If he goes for the money, Stuart Holden is already headed for Europe even if he hasn't signed a deal.

I'm not surprised that FIFA has decided not to increase the number of game officials for next year's World Cup, and I'm also not surprised at the narrow-minded vitriol generated in response.

Maybe it's that proximity to Europe that comes with being on the East Coast, or the fact Red Bull Global Soccer is the soccer arm of a worldwide company that renders the choice of Erik Soler as General Manager/Sporting Director as logical if not necessarily smart.

I'm starting to hear the S-word in talking to people about negotiations regarding a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between Major League Soccer and its players, and that word has nothing to do with salaries, as in minimums or maximums or caps or anything else.