[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The Vancouver Whitecaps signed 33-year-old Scotsman Barry Robson as a Designated Player. The midfielder will join the Caps this summer after after his season with English League Championship club Middlesbrough ends. Robson, who has 17

[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The New York Red Bulls signed 20-year-old defensive midfielder Victor Palsson, who was born to an Icelandic father and Portuguese mother, spent time in Denmark and England and most recently played at Scottish Premier League club Hibern

CARSON -- The Galaxy have two pressing questions as they wrap up their third week of preseason camp: the old one (who's going to step into Omar Gonzalez 's shoes?) and the new one (who's going to start in midfield?). The midfield considerations will work

[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Brazilian Juninho will be playing for the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2012 after all. The 23-year-old midfielder, a starter on the 2011 MLS championship team, had returned to Brazil with the intention to play for Sao Paulo, which had loaned

[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Two more Colombian internationals, both named Moreno, signed with MLS clubs. The Quakes signed 33-year-old playmaker Tressor Moreno, who played in Chile for Santiago Wanderers last season. He previously had a successful spell at Mexica

All White Andrew Boyens is now part of the Galaxy - and he gets to train and play beside the biggest star. Boyens, 28, signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy before Christmas and recently started pre-season training with the Major League Soccer defending cha

[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Scottish striker Kris Boyd, the leading scorer in Scottish Premier League history with 164 goals in 296 games, is headed to MLS. Courted by the Houston Dynamo and its Scottish-American coach, Dominic Kinnear, the 28-year-old striker is

All White Andrew Boyens is now part of the Galaxy - and he gets to train and play beside the biggest star. Boyens, 28, signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy before Christmas and recently started pre-season training with the Major League Soccer defending cha

[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Geovanny Caicedo has joined Toronto FC from LDU Quito. He's played for Ecuador nine times since 2009. The San Jose Earthquakes have acquired German-born Turkish striker Sercan Guvenisik, who tried out with the club last year. He most r

[MLS TRANSACTIONS] D.C. United 30-year-old Argentine Emiliano Dudar from Young Boys of Switzerland, where has played since 2007, in a bid to bolster its young backline. The Colorado Rapids added 28-year- old Colombian attacking midfielder Jaime Castrillo

Off season acquisitions Andrew Boyens, Nick Noble, Pat Noonan, Marcelo Sarvas and Jose Villarreal were all out on the field training Monday as were trialists Bill Gaudette and J.T. Murray. Big man: An attacking threat as well as a defensive bulwark, Omar

[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Gambian Mustapha Jarju, the first African signed to an MLS Designated Player contract, was a bust at Vancouver last season, so the Whitecaps did the sensible thing: they bought his contract and but him loose. The Montreal Impact signed

The LA Galaxy's quest to have the biggest roster in the league continued on Tuesday when manager Bruce Arena confirmed that the club had signed defender Andrew Boyens. Chivas USA declined to pick up his options after the 2011 season and the defending cha

The MLS Superdraft will be at 9 AM on Thursday morning. The annual draft allows MLS teams to draft young talent from US universities. For the second year some international players were invited to the just concluded MLS Combine. The Galaxy hold the 1

[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Wednesday's signings included Chilean international midfielder Milovan Mirosevic, who joined the Columbus Crew from Universidad Catolica, and the University of Washington's Brent Richards, who joined the Portland Timbers as their first

The most head-scratching offseason belongs to the Goats, who actively shipped out young building blocks Zarek Valentin and Justin Braun. Montreal snatched the surprisingly unprotected Valentin in the expansion draft and then traded James Riley to Chivas

The second stage of the re-entry process unfolded more or less to expectation until it wound to a close. At that point, Los Angeles general manager and head coach Bruce Arena did what he usually does: he attempted to leverage the structures of a player a

LA Soccer News A New Zealand international who represented his nation at both the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, defender Andrew Boyens was claimed from Chivas USA, who he played 11 games for during the 2011 season, including b

The reigning MLS champions selected four new players and two players from their 2011 roster, scooping up goalkeeper Jon Conway, d