Ahead of the season the club saw the departures of Luciano Emilio and Fred, two key contributors to the club during the late 2000’s. The club, marred by injuries, and poor tactics, had a historically poor start to the 2010 MLS season, retro soccer jerseys having a record of 3-12-3 in the clubs first 16 matches. On 6 December 2004, he scored his first Premier League goal, four minutes after making his league debut as a substitute for Jon Macken against Middlesbrough.