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Report: Toronto, Fire agree on McBride trade

Fox News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Toronto FC will trade former Fulham striker Brian McBride to the Chicago Fire, the Associated Press reported Friday.

McBride appears headed back to Chicago in deal

CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Brian McBride finally appears to be going home. Toronto FC has agreed in principle to trade its rights to the former U.S. national team striker to the Chicago Fire, a person familiar with the negotiations said.

AP Source: Toronto, Fire agree on McBride trade

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Brian McBride finally appears to be going home.

• AP Source: Toronto, Fire agree on McBride trade - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Brian McBride done deal

American Soccer Reader (Free subscription) | yesterday

Commissioner Don Garber revealed that MLS has reached an agreement with Brian McBride, during Thursday nights All Star game. The details will be announced tomorrow afternoon by MLS. The deal took longer than expected because Toronto FC had the first claim to McBride’s rights and negotiations with Chicago Fire, who McBride wants to join, had [...]

Soccer Shorts - Racist Fine

The Daily Record (Free subscription) | yesterday

ZENIT ST PETERSBURG were last night fined nearly £30,000 for racist chanting by their fans during their UEFA Cup campaign. The trophy winners, Rangers' conquerors in the final, were punished by UEFA over chants at Marseille players during the Russian leg of the clubs' last-16 clash.

BREAKING NEWS!!!

Babalu Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

This just in: The extremist, right wing, dinosaur, Miami mafia exile community is directly responsible for Global Warming, the high price of gas, a terrible US healthcare system, Hurricane Dolly, the War in Iraq, Vietnam, the Kennedy assasinations, the Martin...

Beckham to finally play his first game in Toronto

atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

The news conference started late but somehow David Beckham managed to wander in half a minute early and briefly conversed with a couple of female reporters seated in the front row.

Match Day Features — MLS All-Star Game

Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

On Thursday night, once again ”MLS takes on the World” in their annual match between the league’s All-Star side - as chosen by fans, coaches, and players themselves - and a premier international first division team… The MLS All-Stars are undefeated in this All-Star Game format, and the uniqueness of this All-Star format among U.S. sports seems to [...]

World Sport Chicago International Cup

SoccerLens (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

For the past week, Chicago has been peppered with pint-sized footballers from around the globe here to compete in the World Sport Chicago International Cup tournament from July 24-27. The under-15 club teams include Germany’s Hamburg SV, Sockers FC, Mexico’s Centro de Formacion Cuauhtémoc Blanco, 36 Lion from Nigeria, the Chicago Fire Academy squad, and [...]

Girl, 2, wounded by BB gun

Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

A 2-year-old girl was taken to Children's Memorial Hospital as a precautionary measure after being shot in the "chest area" by a BB gun Wednesday afternoon in the Hermosa neighborhood, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman said.

Reining In MLS’ Foreign Player Addiction

SoccerLens (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

At the conclusion of a successful 2007 season, which saw MLS’ attendance at it highest level since the inaugural season of 1996 and media coverage beyond once imaginable levels, the league opted to increase the number of international squad spots to eight from the previous four senior and three youth internationals. This new rule has [...]

Chris Agorsor Named Gatorade Player of the Year

Springfield MO Soccer (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Thought I’d point you to a young man getting plenty of attention following the completion of the US Soccer Developmental Academy Finals last week. The Baltimore Bays won the U18 age group and were led by Chris, who recently completed his high school degree a semester early at private school McDonogh in Baltimore, who [...]

The Daily Sweeper (July 22)

Pitch Invasion (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

What's better -- having your club bought by a bunch of internet nerds or the mafia?

Tuesday Travel Photo (No. 188)

lex icon (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Last October, we spent the weekend in Chicago so that my brother and I could then take a road trip to South Bend for USC's 38-0 win over Notre Dame. That evening, we spent time exploring the north side of...

WVH Power Rankings: Week 17 Movers and Shakers

WVHooligan - Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Another week of only a few games, and a couple of SuperLiga contests for MLS clubs. The thing about this week in league play was the draw. Five games saw five draws. A cool 14 goals overall for the week, not bad for five games but when six of them come from one game and [...]

Beckham makes MLS All Star eleven, Beckham voted into MLS, David Beckham, David Beckham News, David Beckham Pictures

rockport | 07/11/2008

David Beckham is one of five players to make the Major League Soccer All-Stars for the first time after voting results were announced by the league on Thursday.

• Fingers crossed, Becks to lace 'em up in Toronto - atHome Top Story
• National Sport - July 11 - Express & Star
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