Bloomberg is reporting that Pavel Nedved is “seriously” considering a move to MLS. After turning down a role to stay on at Juve as part of the staff, Nedved went on to make it clear that he can not play for any other team in Italy. I’m sure every team in MLS would love to have the 36 year old playmaker hold down their midfield. I have a feeling we will be hearing more about this one in the next couple of weeks.

David Beckham (L) talks with a trainer as teammate Landon Donovan strecthes following practice with the Los Angeles Galaxy for the first time this year following the extension of his loan with Italy’s AC Milan at The Home Depot Center on July 13, 2009 in Carson, California. Beckham missed the first 17 games of the Major League Soccer team’s 30 games this season.

Beckham fielded questions from the media about attempts to patch up differences with Galaxy teammate Landon Donovan and his long-term future with the team.

from the LA Times:

Just when we thought the David Beckham experiment — to borrow a popular phrase — would soon be coming to an end, there were signs Monday that it could be a longer-running production than expected. (more…)

Dominic Kinner’s first 11 for the 2009 MLS All - Star Game vs Timmy Howard and Everton FC at Rio Tinto Stadium on Wednesday, July 29th has been announced after online fan balloting comprising 25 percent, MLS coaches and GMs (25 percent), media (25 percent), and players (25 percent) picked their top performers of the first half of the season.

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A point on the road will feel more like a loss for Frank Yallop and the boys….

I like the “reverse-spin” angle of this campaign.

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Everyone in soccer knows what kind of effect Drew Carey has had on soccer in Seattle, and there was a big time story in the LA Times this weekend that gives some pretty good insight to how the whole ownership stake came about. After the jump there are a few excerpts and a link to the whole story. (more…)

Interesting…