Socceronomist

We have carefully reviewed the film of our match against Portland last night and I can safely say that the level of refereeing was absolutely below the standards of what is required for a MLS match and completely unacceptable. First, the red card given to Thierry Henry was inexplicable. There was no violent conduct on his part whatsoever and this decision was made by a linesman who was more than half a field away. Second, in any soccer game, there is no way that one team can draw 20 more fouls than the other team, especially in a match where one team drew just five fouls. I have never seen this occur in my 30 years in the game.

The Chicago Fire transferred Uruguayan forward Gaston Puerari to Club Atlas, the team announced Wednesday.

"Club Atlas was very keen on Gaston, and we made the decision to accept the offer based on the best interest of building our club," Fire interim head coach and technical director Frank Klopas said in a statement. "This move provides us with additional flexibility to find a player who will help us achieve our goal of making the MLS Cup Playoffs."

Joshua Mayers at the Seattle Times laid out the situation of Pat Nooan quite well. His 96k salary is high for what we've seen from him as a strong leader on the Reserve side who can manage the game from the midfield or forward. The other two players who could just be cut to open up significant cap and roster space are Erik Friberg and Leo Gonzalez.

English soccer’s Championship league plans to adopt “in principle” financial rules similar to those designed by European soccer’s governing body UEFA.

Watson-Siriboe was picked in the second round of the 2010 Major League Soccer SuperDraft and made 10 league appearances, including seven starts, with the Fire.

"Sending Kwame to F.C. Tampa Bay for the remainder of the 2011 season allows for Kwame to play games and continue to develop as a defender," said Chicago Technical Director and interim coach Frank Klopas.

Like its parent club of Chivas de Guadalajara, Chivas USA wants to become a team made up of local players. After a bit of slightly fuzzy statements by vice president of marketing and sponsorship Rodrigo Morales and co-owner Jorge Vergara, general manager José Domene nailed it down.

At different points throughout the season, Philadelphia Union manager Peter Nowak had said that it was his hope to get rookie Chris Agorsor on the field to make his Union debut.

That time will never come.

The Union announced on Thursday that Agorsor had been waived, ending the club’s brief relationship with a once-promising prospect on the mend from a serious injury.