Herb-a-what?

Two big pieces of MLS News:

So the reason the Los Angeles Galaxy did not announce a jersey sponsorship deal with Citibank earlier was because it was more of a two potential sponsor race...with Herbalife. The Galaxy yesterday announced a $3.5 to $5 million a year agreement through to 2011 with the nutritional giant Herbalife. So far...the money is good, but the jersey is shite. What happened to the new colors? New logo? When did that get scrapped? Or is it still in the works?


The Bank of Montreal (BMO) has built itself a rather big influence in the Toronto FC organization with the announcement of a jersey sponsorship deal (pretty much in tandem with the LA announcement). First, the stadium. Second, the jerseys. Next?? At least it's better than Herbalife. No word to the logistics of the deal. Anyone got that?


- A flurry of transactions of happened within the MLS recently. They are all up to date in the top right of the this blog. Enjoy.

- There are some great Euro 2008 qualifiers and International Friendlies going on right now. I will round those up tomorrow, but there aren't many on TV in America.

FOR NOW, here are the updated scoring leaders for the big European leagues:

English Premiership

1 Didier Drogba Chelsea 18
2 Cristiano Ronaldo Man Utd 16
3 Wayne Rooney Man Utd 12
Ayegbeni Yakubu Middlesbrough 12
Benedict McCarthy Blackburn 12
6 Andrew Johnson Everton 11
Frank Lampard Chelsea 11
Robin Van Persie Arsenal 11


Spanish Primera Liga

1 Frederic Kanoute FC Sevilla 19
2 Alberto Diego Milito Real Zaragoza 18
3 Ronaldinho Barcelona 17
4 Ruud van Nistelrooy Real Madrid 14
5 Fernando Morientes Valencia 11
6 Raúl Tamudo Espanyol 10
Fernando Baiano Celta Vigo 10
David Villa Valencia 10


Italian Serie A

1 Francesco Totti AS Roma 18
2 Rolando Bianchi Reggina 15
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Inter Milan 15
Luca Toni Fiorentina 15
5 Tommaso Rocchi Lazio 13
Adrian Mutu Fiorentina 13



German Bundesliga

1 Mario Gomez VfB Stuttgart 13
Theofanis Gekas VfL Bochum 13
3 Roy Makaay Bayern Munich 12
4 Alexander Frei Dortmund 11
Kevin Kuranyi Schalke 04 11
Miroslav Klose Werder Bremen 11
Marko Pantelic Hertha Berlin 11


French Ligue 1

1 Steve Savidan Valenciennes 13
2 Aruna Dindane Lens 11
3 Fred Lyon 10
Ismael Bangoura Le Mans 10
Pauleta PSG 10
6 Bafetimbi Gomis St Etienne 9
Seydou Keita Lens 9


Scottish Premier League

1 Kris Boyd Rangers 19
2 Anthony Stokes Falkirk 14
3 Christopher Killen Hibernian 13
4 Steven Naismith Kilmarnock 12
5 Barry Robson Dundee Utd 11
Scott McDonald Motherwell 11
7 Jan Vennegoor of H. Celtic 10
Colin Nish Kilmarnock 10
Darren Mackie Aberdeen 10



Dutch Eredivisie

1 Afonso Alves Heerenveen 25
2 Blaise N'Kufo Twente 19
Danny Koevermans AZ Alkmaar 19
4 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Ajax 17
Danko Lazovic Vitesse 17
6 Jefferson Farfan PSV Eindhoven 16
7 Wesley Sneijder Ajax 13
Kennedy Bakircioglu Twente 13



Portuguese Liga

1 Sabrosa Simao Benfica 10
Helder Postiga FC Porto 10
3 Aparecido Nei Naval 9
4 Salazar Jose Pedro Belenenses 8
Da Silva Liedson Sporting Lisbon 8
6 Collins Mbesuma Maritimo 7
Lucho Gonzalez FC Porto 7
Roland Linz Boavista 7

Under the Table

Don Garber is clearly doing the right things to make this league work. I bet most of us didn't even know that the MLS were talking with the heads of the German Bundesliga. Maybe the Conor Casey wait was all a cover for something even bigger (as he came from Bundesliga strugglers Mainz). Listen to it all on MLSNet tomorrow (Tuesday, 3/13) at 1pm.

I will update when more info comes in.

Scoring Leaders Update

ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP

1 Didier Drogba Chelsea 17
2 Cristiano Ronaldo Man Utd 16
3 Ayegbeni Yakubu M'Bro 12
4 Robin Van Persie Arsenal 11
5 Obafemi Martins Newcastle 10
Thierry Henry Arsenal 10
Frank Lampard Chelsea 10
Wayne Rooney Man Utd 10
Benedict McCarthy Blackburn 10
Andrew Johnson Everton 10
Kevin Doyle Reading 10
Nwankwo Kanu Portsmouth 10
13 Brian McBride Fulham 9



SERIE A

1 Francesco Totti Roma 14
2 Luca Toni Fiorentina 13
3 Gionatha Spinesi Catania 12
Rolando Bianchi Reggina 12
5 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Inter 11
Adrian Mutu Fiorentina 11
7 Tommaso Rocchi Lazio 10
C. Lucarelli Livorno 10
Fabio Quagliarella Sampdoria 10
Vincenzo Iaquinta Udinese 10
Cristiano Doni Atalanta 10


GERMAN BUNDESLIGA

1 Mario Gomez Stuttgart 13
2 Kevin Kuranyi Schalke 04 11
Roy Makaay Bayern 11
Miroslav Klose Werder 11
Marko Pantelic H. Berlin 11
6 Theofanis Gekas VfL Bochum 10
7 Sergiu Radu Cottbus 9
Ivan Saenko Nurnberg 9
Alexander Frei Dortmund 9
Diego Werder 9


FRENCH LIGUE 1

1 Steve Savidan Valenciennes 13
2 Aruna Dindane Lens 10
Pauleta PSG 10
4 Frederic Piquionne Monaco 9
Aruajo Ilan St Etienne 9
6 Ismael Bangoura Le Mans 8
Fred Lyon 8
Kanga Akale Auxerre 8
Karim Ziani Sochaux 8
Juninho Lyon 8



DUTCH EREDIVISIE

1 Afonso Alves Heerenveen 22
2 Danny Koevermans AZ Alkmaar 18
Blaise N'Kufo Twente 18
4 Danko Lazovic Vitesse 16
5 Jefferson Farfan PSV 15
6 Klaas J. Huntelaar Ajax 12
K. Bakircioglu Twente 12
Wesley Sneijder Ajax 12


SPANISH PRIMERA LIGA

1 Frederic Kanoute FC Sevilla 18
2 Ronaldinho Barcelona 16
3 Diego Milito Zaragoza 15
4 Ruud v. Nistelrooy Real Madrid 11
5 Fernando Baiano Celta Vigo 10
David Villa Valencia 10
7 Raul Tamudo Espanyol 9
Fernando Morientes Valencia 9



The pictures are of the respective scoring leaders. You got any questions on the leaders themselves? Ask me. I will help you out.