It appears that Brian McBride is headed home to join the Chicago Fire, thanks to a three-way trade between Chicago, Los Angeles and Toronto.In the deal, Los Angeles will send out-of-favor striker Carlos Ruiz to Toronto FC. Toronto will trade to Chicago their allocation rights to McBride, and the Fire, in turn, will send Wilman Conde to Los Angeles. Toronto, who were due the next major allocation, were supposedly holding up the deal until they were satisfied with the return.
But the deal makes sense for all parties involved, as McBride was hoping to return to his native Illinois, Conde reportedly had a bust up with Fire star Cuauhtemoc Blanco and wanted to leave the Fire, and LA was looking to deal an unhappy Ruiz. It is unclear whether Ruiz is willing to go north of the border, but it certainly would provide him with a chance to be the star forward in a starless Toronto attack (My apologies to Mr. Dichio).
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