San Jose Earthquakes lose defender Bobby Burling to the Montreal Impact in the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft
With the fourth pick in the MLS Expansion Draft, the Montreal Impact selected San Jose Earthquakes defender Bobby Burling. The 27-year old starting centerback just completed his fifth season in MLS and will be joining his third team. After being unsigned by the Los Angeles Galaxy coming out of Loyola Marymount University, Burling joined Chivas USA and played three seasons with the Rojiblancos before being traded to the Earthquakes. His new coach at Montreal, former Chivas USA... Read More
San Jose Earthquakes predictably protect offensive players ahead of MLS Expansion Draft
With the Montreal Impact set to join MLS in 2012, the league will conduct an Expansion Draft early Wednesday to officially transfer the rights to ten current MLS players. In an effort to keep the newest MLS franchise from raiding their meager supply of offensive minded players, the San Jose Earthquakes announced that five of those they were protecting had at some point in 2011 played at forward. Chris Wondolowski, Khari Stephenson, Simon Dawkins, Alan Gordon, and Steven Lenhart... Read More
Who is Clarence Goodson, and why MLS should care
Clarence Goodson. Pat Noonan. Jay Needham. These are all players who could be playing in MLS now but chose other leagues instead. CLS columnist Pete Ratajczak hopes MLS knows why. Read More Read More