Soccer / football transfers

Former Wales international midfielder Carl Robinson has left Toronto to join Major League Soccer rivals New York Red Bulls. New York acquired the 33-year-old in exchange for a fourth-round selection in the 2011 draft. Robinson played for Toronto the past three years, appearing 74 times for the Canadian side. Prior to joining MLS, Robinson played for a number of English clubs, including Portsmouth, Sheffield Wednesday, Norwich and Walsall.

Lokomotiv Moscow have signed Slovenia defender Branko Ilic and Brazilian striker Maicon on the eve of the new Russian season. The 20-year-old Maicon, who scored twice in 34 league games in Brazil, has joined on a four-and-a-half year contract from Brazilian side Fluminense. Ilic, 27, has agreed a two-year deal with Lokomotiv after his former club FC Moscow was disbanded last month when its main sponsor withdrew financing.

Dallas have signed goalkeeper Kevin Hartman from the Kansas City Wizards, giving them a second-round selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Hartman, a four-time MLS All-Star, appeared in all 30 regular season games for the Wizards in the 2009 season. The 35-year-old had been looking for a club after failing to reach an agreement on a contract extension with Kansas City.

Rubin Kazan have completed the transfer of highly rated midfielder Bebars Natcho from Hapoel Tel Aviv for an undisclosed fee. The 22-year-old is a product of the Hapoel youth academy and has made 91 league games for the Israeli giants since making his official debut in the 2006/07 season. Natcho made his senior national-team debut as a second-half substitute in Israel's 2-0 friendly victory in Romania on March 3.

PSV Eindhoven have signed midfielder Andy van der Meyde until the end of the season. The former Ajax and Inter player, 30, arrives on a free transfer as Serbia striker Danko Lazovic leaves the Dutch league leaders to join Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg for an undisclosed fee, agreeing a four-year deal ahead of the new Russian season. Van der Meyde has been without a club since his release by Everton last year.

Bohemians have officially unveiled the eight new signings, including three from Derry City, with defender Stephen Gray, midfielder Ruaidhri Higgins and winger Gareth McGlynn. Mark Quigley joins from St Patrick's Athletic, while Raffaele Cretaro moves from Sligo Rovers after a season in which he scored 13 league goals. Goalkeepers Barry Murphy and Chris O'Connor, formerly of Shamrock Rovers and Bray Wanderers respectively, will compete for the starting spot. Highly-rated young forward Aaron Greene arrives from Galway United.

Real Salt Lake today acquired Luis Gil from the Kansas City Wizards in exchange for a 2011 second round draft pick, an international roster spot and a portion of future transfer fees if Gil is sold to an foreign club. The 16-year-old midfielder signed with Major League Soccer last week, and was awarded to the Wizards on Monday via a weighted lottery. Gil was a member of the U.S. team at last year's Under-17 World Cup.

Wolfsburg has signed striker Nassim Ben Khalifa from Grasshopper Zurich on a four-year contract starting next season. The 18-year-old forward won the Under-17 World Cup title with Switzerland last year.

Portsmouth have signed Serbian defender Dusko Tosic from German side Werder Bremen. The 25-year-old joined Bremen from French side Sochaux in 2007 but only made 22 appearances. His contract was dissolved on February 1 after he had originally signed a deal that ran until 2011.

Real Madrid have signed forward Sergio Canales from Racing Santander for next season. The 18-year-old forward Canales signed a six-year contract with Madrid after rejecting offers from many other major Europeam clubs. The deal is worth €5 million and Canales will join up with the Blancos for pre-season training before returning to Racing where he will spend next season on loan. Canales has scored 5 goals from 11 appearances this season.