“I never imagined I could leave Independiente, but now all I want to do is to celebrate this title and thank fans for their support all those years.” — Ezequiel Barco, the18-year-old Argentine reported to be bound to Atlanta United for a record MLS transfer fee, after his goal gave Independiente a 1-1 tie against […]
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MLS Positional Rankings (Forwards): Giovinco still the gold standard
One of the recent trends in soccer parlance is lumping strikers and forwards and sometimes wingers and attacking midfielders into the general category of “attackers.” Since somany teams often line up with one player furthest forward, whether he be called a striker or forward, the more general term often applies. And when teams like New […]
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Portland shakeup shuttles Nagbe to Atlanta
Confirmation came Wednesday of Atlanta United acquiring midfielder Darlington Nagbe and defender Gbenga Akroyo from Portland for big chunks of allocation money. The Timbers alsoreceived a senior international slot in the transaction. Up front, Portland receives $750,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) and $300,000 in Targeted Allocation Money (TAM). The TAMtotal could increase to as […]
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MLS offseason process continues with Waiver Draft
Nearly five dozen players will be available to MLS teams when the league conducts its offseason Waiver Draft Wednesday. The players are those not eligible for Free Agencyor the Re-Entry Drafts and are either out of contract or their 2018 contract options were not picked up. Stage 1 of the Re-Entry Draft will be held […]
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SA Positional Rankings: Strikers — Martinez lights up MLS with almost a goal per game
In common parlance, a striker is out there to do that one thing: go for goal at every opportunity. Some are also adept passers and if a player can set up goals as well as score them, theclassification is often (second) forward, winger, or attacking midfielder. The scorer devoted to that task is not hard […]
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MLS Expansion Draft: Our five picks for LAFC
Poring over the list of unprotected players for the MLS Expansion Draft to be conducted Tuesday, one element that stands out is very few of them rate as “must-have” Los Angeles FC (orother teams around the league interested in dealing with LAFC). Each team can protect 11 players and off-budget Homegrown players (or Generation adidas […]
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Atlanta United signs Garza to multi-year deal
Greg Garza, who spent his first MLS season on loan from Tijuana, was signed by Atlanta United to a multi-year contract. Photo courtesy of Atlanta United While he didn’t earn a recall to theU.S. national teams World Cup effort, the left back was selected to play for the MLS All-Stars and started against Real Madrid […]
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Preview: Burden of favorite is squarely on Toronto FC against Crew
The best team during the MLS regular season squares off with a beleaguered opponent to decide which of them will advance to the MLS Cup final as Eastern Conference representative as well as host. Thus can be described the second leg of the Toronto FC-Columbus Crew SC series to be staged Wednesday (Fox Sports 1, […]
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Atlanta United's Bocanegra: 'We want to challenge for championships now'
Atlanta United had MLS’s second-best offense and third-best defense in its first season, but technical director Carlos Bocanegra says the Five Stripes are not about to blow up their squad aftertheir quick exit in the playoffs. “We set high aspirations for ourselves and were able to accomplish getting into the playoffs,” he said at season-ending […]
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Atlanta United's Almiron is named Newcomer of the Year
Atlanta United midfielder Miguel Almiron, one of the most exciting players ever to move to MLS, was named the 2017 Newcomer of the Year. 2017 Newcomer of the Year: 38.38% Miguel Almiron (ATL) 24.92% Nemanja Nikolic (CHI) 14.42% Josef Martinez (ATL) 8.83% VictorVazquez (TOR) 2.83% Bastian Schweinsteiger (CHI) 1.53% Albert Rusnak (RSL) The 23-year-old […]