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Are the Fire looking to bring in another midfield reinforcement? The 22 year old Nijholt currently plays as a midfielder for FC Utrecht.

27 year-old Dutchman Sherjill MacDonald is the latest name to be rumored to come to the Fire. The summer transfer window opens tomorrow so expect more of these reports to keep coming out. Hot Time In Old Town will keep you posted as more names and more stories pop up.

We'll have more on this after this weekend (or maybe even after Tuesday's U.S. Open Cup game) but here are the top 5 Fire players in 2012 Guaranteed Compensation. The link has the full MLS list. 1. Pavel Pardo: $250,000 2. Arne Friedrich: $230,833 3. Patrick Nyarko: $219,500 4. Gonzalo Segares: $217,500 5. Chris Rofle: $198,329

"Just days away from the club inducting him as the seventh member of the Ring of Fire, Jeff Crandall welcomed Fire legend C.J. Brown back to the All-In Podcast on Monday. Jeff and C.J. talk his reaction to the news that he’d be inducted into the Ring of Fire, what the honor means to him, how he still keeps up with the club and what his emotions are going into Wednesday’s ceremony and match."

Interesting thought on MLS taking over the WPS

ATL hosts Ted Meyer and Chris Ballard discuss MLS playoffs, general soccer news, and talk U.S. Open Cup with HTIOT's very own Tweed Thornton

"On Tuesday, it appeared that former US international Eddie Johnson was on his way back to MLS; however, the league has revealed that the deal has fallen through."

With almost no fanfare or buzz, MLSsoccer.com added chalkboard stats and heatmaps to every MLS game this year. The link takes you to FC Dallas vs. Chicago on March 19, 2011. Kudos to MLS on this. The new level of stats to look at is great.

Leander Schaerlaeckens ranks Real Salt Lake as the 10th best soccer team in the world... at least Monterrey is ranked 8th. I've never seen Schaerlaeckens rankings before but this is a bit much. Real Salt Lake is a good team but better than Manchester City? Inter Milan? Bayern Munich? Those are just three teams right off the bat I'd say no on. Your thoughts?