Brian Carroll to Columbus, Kei Kamara to San Jose, Preston Burpo to San Jose

A flurry of trades as the Expansion Draft overhaul gets picked apart. It was pretty much a given that defensive midfielder Brian Carroll was going to move on after being picked by San Jose and having a somewhat sketchy year in D.C.

Columbus gets Carroll for - in my opinion - a rather low price, forward Kei Kamara. Apart from speed, Kamara has shown very little - kinda like Calen Carr in Chicago. The Crew now have a formidable defensive pairing in Carroll and Danny O'Rourke to provide defensive support for Schelotto and Eddie Gaven, who seems to be finding his passion again.

San Jose also picked up GK Preston 'the Rock' Burpo from Chivas USA for a 2008 MLS Superdraft Pick. Burpo's not a bad choice as he performed decently for Chivas before Guzan progressed. I think you'll find he operates as the back-up though.

Quick Post: Yep, It's True - The Earthquakes are Back, the Hammers are holdin' on, and Heath Bar Pearce moves on

Lew Wolff has done what he intended to do. Quick post due to the fact I have been sick. Here's some reading material:

CNN Sports Take

Other headlines:

Ludovic Giuly (I had a slight hope he'd grace us with his presence in the MLS) has swapped Barcelona for AS Roma. Originally, the plan was for Christian Chivu to go the other way - but Chivu and Roma made that tough. Instead, Giuly was transferred for around $4.5 million. Good buy.

West Ham is making it real tough for Manchester United to get the Carlos Tevez transfer completed. ESPN Soccernet's report.

American left-back Heath Pearce has moved from the Danish league to newly promoted German Bundesliga side Hansa Rostock. Upped my interest in the Bundesliga two-fold.