Brad Guzan is retiring at the age of 41 after Atlanta United’s season finale against D.C. United. Guzan, who hails from Chicago, will have spent 21 years in the pros, first selected by the Chivas USA as the No. 2 pick in the 2005 SuperDraft out of the University of South Carolina. In his third MLS […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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MLS: Kennedy retires, moves into Galaxy front office
After a dozen years in pro soccer, goalkeeper Dan Kennedy has taken off the gloves for good. Kennedy, 34, announced Tuesday that he’s decided to end a professional careerthat started in 2005 with Puerto Rico Islanders and took him to Chile as well as four MLS teams. In 163 appearances for the MetroStars, Chivas USA, […]
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MLS Moves: 'Boro confirms Guzan is Atlanta-bound
Details of a deal are yet to emerge, but the long-awaited acquisition of U.S. keeper Brad Guzan by Atlanta United is set. The Middlesbrough Web site ran an item Wednesday, confirming that Guzan will leave the Premier League club at the end of the English seasonin late May to join the MLS expansion team, which […]
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Preki emerges to take up the reins of Saint Louis FC
He played in the Premier League, and for the USA at a World Cup. He scored an historic goal against Brazil in an unforgettable Gold Cup semifinal. Twice he was namedMVP of MLS and once its Coach of the Year. He guided Sacramento Republic FC to an USL title and set that franchise on course […]
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MLS Rewind: Crew and D.C. winless after blowing leads
Chicago and Seattle got off the schneid last weekend, leaving D.C. and Columbus as the only winless teams.United and Crew SC both got road points out west — at San Jose and FC Dallas, respectively — and have identical 0-1-2 away records so far in 2015. And both teams squandered leads claimed by gettingthe first […]
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SA Positional Rankings: Whitecaps' Ousted leads keepers
The rapid expansion of MLS — nine teams since 2007 — hasn’t seemed to appreciably affect the general quality of the goalkeeping, a traditionally solid area that seems to be holding up as MLSreaches deeper and deeper into the player pool. There’s no superstar a la Tony Meola or Kasey Keller or Brad Friedel, and […]
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Kennedy comes 'full circle' with move to Galaxy
The Galaxy’s goalkeeping woes in the aftermath of Jaime Penedo’s contentious midseason departure weren’t a surprise, nor is the move it has made to find a long-term solution. On Tuesday, it announced the acquisition of Southern California native and former Chivas USA keeper Dan Kennedy from FC Dallas in exchange for the Galaxy’s second- and […]
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Red Bulls' success nets Marsch Coach of the Year honors
Inexperienced head coaches don’t often flourish in MLS, yet in just his second season as a head coach and first in charge of the Red Bulls, JesseMarschearned honors as Coach of the Year. Voting by MLS team coaches and officials, current players, and media members determined theCoach of the Year selection. FC Dallas head coach Oscar […]
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Le Havre names Bradley as new head coach
The coaching odyssey of Bob Bradley continues. On Tuesday French club Le Harve announced it had hired Bradley, a New Jersey native who coached theU.S. national team from 2006 to 2011. Bradley heads to France from Norwegian club Stabaek, which he guided last month to a third-place finish in the Tippaeligan with a record of […]