Timbers Tid Bits: Transfers Edition

The transfer window closes today and a couple of MLS stars have already made their way to Europe this week, with reports indicating that Brek Shea will be following. That and other news in today's links.

Sporting KC's Kamara loaned out to EPL side Norwich City
Kei Kamara's loan will last through May 6 with an option for Norwich to buy him outright at the end.

It's official: DC's Najar completes transfer to Anderlecht
The D.C. United homegrown player has already been on loan with Anderlecht for a month.

Transfer Deadline Day (Live Updates)
It's the end of the winter transfer window in Europe and you can get updates on who's going where at this link. Also, David Beckham is going to PSG.

USA vs. Canada: Final score 0-0, Here are all the things we would rather have done than watch
Starts And Stripes FC thinks all of these things are more fun than watching the U.S.-Canada friendly: spiders, Nickelback, and prostate exams.

Takeaways from the U.S.'s Limp Draw against Canada
Some thoughts from that disappointing 0-0 draw.

Toronto FC trade fan favorite Plata to Real Salt Lake
TFC will receive a second-round pick in the 2015 SuperDraft.

Rivero out 2-3 months with fractured foot
The Colorado Rapids playmaker injured his foot in a preseason friendly with the Portland Timbers. Whoops.

Are Europe's soccer elite edging towards an MLS-style calendar?
It's not gonna happen but it's kinda nice to hear someone in Europe suggest they start doing things our way.

Bob Bradley – The American Who Stayed
"The first reaction, and perhaps most logical for Bradley as a foreigner living and working in a nation suddenly plunged into pandemonium, would be to catch the first flight out of the country. But he didn’t."