While MLS owners are pumping millions of dollars into player development (academies, USL teams, facilities), their clubs still rely heavily on imports. And action picked up in December as MLS clubssigned 17 imports, Americans and foreigners who played on foreign clubs in 2016. That number equals the number of December imports in 2014 and 2015 […]
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MLS Positional Rankings: Kljestan, Felipe, Alonso top the midfield slots
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) For players who toil in the middle of the park, roles and classifications often overlap as tactics andformations change from game to game or even within a game. Coaches and general managers and pundits talk of a “No. 10,” the playmaking hub around which the attack revolves,yet in many leagues around […]
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MLS Moves: Atlanta signs Peterson, gets Garza on loan
Atlanta United has yet to play a match of any sort but it is clearly well-versed in the ways of MLS. It has signed attacker Jacob Peterson as a free agent and negotiated a trade withColumbus for the right to sign defender Greg Garza, who is being loaned by Club Tijuana for the 2017 season. […]
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Hex Files: Jones out, Molino back in T&T squad
Saying he wanted more speed up front, newly appointed Trinidad & Tobago head coach Tom Saintfiet has dropped Atlanta United’s Kenwyne Jones, the Soca Warriors captain, from the squadpreparing to face Nicaragua Dec. 27 and 31 in preparation for Gold Cup playoff games against Suriname and Haiti on Jan. 4 and 8. Back in is […]
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MLS Moves: Free agent Larentowicz signs with Atlanta
Atlanta United strikes again. The MLS expansion entrant for 2017 has added veteran Jeff Larentowicz, whose contract with the Galaxy was set to expire at the end of the month.Larentowicz, 33, signed with Atlanta United through free agency, which is granted to players 28 and older with at least eight years’ service in the league. […]
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MLS Moves: Atlanta brings Bloom back home
It ended up making a lot of sense. Atlanta United wheeled and dealt in the aftermath of the Expansion Draft, trading its first pick, outside back Danny Toia, to Orlando City afterclaiming him from Montreal, and using another trade – Clint Irwin back to Toronto FC – to get right back Mark Bloom, a Georgia […]
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MLS Expansion Draft: Top picks flipped
Atlanta United and Minnesota United traded Danny Toia and Chris Duvall, respectively, almost immediately after making them their first-round picks in the MLSExpansion Draft. Atlanta ended up with the No. 8 pick in the 2017 SuperDraft while the Loons acquired Costa Rican international Johan Venegas, their first major attacking signing. Four defenders, three goalkeepers, two […]
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What They're Saying: Darren Eales
“I was really surprised how much Tata knows. I think we told you, when we did the recruitment, he’d done a lot of research on all the players in the league before he even started, before he even gotthe job with Atlanta.” — Atlanta United president Darren Eales, saying Gerardo Martino, the former Argentine national […]
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MLS Moves: Atlanta United wheels and deals
Expansion Atlanta United was involved in seven of the eight deals announced from Sunday’s half-day trade window, ending up with four players, most notably Columbus Crew captain MichaelParkhurst, as well as General Allocation Money and Targeted Allocation Money and an extra international roster spot in 2017 and 2018. Parkhurst, 32, has played seven seasons in […]
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Twellman: Guzan could be headed to Atlanta United
Brad Guzan could indeed be headed back to MLS. ESPN’s Taylor Twellman tweeted that Atlanta United is making a move to sign him from Middlesbrough, where he is the backup keeper.