MLS News Brief: PDX gets the vote and Nick at Nite for MLS Philly
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Wednesday, 11 March 2009 19:33
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Poor Ryan White of the Oregonian. He got the privilege of live-blogging the City Council meeting that (after six hours) yielded a positive result for the Portland MLS bid. If you want to read through the whole thing, click here and "enjoy" the most exciting City Council meeting I've ever read about. The Timbers bid goes down 2-0 only to come back with three unanswered goals and win it 3-2. Now it's up to MLS, but it looks like Jeff Bull now has a team to follow.

A bit under the radar this time around, the Sons of Ben and MLS Philly fans got to submit questions to boss Nick Sackiewicz. Nothing too revealing, but good stuff nonetheless. We can expect a press conference to officially announce the team name/colors, so I'll just keep refreshing my inbox every couple seconds starting now. There will also be an event surround the recently announced Gold Cup quarterfinal awarded to Lincoln Financial Field.

Toronto FC continues to look good in the preseason, beating Charleston in the first match-up and overcoming DC United 2-1 this afternoon. Color me extremely intrigued with whether or not the Reds can keep this up once the season begins. Rohan Ricketts unleashed this gamewinning beauty vs. Charleston on Saturday. Check it out.


Beckham had early interviews on the Today Show and ESPN. Matt Lauer may or may not have called AC Milan the "AC club of Milan." In both, Beckham stated that he is still fully committed to the LA Galaxy, Posh and kids are staying in Tinseltown, and he'll be back. That's about it, but go to www.soccernet.com and have a listen or here for the Today Show interview Today Show interview   . He seems to be fully prepared to get booed upon return.

Yanks Abroad

Clint Dempsey scored his 5th EPL goal of the season, this one after only 90 seconds, and Cottagers fans thought they would go home happy. Dempsey continued playing well but one questionable call later (and of course El-Hadji Diouf was involved) and Blackburn equalized. Heads down and angry, Fulham gave up another one with Jason Roberts the villain, providing the 85th gamewinner. Dempsey and company now have Bolton away and Manchester United at Craven Cottage to think about. Unfortunately, this slide looks set to continue.

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