what are you thinking? This would be the most stupid move i've heard of in a while. Unless he is looking to end his career in the country he is from i dont know what he's thinking.

ya Reyna must be smokin some

Reyna's best playing days are long gone; this move makes sense, he can't handle the pressure of European soccer but the MLS is a match made in heaven.

I think he should come for a drink up here at the gold room where he can stay forever, and ever, & ever!

Considering he was washed up 10 years ago I think this is a wise move. Afterall the MLS is a rest home for over the hill players.

Washed up 10 years ago? I think it was the exact opposite. 10 years ago, I felt Reyna was overrated and played a bigger role in the national side than his play deserved. It wasn't until 2002 that I really thought Reyna started earning his praise, and had only improved since then for both club and country. He made a terrible error in the Ghana match, that was nail in the coffin of a poor U.S. performance (further hammered in by a ridiculous penalty call agains Onyewu). However, taking away that one horrendous mistake, I think Reyna's play in Germany was one of very few bright spots in a disappointing American effort. On top of that, he had been putting in some quality performances for Manchester City. So I see it as the exact opposite. 8-10 years ago, I didn't think that much of Reyna and it was only in the past few years that he actually impressed me.

That said, this shouldn't surprise anyone. He's 33 years old, and has been plauged by injuries the past year or two. Not many of even the best players in the world continue much past this age at the highest level. Look at Zidane, one of the best center mids of all time. Retired at 34, only one year older than Reyna, and a much more talented player. There are some that age very well and can continue at the top level into their mid to late 30s: Gary Speed, Baresi, Shearer, Maldini, Sherringham... but not many.

I'm sorry to see him leave the Premiership, but no one should be surprised at all. It makes perfect sense for Reyna to finish out his career in a lesser league now that he is getting older, maybe a step slower and more injury prone. He'll give a couple good years to MLS, then likely work his way into the Red Bull (or some other MLS) organization for a life after his playing career.

yea have a look at edwin van der sar for man u. I am pretty sure he is like 37 years old, and he is still a top level keeper.

C'mon now jon. Comparing keepers to field players is like comparing cats and dogs. They're different animals altogether. Keepers, up to a certain point, get better with age. Experience and knowledge in positioning acquired over a decade in net can make up for ebbing quickness.

In fact, I remember reading that the average age of keepers at the World Cup was above 30. Field players compete at a much younger age, sometimes as young as teenagers. When's the last time you heard of a top club using a teenage keeper?

Exactly yoyo. That's not a comparison you can make at all. Everyone knows that keepers have longer careers and actually get better and better through their 30s up until a certain point when they slow down a bit. It's totally different for field players that run several miles per game, take hard challenges much more often than keeper, have many more joint injuries, etc.

As yoyo said, apples to oranges.

It's very clear that Heath & Yoyo know very little about soccer. Reyna has never been a good or even decent player. As for the American Men's National Team they are a joke. For the next world cup American should send the Women's team in place of the men's as chances are they would get a much better result. Face it people. America will never be a world power in soccer. At least at the men's level that is.

Yes Wonka Tonka your right. It's because they are a couple of know nothing idiots. Just a couple of zeros that live to post here as if what they have to say has any meaning. Sad people.

Wonka/Miles, do you guys really bother to read anything? If you did, you would realize that I was saying that I've considered Reyna to be overrated for quite a bit of his career and has only started to put in decent performances at the end of it. Furthermore, I'm acknowledging that it is the end of his career, that it makes sense for him to drop down to a lesser league like MLS. Why would you argue with that if you don't think he is good to begin with?

The national team...did you read my comments? Disappointing, a poor performance.

The point is that no one should be surprised to see a player at the end of his career (and 33 years of age IS close the end of most players' careers) opt to drop down to an easier league for a couple of years. It's quite common, and anyone who does know anything about the sport could not argue with that.

What is clear and sad is that you're only able to post stereotypical comments degrading US soccer, which is not even the topic here and certainly is not enlightening to anyone.

Heath, don't waste your time on Myles/Wonka/RobbieQuaid/Loser... it's one just guy who will write anything to wind people up and make them react angrily. After he does that, he'll make up a new name that agrees with himself and he'll call you a pathetic loser that spends too much time on the internet, when it's him that spends all his time harrassing strangers on the web for fun. I'm sure I'll get flamed for exposing his little scheme to you, but who cares, after this post, I'll go back to ignoring him completely. I suggest you and everybody else do the same thing. Half of his posts seem to get deleted by soccer.com anyway, b/c they're idiotic and irrelevant.

Give it up for Myles/Wonka/Loser, he's the most clever guy around! We're all pawns in his game! Whoohoo! Loser...

Ah! Another round of pointless verbal mud slinging. Why do you people take the various post here so serious? Why do you care about what others post here? Or even think others care about what you post? Get a life & grow up ...All of you! Read the stories & then be on your way or if you like to write so much ...Write a novel.

In a way your correct Karas. It annoys me & that's why I now go to other sites to read soccer news as there is a group of people here that seem to want to hold court & then argue & argue to no end. Cry for attention I guess you could call it.

Yoyo Yoyo Yoyo ...

Maybe we should say Yoyo/Tony P/Ace/Forza/ Ect ... You just used the same line I used though I beat you to the punch a couple of weeks ago. It is ...You! That post here under different names, not us.If you were orginal in your remarks you would have had enough common sense to come up with something other than what somebody else already mentioned in this case me. You are correct though in saying we post here to wind others up. So what! Big deam! It's all harmless. What's funny is you take the bait everytime. Hook Line & Sinker! So what does that make you? If you really want to ignore then you would not respond in the first place. As long as we don't post anything vulgar we cannot be banned from posting so get used to it. We just post under different names that's all. So you can go & cry to soccer.com now since your such a baby that takes everything so serious.

Once again, flaming on this forum will not be tolerated. This is a soccer news forum. Please keep comments relevant to the topic. Yoyo and Myles: Please find somewhere else to launch personal attacks.