The Endline

So, Riise has dreams of playing in the States and hinted that he’d like to play for LA.  I don’t know how much gas he’ll have left in the tank, but I do know that the interest speaks volumes in the direction Major League Soccer is headed.   Do you think LA could use his services? or could you see New York moving in for the swipe?  I know NY has 3 designated players, but with JPA’s career coming towards the tail end, I can see NY making some moves …

The Vancouver Whitecaps announced their head coach for MLS play starting next year. It wasn’t much of a surprise but the club named their current USL coach, Teitur Thordarson as the man to lead them into the next phase of Whitecaps football.

MLS and Real Salt Lake have been dropping some pretty cool videos of the defending champions time on the road. We’ve compiled them all into one place for you.

Fire keeper, Sean Johnson has won Save of the week 3 of the last 4 weeks and he looks set to win again this week based on current voting. I gave my vote to Zach Loyd for saving his team the crucial road point.

I’m kind of torn on how to vote for Goal of the Week. Look at the options, you’ve got the equalizer by Mac N Jack, game winner’s by Montero, Braun and Richards, and Thierry Henry’s 1st MLS goal. The good thing is I don’t decide who wins. So vote for your favorite here.

Thierry Henry finally scored his first MLS goal and Fredy Montero had a Player of the Week performance notching two goals against the Chicago Fire and former Sounder, Freddie Ljungberg. The Rapids handed it to the Dynamo on national  television… and what is up with the LA Galaxy?

MLS announced today that they sold their soul for another 4 years. The original 10 year exclusive agreement with MLS was signed in 2004 and set to expire in 2014. Today’s contract extension binds the two companies for an additional 4 years until 2018.
I was looking forward to the seeing the league in different kit manufacturers again. I miss the old school days of having Nike, adidas, Kappa, Puma, Umbro, Reebok and Atletica outfit the different clubs. With adidas having the  contract, I feel like the don’t put any effort …

The New York Cosmos have been making some major moves for a team that doesn’t really exist. First it was a sticker campaign on the streets on NYC followed up by their big Youth Academy kick off event on August 1st featuring Pele and Mayor Bloomberg. On August 25th the club announced the Cosmos would stretch coast to coast with a youth academy in Los Angeles. Today the club dropped the following video of Pele’s last game for the Cosmos.

MLS Comissioner Don Garber hasn’t hidden the fact that he would …

Quick reactions from Toronto FC’s Stefan Frei and FC Dallas’s Kevin Hartman are 2 of the nominees for Save of the Week. You can vote for your favorite here.

There are some good saves, but I don’t think they compare to this week’s Goal of the Week Nominees.

This week’s nominees are Pablo Mastroeni, Lovel Palmer, Brek Shea, Brian Ching and Rafa Marquez. You can vote for your favorite here.