globesports.com - 7/12/2008
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TORONTO Toronto FC's search for goal scoring went to Portugal as the Major League Soccer club made an attempt to sign Benfica striker Nuno Gomes. But both sides of the negotiation that has taken place over the past month say there will be no deal. Gomes, 32, scored seven goals in 25 league games for Benfica this past season and scored two more in 10 games in other competitions for the club. ...
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NOTCOMING: Nuno Gomez to Toronto, INCOMING: Brian McBride to Chicago
Major League Soccer (MLS) Rumors - For the time between the games —
... Thanks for the tip off from our friends to the north. According to this article: TORONTO — Toronto FC's search for goal scoring went to Portugal as the Major League Soccer club made an attempt to sign Benfica striker Nuno ...
Chicago Pregame + Some tidbits
Toronto FC —
... An interesting aspect of this game should be the impending end of the Brian McBride saga. Reports are indicating that a deal sending McBride to Chicago may be completed by Monday or Tuesday. We will very likely see the player(s) coming north in return on the field tonight. ...
Chicago 2 - Toronto 1 Game Blog
The Footy Blog —
... so apparent, why didn’t Carver use his final substitute for at least one set of fresh legs out there? It's the equivalent of Martin Short's character in Three Amigos pouring the remaining water from his canteen into the sand while his two compatriots were dying of thirst. My only guess is that Carver doesn’t have faith in any of the options he had. And those options were Harmse, Rosenlund, Attakora-Gyan and Cunningham. Nuno Gomes and Hakan Sukur I saw Larry Millson had a story on globesports.com that had Nuno Gomes turning down an offer from TFC. His name was floated around ...
Some Sweet Burberry Underpants News
du Nord —
... Larry Millson of the Globe & Mail says TFC took a run at Benfica & Portugal forward Nuno Gomes. But sadly he turned them down. That would have been a great move. I know it's not really news, but it does show they are trying some interesting things. ...
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