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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Dynamo swings trade to bring Alvarez home
After a dozen pro seasons with MLS clubs and several years overseas, midfielder Arturo Alvarez is back where he started out. The Houston native has been acquired by the Dynamo in a tradewith Chicago, which received a second-round 2019 SuperDraft pick. Alvarez has played in 243 career games with 148 starts (including playoffs), scoring 32 […]
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MLS Offseason Moves: Fire picks up options on 12 players, Schweinsteiger out of contract
The Chicago Fire picked up the options on 12 players for 2018 to go along with the nine players already under contract for next season. The nine include keeper Matt Lampson whose2018 contract became guaranteed after a performance clause of games played during the 2017 season was triggered. German World Cup star Bastian Schweinsteiger was […]
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Fire's Mihailovic faces surgery for ruptured ACL
Djordje Mihailovic, the top Homegrown Player signed straight out of an MLS academy program in 2017, suffered an ACL rupture in his right knee in the Chicago Fire’s 4-0 loss to the New York RedBulls. The 18-year-old Mihailovic is scheduled to have ACL reconstruction surgery in the coming weeks. The injury is typically followed by […]
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Blowout City 1: Red Bulls use early goals and wing play to douse Fire
The New York Red Bulls, who had struggled out of the gate in 2017, scored twice in the first 11 minutes and eased to a 4-0 win over the Chicago Fire, breaking an MLS record for the largest margin ofvictory in the Knockout Round that lasted less than three hours. 1. Red Bulls’ stars provide […]
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MLS Knockout Round: Red Bulls paired against ex-talisman
Forces greater than Dax McCarty will decide whether the Red Bulls or Fire advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals when they meet Wednesday (Fox Sports 1, UniMas, 8:30 pm. ET), but theFire-y midfielder going up against his old mates sure makes for fun anticipation. Red Bulls fans shocked at the news last January that McCarty […]
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MLS Golden Boot: Chicago's Nemanja Nikolic wins fourth straight league scoring title
Nemanja Nikolic won his fourth straight scoring title as the first-year Chicago Fire forward finished as the top scorer in MLS with 24 goals in 2017. MLS Leading Scorers (2017): 24 Nemanja Nikolic (Chicago) 21 Diego Valeri (Portland) 20 David Villa (New York City FC)18 Josef Martinez (Atlanta United) 17 Ignacio Piatti (Montreal) 17 Ola […]
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MLS Awards: Melia is clear choice as top goalie
The countdown to the end of the regular season — excuse me, proper name Decision Day — also bring forth voting for individual awards as well as the Best XI. There’s no shortage ofcandidates in each category, and starting today will be discussed the men most deserving to be named Goalkeeper of the Year, Defender […]