Some Soccer News for Jan 19, 2016
du Nord, January 19, 2016
It's Day 19 of 2016. Back in action here at the blog after a nice week off! dN Did ya hear the wild story about Marco Pappa? Recently sold by Seattle Sounders to Colorado Rapids, he was found in the company of beauty pageant winner "Miss Washington" stabbed and bleeding. No charges have been filed, so we don't know who stabbed Pappa (who needed surgery), but its a bad scene all around. Daniel Boniface of the Denver Post with the details. -Turns out Miss Washington also got a DUI and has now been stripped of her pageant title. dN Bruce Arena of the LA Galaxy talks about the quality of MLS, the players and development, and expansion. Good topics. By Jeff Carlisle of ESPNFC. dN Here is a complete list of all the MLS club roster moves this off-season. dN Good to see Toronto addressing their defensive leakage: Signed fullback Steven Beitashour (Vancouver), centerback Drew Moor (Colorado) and goalkeeper Clint Irwin (Colorado). -They still need another big time centerback to make the whole team very solid. dN Yura