No deal for McBride yet

WVHooligan - Soccer Blog found this 6/19/2008 on www.soccerbyives.net [flag]

So where is Brian McBride? No, he can't play in Major League Soccer until July 15th anyway, but why hasn't a deal for his move to MLS, an presumably the Chicago Fire, not happened yet? The deal has stalled as negotiations between the Fire and Toronto FC, current holders of the allocation spot needed to sign McBride have hit a wall. Chicago Fire technical director Frank Klopas was ... [link]

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The McBride File
Published 6/19/2008 by Drew Epperley at WVHooligan - Soccer Blog
... Some are wondering when the league will take steps and get involved in this deal. They’ve done so in the past with deals involving star players and will more than likely do so with this case if it isn’t finalized well before the July 15 opening of the transfer window. Thing is in years past the league had one or two owners so they were able to do that kind of pencil-rule writing for star players. No days that isn’t the case, and you can bet one owner would not like to be “worked” by another and by the league. ...

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