By DAN KARELL Brek Shea will soon be returning to Dallas, Texas come early july for the very first time since his January go on to England. Only this time around, heall maintain the oppositionas top. Sheaas team Stoke City announced this week that they will have a ten-day pre-season tour in the U.S., including a match against Hamilton Academical Dallas. Nevertheless the Major League Soccer club and the English Premier League club established the match on Thursday, offering Shea and other U.S. internationalas Geoff Cameron and Maurice Edu a way to play against common weight. aIf there is one market at this time where we could create our personal page, then it has to be America because of the existence of three US internationals inside our squad,a Stoke City chief executive Tony Scholes told the clubas site. aThe move of Shea subsequently presented the opportunity for us to perform a against his former membership which can be where I will be planning within this tour.a The English team will undoubtedly be arriving in the U.S. on July 22, with the match against Hamilton Academical Dallas to happen on July 27. Stoke also used last year learning the U.S., enjoying matches against Sporting Kansas City, the Columbus Crew, and USL Pro part Orlando City. Here are some more stories to find you up around MLS: ARGENTINOS JUNIORS CONFIRM LABA STARTING Although the team have yet to formally confirm it, it looks more and more likely that Toronto FC have finished a transfer of a Argentina U-20 midfielder. Argentine club Argentinos Juniors announced on their website on Wednesday evening that they had decided for the exchange of Matias Laba with TFC and that the 21-year-old would be on his method to Canada to accomplish his new contract with MLS. Amazement are always looking to improve the squad and Laba is an outstanding player,a Toronto manager Ryan Nelsen told MLSSoccer.com. aSo if he joins the Toronto group, I will become more than happy.a Laba enjoyed for Juniors last Monday, getting sent off in the 45th minute of a loss to Tigre. In the summer of 2011, the Villa Raffo native presented for the Argentine squad in five suits at the U-20 World Cup in Columbia, as well as using the Argentina U-22 squad at the Pan American Games in October of 2011. FIRE DEFENDER THOMPSON FINED AND STOPPED The MLS Disciplinary Committee declared on Thursday that Chicago Fire defense Wells Thompson has been fined an undisclosed amount and stopped one fit for a areckless problem that endangered the security of his opponent.a Thompson was presented with a card in the 12th minute of last Saturdayas fit against Columbus. The Wake Forest item was late in difficult against Crew midfielder Agustin Viana, delivering Viana off his legs with a slide handle. The suspension will be served by thompson this Sunday once the Fire go to the Montreal Impact. SPORTING SELL OUT ALL SEASON TICKETS In an extraordinary achievement for the club and the league, Sporting Kansas City introduced on Wednesday they had bought the residual season tickets for this year, filling up the allotment of 14,000 seats. Contemplating that Sporting Park only contains 18,467 seats complete, that means the membership have were able to sell just under 76 per cent of the seats to just season ticket holders. Coming into Saturdayas against Portland, Sporting have out of stock their past 19 games. This summer, Sporting Park can host the 2013 MLS All Star Game, along with a vital World Cup qualifying match this fall against Jamaica. a'a' What would you label of these studies? Excited to see Brek Shea play in Dallas? Do you feel Laba could be a big difference maker for TFC? Can you agree with Thompsonas suspension? Discuss your ideas below.
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