MLS NEWS & NOTES FRIDAY!!!

Toronto News Coverage: The Globe and Mail have again sent a reporter to cover Toronto FC in Florida. It would appear as the assembling of the roster is nearly complete, Sir Mo is now focused on creating a cohesive unit on the field. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070309.TORONTOFC09/TPStory/Sports
The Globe also has a report from Thursday's match;
http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070308.wspttfc8/GSStory/GlobeSportsSoccer
The National Post provided yet another Pre-Season match report for their readers. http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/sports/story.html?id=1737ad5b-e2d3-4902-a8aa-85ea7f90cc46

An excellent game report from ussoccerplayers.com
http://www.ussoccerplayers.com/latest_soccer_news/533498.html

Chelsea vs. Galaxy:The Los Angeles Galaxy will announce a friendly tournament at the Home Depot Centre later today. The tournament will involve Chelsea, Korean team Suwon Bluwing (who happen to share Samsung as a shirt sponsor with Chelsea), and Tigres of Mexico.

Yallop to Decide Soon: Canadian Kevin Harmse's fate with the LA Galaxy will be decided soon, according to Frank Yallop. http://www.lasoccernews.com/article.php?article_id=1225

MLS Expansion: The latest MLS expansion buzz is coming from Arizona, where a group has formed to investigate the possibilities of an MLS team.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/0308mlssoccer0308.html
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/0210mlssoccer0210.html
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/azetc/articles/0218mlssoccer0218.html

DC Samba: DC United is going Brazilian with news that "Fred", a midfielder who played with Australian side Melbourne last season, is all but confirmed. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/08/AR2007030802204.html

Robbie Rogers to Columbus: The Washington Post reports the Robbie Rogers lottery was won by the Columbus Crew yesterday.

DP Player to be Signed Soon: New York soccer writer Michael Lewis, is reporting that a source has told him an MLS team is set to sign a designated player. While we don't know the team involved, we do know the teams that have said they won't be involved in a DP signing anytime soon - namely: Toronto, New York, and DC United, while LA and Chivas no longer have a DP to use. Chicago has cleared tons of salary from their roster this off-season, and has yet to make a splash - my bet is on the Fire. Patrick Berger or Mexican Cuauhtemoc Blanco perhaps????