Heath Pearce Rumors & News

Whenever "Juan Agudelo," "transfer" and "rumors" surface, we pull up this story about the boatload of money the Red Bulls were in for when the young, mercurial striker finally makes the inevitable jump from MLS to Europe. Chivas USA, if you'll remember, offered not only defender Heath Pearce at a time when the Red Bulls needed back line help, but a substantial chunk of his transfer fee, and by some reports, all of it, to acquire Agudelo's services. This got us licking our chops when Agudelo and Celtic were flirting over the winter. Yesterday, Agudelo was traded from Chivas to the New E...

News broke today -- in the way any news that breaks about a player who never plays can -- that Digao was back in his home country of Brazil with a heel issue. Never mind that this forces one of Markus Holgersson, Heath Pearce or Jamison Olave to the bench for insurance at center back this weekend against Tornoto FC. This begs the question if the 27-year-old defender was ever really here in the first place. We all know he was here in the real, physical sense. He signed with the team in September from AC Milan, where he was more of a mercenary for various lower division and smaller leagu...