Sporting Kansas City Forward Teal Bunbury is out for the season.
There are three big new items on the minds of MLS watchers early this week. Unfortunately for Sporting Kansas City, they get the bit of unfortunate news. Striker and American international Teal Bunbury suffered an ACL tear in the 4th minute of Sporting's draw with NYRB last weekend. He will undergo surgery on Friday and will miss the remainder of the season and the playoffs.
The loss is a decent sized blow to Sporting, as Bunbury had been rounding into good form. He had 5 goals in 22 league matches for SKC, and also had a goal during their run to the US Open Cup Championship. The Puddle wishes Mr. Bunbury a full and speedy recovery.
In MLS player acquisition news, the New England Revolution have acquired 27 year old former MLS All Star Juan Toja through the allocation process. Before trying his luck in Europe, the former Colombian youth international had some strong seasons in MLS with FC Dallas, scoring 8 goals in 43 league matches. Apparently the Revs had been contacted by clubs trying to trade into the spot to get Toja, but they've gone ahead and taken him on. It will be interesting to see where he fits in with the Revs midfield.
The final news is not yet official, but media outlets in Portland are reporting that the Timbers will announce University of Akron head coach Caleb Porter as their new manager Wednesday morning. Porter has been at the helm of one of the most successful college programs in recent memory at Akron, but failed to play that success into another level when he failed to guide the US U-23 squad into the London 2012 Olympics. We'll see how much patience the folks in Portland have, because they were obviously not happy with Gavin Wilkinson:
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