By Mike Woitalla (@MikeWoitalla) Before the start of the 2014 MLS season, refs got a rather oddinstruction from their bosses at the Professional Referee Organization (PRO). The refs were told to “make the games flow better.” That seems a confusing order for the guyswhose duty is to enforce the rules. Were they not to call […]
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Bocanegra joins MLS Atlanta as technical director
Former U.S. national team captain Carlos Bocanegra, who retired as a player following the 2014 season, has joined Atlanta’s expansion club as its technicaldirector ahead of its 2017 launch. Bocanegra made 110 national team appearances, captaining the USA to a second-place finish at the 2009 Confederations Cup and to a first-place finish intheir group at […]
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NYCFC joins U.S. Development Academy
MLS expansion club New York City FC will field a U-13/14 team in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy League beginning in the 2015-16 season, the club has announced. The team will comprise ofplayers drawn from New York City FC’s existing Youth Affiliate Club network and elsewhere. “We believe that starting with one team at this […]
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U.S. Soccer honors Bruce Arena
Bruce Arena, whose most recent accomplishment is guiding the Los Angeles Galaxy to a third MLS Cup title in four years, has been named winner of the 2014 Werner Fricker Builder Award,the highest honor given to an individual by the U.S. Soccer Federation. “Bruce’s contribution to soccer in the United States began as a coach […]
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TV ignores vital referee influence in playoff soccer
By Paul Gardner There ought to be an acceptable explanation of this … though I cannot, at the moment, think of one. Why on earth should there be a failure to see that, when soccer comesdown to the really big games — I mean the knockout games, the stage which MLS has reached — the […]
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Video Pick: Rimando eyes third straight save award
Real Salt Lake’s Nick Rimando will become the first three-time MLS Save of the Year winner if fans choose his stop over those of Raul Fernandez, Luis Robles andDonovan Ricketts. Vote HERE.
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Lee Nguyen's journey began in Texas backyard
The latest edition of our “When They Were Children” series looks at LeeNguyen‘s youth soccer experience. The 28-year-old’s 18 goals were fourth best in MLS this season, the most by an American, and led to a call-up for national team duty by CoachJurgen Klinsmann. By Mike Woitalla Lee Nguyen’s first soccer memories are playing with […]
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On-fire Lee Nguyen hits golazo against Dynamo
[VIDEO PICK: MLS Goals of the Week] Lee Nguyen scored both goals in the New England Revolution’s 2-1 comeback win over the Houston Dynamo,one of which is among the five AT&T MLS Goal of the Week candidates from Week 32 action. Nguyen equalized after taking a pass from Ken Alston, juking defender Jermaine Taylor, and […]
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Atlanta hires Tottenham executive Eales as president
[MLS EXPANSION] A sports executive steeped in soccer on both sides of the Atlantic has been hired to lead the MLS launch in Atlanta. DarrenEales, an English native who was an all-American player at Brown and played in the U.S. lower divisions before moving into the business side of the sport, will assume his duties as clubpresident […]
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Miami waterfront soccer stadium: let voters decide?
[MLS EXPANSION] It may come down to the voters of Miami-Dade County or the City of Miami to decide whether a waterfront soccer stadium is built by David Beckham‘s group seeking MLS’s 23rd club. Regalado supports a referendum as a way to get the green light from his voters for a soccer stadium. “We should […]