We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and are continuing the celebration today with more relaxation and leftovers (or shopping, if that’s your thing). Either way, it’s back to business on the soccer side of things …

Of course, much of the news the past two days has focused on the Philadelphia Union’s selections in the Expansion Draft, which included Revs’ goalkeeper Brad Knighton. Today we have a few pieces analyzing Philly’s picks, as well as a variety of additional stories.

1. Revs’ Brad Knighton to new MLS entry (Boston Herald)
2. KICKIN’ BACK with Darrius Barnes (MLSnet.com)
3. Union excited about MLS Expansion Draft selections (MLSnet.com)
4. McCarthy’s Musings: The Friday Five Tackles … Philadelphia’s Expansion Draft Haul (Goal.com)
5. The Short List: Union’s Five For The Future (Goal.com)
6. They’re Union Men (Big Apple Soccer)
7. RSL’s triumph the exclamation point on a memorable season (ESPN Soccernet)
8. Four named to Revolution youth soccer squads (Sentinel and Enterprise)