2009 MLS Season Preview: Update Edition
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009 18:30
3/17/2009  Roger Levesque was signed by Seattle.    Zach Scott was signed by Seattle. 3/16/2009  Lider Marmol was waived by Chicago.    Fabian Espindola was waived by Salt Lake.    Alex Nimo was loaned to Portland Timbers (USL) by Salt Lake.    Simon Elliot was signed by San Jose.    Mike Zaher was signed by San Jose.    Eduardo Lillingston was signed by Chivas.    Tony Sanneh was signed by Los Angeles.    Ty Harden was signed by Colorado.    Tristan Bowen was signed by Los Angeles.    Zack Simmons was signed by New England.    Tim Ward was signed by Chicago. 3/15/2009  Stephen Keel was waived by Colorado. 3/12/2009  Claudio Suarez has retired from Chivas.    James Thorpe was waived by DC.    Albert Celades was signed by New York. 3/11/2009  Josh Wicks was traded by Los Angeles to DC. 3/5/2009  Stefan Dimitrov was signed by Chicago. 3/4/2009  Ned Grabavoy was signed by Salt Lake.    Anthony Peters was signed by DC. 3/3/2009  Facundo Erpen was waived by Colorado.    Jose Burciaga was waived by Colorado.    Josh Boateng was waived by Los Angeles.    Tyler Deric was signed by Houston.    Emmanuel Gomez was signed by Toronto.    Amadou Sanyang was signed by Toronto.    Ned Grabavoy was waived by San Jose.    Kai Kasiguran was waived by Chicago.    Tyler Kettering was waived by Chicago.    Brian Grazier was waived by Colorado.    Sean Bucknor was waived by Dallas.    Andrew Daniels was waived by Dallas.    Jamie Watson was waived by Dallas.    Chase Wileman was waived by Dallas.    Stephen Wondolowski was waived by Houston.    Vardan Adzemian was waived by Los Angeles.    Charles Alamo was waived by Los Angeles.    Charles Alamo was waived.    Michael Gavin was waived by Los Angeles.    Mike Munoz was waived by Los Angeles.    Sam Brill was waived by New England.    Brandon Manzonelli was waived by New England.    Brandon Tyler was waived by New England.    Joe Germanese was waived by New England.    Gary Flood was waived by New England.    Brennan Tennelle was waived by Salt Lake. 3/2/2009  Chris Leitch was traded by New York to San Jose.    Michael Ghebru was waived by San Jose.    John Cunliffe was waived by San Jose.    Justin Hughes was waived by Colorado.    Kwame Sarkodie was waived by Colorado.    Cesar Zambrano was waived by Colorado.    Raphael Wicky has retired from Chivas. 3/1/2009  Gregory Richardson was signed by Colorado.    Mike Zaher was waived by DC. 2/28/2009  David Ferreira was signed by Dallas.    Dejan Jakovic was signed by DC.    Mike Graczyk was waived by DC. 2/26/2009  Matt Pickens was signed by Colorado. 2/25/2009  Adrian Serioux was traded by Dallas to Toronto.    Gonzalo Martinez was waived by DC.    Caleb Patterson-Sewell was waived by New York.    Kevin Reiman was waived by Salt Lake.    Tyler Rosenlund was waived by Toronto.    Pablo Campos was signed by San Jose.    Mike Randolph was waived by Los Angeles.    Steve Cronin was waived by Los Angeles.    Ely Allen was waived by Los Angeles.    Brandon McDonald was waived by Los Angeles.    Troy Roberts was waived by Los Angeles. 2/21/2009  Jhon Hurtado was signed by Seattle. 2/17/2009  Joe Vide was waived by DC. 2/16/2009  Santiago Hirsig was signed by Kansas City.    Andrew Jacobson was signed by DC.    Mike Graczyk was signed by DC.    Pablo Vitti was signed by Toronto.    Bouna Coundoul was waived by Colorado.    Tom McManus was waived by Colorado.    Jordan Seabrook was waived by Colorado.    Zach Wells has retired from DC.    Doug Warren was waived by New England.    Kenny Deuchar was waived by Salt Lake.    Fredy Montero was signed by Seattle.    Gavin Glinton was waived by San Jose. 2/15/2009  Christian Gomez was traded by Colorado to DC.    Andrew Weber was signed by San Jose.    Khano Smith was traded by Seattle to New York.    Ivan Guerrero was traded by DC to Colorado.    Tyrone Marshall was traded by Toronto to Seattle.    Scott Sealy was sold to Maccabi Tel-Aviv by San Jose.    Bobby Convey was signed by San Jose.

Thanks to the guys at MFLS for the list of moves since mid-February. Since that was when I wrote most of my previews, please excuse me if I did not mention some of the roster changes on this list. Like for example, the Seattle signing of Fredy Montero, as so many Sounders’ fans have mentioned in the comments. Sorry guys, I wrote SEA first.

He’s quite a beast and makes me a little more confident in their ability to break the dreaded “curse of the expansion team” that started with TFC. But, I still think they miss the playoffs even if he scores 15 goals. Keller is great, but not enough defense yet, in my opinion. Please come back tomorrow for all my predictions for the 2009 MLS season.

I also wanted to give you an injury update today, but MLS hasn’t gotten around to posting those lists yet even though the season starts in two days. Go figure. It is St. Patty’s Day, so I suppose no one can be expected to be working too hard. Hopefully we’ll at least get the injury report tomorrow before the season kicks off Thursday. 

Also, please watch the First Kick coverage Thursday and watch SEA v. NYRB. The more people watch, the higher the ratings, the more advertising bucks and media exposure, etc. etc. MLS needs our support, so let’s all give it to them and make 2009 the year MLS rises into America’s sports conscience. I know it’s time, even if some idiots don’t.

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