park today to catch the scrimmage between FCD and Houston Baptist University, and overheard a bit of interesting news. Heath Pearce, who didn't participate in the scrimmage but did rehab a bit on the side, made his way down the line of teammates, informing them he had been traded to Chivas.

FRISCO, Texas — Major League Soccer side Dallas has signed 31-year-old Brazilian midfielder Ricardo Villar from Spielvereinigung Unterhaching of the German third division. Villar played for Pennsylvania State University from 1997-01 after playing youth soccer at Sao Paulo. He was with Hampton Roads and Pittsburgh in the U.

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It seems that everything is changing and everything remains the same. Last year the Galaxy had a fairly solid back line, an unsettled midfield, and a shaky strike force.

ALGIERS, Algeria – The national soccer league in Algeria has canceled matches scheduled for Friday and Saturday after riots in the capital and elsewhere this week. The Algerian National Football League announced the cancellations in Al Watan, a local newspaper. The matches were canceled in an effort to prevent large groups of young people from [.

LONDON, England Drug smugglers tried to transport a kilo of cannabis within a wooden framed painting of Manchester City footballer Emmanuel Adebayor last year, the UK Border Agency said on Thursday. The painting was sent from Togo destined for an address in Tottenham, north London, and was discovered at a postal hub in Coventry.