TORONTO - The Vancouver Whitecaps shipped out Omar Salgado on Monday and made Matias Labas loan deal permanent on a busy day of MLS wheeling and dealing.In the wake of Sundays MLS Cup, a four-hour trade window opened Monday morning as teams began to tidy up or reshape rosters.Expansion teams Orlando City SC and New York City FC were busy, although some of the moves may have been to stockpile assets to be used in conjunction with Wednesdays expansion draft.The Whitecaps dealt Salgado to New York City FC for future considerations, with New York sending the 21-year-forward to an unidentified international club pending agreement of personal terms and a physical.The first overall pick in the 2011 draft, Salgado had a rocky road in Vancouver that seemed to end with a training ground incident in October the last straw.He said his goodbyes via social media a month ago.Vancouver, its been unreal. Thank you to the club, the fans, and the city for making this my home for the past 4 years.Salgado, who had a brief stint with Mexicos Tigres club this season, scored one goal in 29 career appearances with the Whitecaps.Omar is a good player with potential. However, both the club and Omar agreed that now is the right time to go in another direction and we wish him all the best, Whitecaps coach Carl Robinson said in a statement.The move was made so Vancouver could get something for Salgado, rather than losing him in the expansion draft or having to protect him, thus making another player available.Toronto FC got money from Vancouver to complete the Laba transaction. The stylish Argentine midfielder was loaned to Vancouver in February when Toronto ran out of space for designated players. It was expected he would remain on the West Coast, with Toronto trying to see the best of the deal.Finalizing terms and acquiring funds will assist us as we continue with our strategic planning at both the youth- and first-team levels, Toronto GM Tim Bezbatchenko said in a statement. This could be used to help the financing of current or future designated players as well as other initiatives to improve our club.With a question mark over the future of English striker Jermain Defoe, Toronto could be in the market for a third DP sooner than later.The Whitecaps re-signed striker Caleb Clarke and exercised the 2015 contract options on nine players while declining options on centre back Johnny Leveron, midfielders Sebastian Fernandez, Nicolas Mezquida and Mauro Rosales and striker Mamadou Diouf.Vancouver picked up the options of goalkeepers Marco Carducci, David Ousted and Paolo Tornaghi, defender Ethen Sampson, midfielders Mehdi Ballouchy, Gershon Koffie and Andre Lewis, and strikers Erik Hurtado and Darren Mattocks.Last year we built a solid core group of players and we continue to head in the right direction, Robinson said. Consistency is important and we are excited to have the vast majority of our roster returning next season.The club said it remains in contact with the five players whose options were not picked up as well as out-of-contract centre back Andy OBrien.Rosales is eligible for the MLS re-entry process which starts Friday. Vancouver said Diouf will be invited to training camp if he clears Wednesdays waiver draft.Orlando City bolstered its defence by acquiring goalie Tally Hall from Houston for allocation money and an international roster spot and French defender Aurelien Collin from Sporting Kansas City for allocation money and future considerations.The Florida club also picked up midfielder Amobi Okugo from Philadelphia for allocation money and a 2016 second-round draft pick.New York City FC sent allocation money to Columbus for defender Josh Williams.Both expansion teams acquired 2015 and 2016 international roster slots from D.C. 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The 31-year-old dangerman set up two goals and scored two himself as Toronto FC rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat the slumping Houston Dynamo 4-2 on Saturday night.NEW ORLEANS -- Dirk Nowitzki was not happy with his play or Dallas defence for most of Wednesday night. He still found a way to end the New Orleans Pelicans three-game winning streak. Nowitzki scored 11 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter and had the last of his season-high four blocked shots on a crucial possession in the final minute as the Mavericks beat the Pelicans 100-97 at the start of a four-game road trip. Nowitzki gave Dallas the lead with a free throw to make the score 98-97 with 32.3 seconds left. He then got a piece of Eric Gordons driving floater, grabbed the rebound and hit two more free throws with 8 seconds left. "It could have gone either way," Nowitzki said. "Finally, we were on the other end one time in execution and getting some stops and getting some big rebounds. It was definitely a good one to get against a very good team." Nowitzki ran off a long list of negatives that could have cost the Mavericks the game. The Pelicans outrebounded them 58-38. He felt he forced some bad shots in the first half when he was double-teamed, connecting on only 2 of 7 instead of finding the open man. He even missed two free throws after hitting an NBA-best 86 of 91 before Wednesday. The Mavericks also messed up their final defensive possession, giving New Orleans forward Ryan Anderson a wide-open look to tie the score. Anderson, who entered as the NBAs second-most-accurate 3-point shooter at 55.6 per cent, missed it with 2 seconds left. "We switched at the end and left him open," Nowitzki said. "I dont know what happened. He had a clean look from the top of the key, which he probably makes eight out of 10, so we really dodged a bullet." Reserve Vince Carter had 15 points for Dallas and Monta Ellis added 14 points, with the other three starters scoring between 10 and 12. Jrue Holiday had a season-high 26 points for the Pelicans, who played without injured forward Anthony Davis for the second consecutive game. Al-Farouq Aminu tied his career high with 20 rebounds and added a season-high 16 points. Anderson finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds. The Mavericks won with balance for three quarters and Nowitzki taking over down the stretch. No play was bigger than his block of Gordon in the lane. He had not blocked more than one shot in any game this year. "Tell them youre a shot blocker now," Carter said jokinglly as Nowitzki talked in the locker room.dddddddddddd "We have a lot of guys doing a lot of things to try to take the pressure off of him so he doesnt feel he has to put up big numbers every quarter," Carter added. "It can wear him down. Now fourth quarter he can do what he does best." The Pelicans, who outscored opponents by 25 points in the second half while going 3-0 on their recently concluded road trip, tried to pull away in the third quarter with an 8-0 run to go up 73-65 late in the quarter. But the Mavericks answered with a 10-2 spurt, getting 3-pointers from Jae Crowder and Carter. Dallas stayed hot at the start of the fourth. Nowitzki scored on a turnaround to give the Mavericks a 79-77 lead, converted a 3-point play on a tough shot and hit a free throw after the Pelicans were called for a defensive 3-second violation as Dallas went ahead 83-77. That lead didnt last long. Holiday sank a 3-pointer to tie the score at 86 with 6:49 left. Nowitzki hit a face-up midrange shot to give Dallas a 97-94 lead before Holiday sank a long 3-pointer to tie the score at 97, setting up Nowitzkis finish. "Its not very often you win on the road getting pounded on the glass by 20 boards," Nowitzki said. "But well definitely take it." Without Davis, New Orleans could not extend its winning streak to four games for the first time since Jan. 5-11 of 2013. In Davis absence, Aminu was more aggressive than usual. Averaging 5.5 points and 5.5 rebounds, he had a double-double by halftime (10 points, 11 rebounds) of his first in a full game this season. He finished the half with a soaring dunk off a nice pass from Holiday and a reverse layup around Nowitzki. "I always grade myself off wins and losses," Aminu said. "It really doesnt matter what I do. Its a disappointing night." NOTES: Davis talked to reporters before the game for the first time since he fractured the fifth metacarpal when he hit his hand on the rim against the New York Knicks on Sunday. "Of course its frustrating," he said. "You want to be on the floor. But at the same time, theres nothing you can do about it." . Calderon started for Dallas after being listed as day to day with a bruised right ankle. . Neither team led by double digits at any time in the game. . New Orleans, which fell to 9-9, has not been two games above .500 since starting 2-0 in 2011-12. ' ' '