| Schelotto to remain with Crew as designated player
The 2008 Major League Soccer Cup Champion
Columbus Crew announced on Tuesday that they have exercised the option year on
the contract of reigning league and MLS Cup MVP Guillermo Barros Schelotto.
The move makes him the club's first designated player.
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| Red Bulls, Sounders FC to open 2009 MLS season
Major League Soccer announced the schedule for
the first few weeks of the 2009 season, which kicks off on Thursday, March 19
in Seattle. The expansion Seattle Sounders FC, the league's 15th team, host
MLS Cup 2008 finalists the New York Red Bulls in a nationally televised game
to kick off the season.
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| MLS Philadelphia breaks ground on new soccer-specific stadium
Philadelphia's new Major League Soccer team
broke ground on a soccer-specific stadium in Chester, where the team will
begin play in 2010, on Monday. MLS Commissioner Don Garber joined with team,
and local and state officials along the Delaware River for the official
ceremony, signaling the beginning of the construction for the 18,500-seat
stadium.
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| United releases Carroll
D.C. United announced the club has waived
midfielder Jeff Carroll. The 24-year-old made two first team appearances for
D.C over three seasons with the club.
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| Jaqua, Parke highlight Sounders' expansion draft picks
Major League Soccer's 2008 Expansion Draft,
which is an important step in the Seattle Sounders FC's process of stocking
it's roster for the 2009 season, took place on Wednesday.
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| MLS Deputy Commissioner Gazidis named CEO of Arsenal
Major League Soccer announced early on
Wednesday that Deputy Commissioner Ivan Gazidis has accepted the position of
Chief Executive Officer at Arsenal of the English Premier League.
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| MLS announces list of unprotected players for expansion draft
With the 2008 Major League Soccer Expansion
Draft to help stock the Seattle Sounders FC's roster slated for Wednesday, MLS
released the list of players left unprotected, who are available for the 2009
expansion team to select in the 10-round draft.
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| RSL re-signs defender Olave through 2012
Real Salt Lake agreed to a contract with
Jamison Olave that will keep the Colombian defender a member of the Utah side
through the 2012 Major League Soccer season, it was announced on Monday.
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| New England trades Cristman to Kansas City
The New England Revolution traded forward
Adam Cristman to the Kansas City Wizards in exchange for allocation money and
a third-round pick in the 2009 Major League Soccer SuperDraft, it was
announced on Monday.
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| Crew's Schelotto wins MLS Cup MVP
The Columbus Crew's Guillermo Barros
Schelotto's three assist effort in his team's 3-1 victory over the New York
Red Bulls on Sunday was enough to earn the MLS Cup Most Valuable Player award.
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