But the interesting bit of news surrounds Le Toux. Sources tell the Daily News that the Frenchman rejected his chance at English Premier League club Bolton and left the trial early to return home.

This news appears to supplant the words of Bolton manager Owen Coyle, who recently told reporters in England: “Sébastien came in for a couple of days, and to be fair to him he hadn’t trained for four or five weeks. He did fine and that’s where it is. We’d have probably needed a longer look.”

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With all that said, we hear that Le Toux is still being shopped, and perhaps to an MLS bidder. Daily Mirror writer Alan Nixon, who kept eye on Le Toux’s trial spell, posted on his Twitter site Monday evening that the Vancouver Whitecaps have showed interest in the 28-year-old Frenchman.

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Now for the big twist in Le Toux and Mondragón potentially leaving Philadelphia. The Daily News has learned that those moves could free up enough space for the Union to officially announce that they have have purchased - or at least intend to officially purchase - the contract rights of midfielder Roger Torres.

Danny Califf and Sébastien Le Toux remember the very first practices and the expansion-year milestones that went along with being a Philadelphia Union original.

They remember the unfortunate errors that doomed Philly’s inaugural 2010 season and the personnel changes and attitude adjustments that helped the club skyrocket to the top of the Eastern Conference a year later.

And now they will remember this: the feeling they had Saturday night, when the Union clinched the franchise’s first playoff berth, 19 months after the franchise’s first game.

“It’s amazing,” said Califf, shortly after the Union tied Toronto FC 1-1 and the New York Red Bulls lost to Sporting Kansas City, two results that each were enough to secure Philly’s spot in the postseason.

(Source: antrea)

Guess who’s trending on Twitter in Philadelphia?

Faryd Mondragón, Danny Califf, Sebastien Le Toux, Justin Mapp, Danny Mwanga, and Carlos Ruiz are all eligible. Voting closes at 11:59PM tonight.

UNION vs. REAL SALT LAKE (06/11/11) - Sebastien Le Toux

Some good-natured joking at sleeping Sebastien’s expense!