A soccer blog by Luis Arroyave

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One piper piping
Published 2/16/2008 by Longshoe at Who Ate All the Cupcakes?
... Chicago is a bit screwed at the moment. Wilman Conde, who played very well for the Fire down the stretch last season, is asking out of his contract so he can go to New York. I guess Osorio is like the pied piper, eh? ...

Chicago: Conde Wants Out, Marlett Wants In
Published 2/16/2008 by SF at The Offside Rules
... Run over to Luis Arroyave's Red Card blog for Conde's soliloquy in it's entireity but the Cliff's Note version is that Conde was brought to Chicago by JCO, and he wants to leave Chicago with JCO. Now I've no idea how much of this is just wishful thinking on Conde's part or if JCO really is trying to get the and back together but I'll tell you this; if this is going to happen Chicago has to make Red Bull pay dearly. Not just for business-sake, but for thier own self-respect. ...

TRADE: William Conde (Chicago) for Dema Kovanko (New York)???
Published 2/16/2008 by Rumor Mill at MLS Rumors - For the time between the games
... Rating: 4 (Good) We knew it was only a matter of time Chicago defender William Conde would end up following the man who brought him to the US, to the Red Bulls. Multiple sources are indicating he strongly wants out of Chicago. And then there is this, email we received today: ...

Weekend Bits
Published 2/17/2008 by TJ at The MLS Zone
... - Colombian defender Wilman Conde is asking to get out of his contract with the Chicago Fire so that he can join up with the New York Red Bulls and former head coach Juan Carlos Osorio. ...

Jumpin' Up 'n' Down News
Published 2/18/2008 by brucio at du Nord
... I wonder if he was hurt as bad as when the fan "slapped" him in Glasgow? The actual word is that he threw his back out. Wow. MLS News Chicago defender Wilman Conde has now told the world he wants to leave the team and go to New York and play for the man who brought him to America, Juan Carlos Osorio. The story goes that he told the team back in December he wanted out. Luis Arroyave has several installments of this story on his Red Card blog: -Conde Wants Out -More On Conde -Now What? ~ ~ ~ ~ ...

These are the days of our offseason
Published 3/18/2008 by Sean at Chicago Fire
... , whose introduction mid-season stabilized the Fire’s defense. Conde began publicly pining for the-kinda-voodoo-that-Osorio-do-so-well, but the Fire have stood firm so far. Recent reports have the team ...