A few things...

I'm busy watching video and putting together the new MLS Club Ladder for S365, so I will gradually build up this post a bit at a time. First up, a tasty Bernardo Fallas scoop...

#1 - Houston has dealt Chris Wondowloski to San Jose for Cam Weaver in a swap of forwards.

Folks, I think it's a terrific move, as they now have fine cover for Brian Ching. The Dynamo, ever solid at the back, have reinvented their strike force with a new "Ngwenya (Adi Akinbiyi) and a new "Jaqua" in Weaver - who can also strike a nasty free kick. This officially stamps them as my first bonafide MLS Cup contenders.

#2 - The Boston Globe's Monique Walker looks back at Taylor Twellman's big Sunday night. It's about time we had a St. Louis man in the MLS century club. I mean, the assist king is form there, so...

(hometown gloating over)

#3 - Freddie, complaining to refs gets you nowhere. Trust me, I have tested that theory for years.

#4 - The Examiner thinks about 10 players that Philly Union should try to lure. They obviously can't get them all and some will be out of reach, but there are a few good calls here.

#5 - I just caught the coldly casual knee-to-the-groin red card foul (WMP link, play with the incident starts at about 1:25) committed by Crew defender Chad Marshall, and I will now say that MLS is a gutless joke if it does not snap to it and hand him a fat multi-game suspension.

If Ricardo Clark got nine games, including playoffs, for kicking Carlos Ruiz in the arm after being punched, then under absolutely no circumstance should Marshall receive less than six games for that garbage maneuver.

Frankly, I think his moment of madness was far worse and completely unprovoked from a physical standpoint. Baby kicks can force testicular amputation and more, much less a grown man's knee. It's just plain pathetic behavior on a professional soccer field.

#6 - Another MLS trade is in: Toronto FC finally takes advantage of the depth in net by sending Greg Sutton to San Jose in exchange for defender Nick Garcia and the rights to Canada attack ace Ali Gerba...

#7 - It seems Setanta has gotten themselves in a fine mess. Corporate business people are really on my last nerve these days, always running game - and now this company is trying to give away their games. Could ESPN suddenly have Prem coverage? Hmmm.

#8 - FIFA talks to Bob Bradley and Carlos Bocanegra as the USMNT arrives in South Africa for Confederations Cup.

#9 - Some fun stuff from the Guardian blog today: the story of six transfers that didn't happen, plus season-end "awards for the Bundesliga and La Liga.

#10 - Almost forgot... this week's MLS Club Ladder is up.


- Greg Seltzer