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MLS Picks for Kicks: No Spark for Red Bulls Without Thierry Henry

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 22, 2013

Marco Di Vaio Paces Montreal Impact Attack The New York Red Bulls can’t catch a break right now. Heading into their fourth game of the season against the 3-0 Montreal Impact, New York will be without both of its designated players – Tim Cahill (International duty) and Thierry Henry (MCL sprain). New York was already...

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West Ham To Be Confirmed for London’s Olympic Stadium

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: March 21, 2013

After seven years of haggling, a news conference is planned for Friday to announce that West Ham United will sign a 99-year lease to use the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, London as their new home venue. The club, currently in 14th place in the Premier League, will move out of the 35,000-seat Boleyn Ground in...

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MLS Picks for Kicks: New Life in Impact – Toronto FC Rivarly

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 15, 2013

MLS Rivalry Weekend, Betting Odds and MLS Breakaway Debut If the MLS is going to really take off, it needs weekends like this one to make a big impression. If nothing else, you can’t fault the league for trying. This weekend is dubbed Rivalry Weekend and features a slate of seven games Saturday and two...

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MLS Picks for Kicks: No More Montreal Impact Road Woes?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 8, 2013

Major League Soccer Preview and Odds Life on the road wasn’t pretty for the Montreal Impact last season. They won just twice away from Montreal and claimed just nine points as visitors. The Impact often faded and lost focus late in matches last year – especially on the road – and fumbled away a playoff...

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MLS Picks for Kicks: Whitecaps Will Roll TFC in Opener

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 1, 2013

MLS Week 1 Preview and Odds Toronto FC (+380) at Vancouver Whitecaps (-154) Draw (+200) If Vancouver coach Martin Rennie has his way, last season’s playoff debut will merely serve as a stepping stone for this season’s Whitecaps. Now, after becoming the first Canadian team to play in the MLS postseason, a successful run in...

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The Reds Must Get Younger

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: February 27, 2013

Following on from Frank Doyle’s column on the retirement of Torsten Frings, Al Dannity says now is the time for Toronto FC to hit the reset button and develop a younger roster. The biggest impact Torsten Frings ever has in Toronto could be his departure. With Danny Koevermans the lone designated player (DP) left on...

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Who will captain Toronto FC after Torsten Frings' retirement?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: February 26, 2013

On the day that Toronto FC said goodbye to captain Torsten Frings, Reds supporters are left both wondering about what might have been, and what’s next for the team with just four days before its season-opener in Vancouver. Frings, who announced his retirement after 18 seasons, never really had the impact Toronto had hoped when...

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MLS Players to Watch in 2013

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: February 25, 2013

[slideshow gallery_id=”13″] The 2013 season of Major League Soccer kicks off this weekend. Al Dannity has put together his list of players to watch this year as 19 teams do battle for the MLS Cup.

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Hassli move won’t be Toronto FC’s last move

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: February 5, 2013

Eric Hassli was shipped by Toronto FC to Dallas for a conditional draft pick. Al Dannity says we can expect more changes from the Reds soon. The Eric Hassli move never worked out for the Reds and in truth it never looked likely to. Hassli, 32, was the youngest of Toronto FC’s three designated players....

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Beckham Abandons MLS For Brand-Building In France

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: February 3, 2013

He could have played for any team in the world he wanted. In the end, David Beckham decided on French Ligue 1 club Paris St-Germain. The question is: why? At his news conference on transfer-deadline day last Thursday, Beckham announced he would donate the entire salary of his five-month contract to a local Parisian children’s...