[FOUR THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT …] If one of the players at the U.S. under-18 national team camp that opens Sunday at the Home Depot Center needs to find his wayaround Los Angeles, all he needs to do is ask Albuquerque, N.M., resident Ben Spencer. The 6-foot-5 striker knows L.A.’s freeways. Spencer, who turns 17 […]
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MLS preseason this week …
[SCOREBOARD] The Los Angeles Galaxy ended a three-game losing streak, getting goals from Pat Noonan, Adam Cristman and Dan Keat in the first 39 minutes and then holding on to beat Chivas USA, 3-2. The Seattle Sounders downedthe U.S. under-17 national team, 3-0, thanks to goals from David Estrada, Sammy Ochoa and Zach Scott in […]
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MLS preseason this week …
[SCOREBOARD] The Portland Timbers got goals from Futty Danso, Bright Dike, James Marcelin and Jorge Perlaza to beat the defending MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy, 4-1, in preseason action. The firsttwo goals were set up by trialist Franck Songo’o — the 24-year-old son of former Cameroon keeper Jacques Songo’o— in the first nine minutes. In […]
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Iraheta and Villarreal both sidelined
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] MLS is often criticized for failing to attract top young Latino players. But Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy landed Marvin Iraheta and Jose Villarreal, two of the most heralded players to come out of the Development Academy. It is just theirbad luck that both players are now sidelined and face potentially […]
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Chivas USA's Valencia is seventh Colombian signing
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Atletico Junior center back John Alexander Valencia became the the seventh Colombian to sign thisoffseason with an MLS club when he joined Chivas USA. It also signed Salvadoran-born midfielder Marvin Iraheta, who was the 2009-10 Development Academy Playerof the Year for the U-17/U18 age group. For all the offseason player movement … CHICAGO […]
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Home-grown pioneer Bowen nets first goal in Belgium …
[VIDEO PICK] Tristan Bowen went from MLS’s first home-grown signing by the Los Angeles in 2008 to a significantcontributor for the Galaxy in 2010 to, well, expendable at Chivas USA in 2011. Now on loan to SV Roeselare of the Belgian second division, he came off the bench to score his first goal in 14 […]
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Chivas USA picks up young Ecuadoran star
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] South America and Scandinavia are the new main sources for imports as Ecuadoran Miller Bolanos(Chivas USA), Uruguayan Federico Puppo (Chicago Fire) and Dane Christian Sivebaek (Seattle Sounders) signed with MLSclubs on Wednesday. Bolanos is the most intriguing signing, a 21-year-old playmaker with a penchant for scoring. He has 22 goals in 93 games […]
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Chivas USA lands Ecuadoran star
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Chivas USA signed 28-year-old midfielder Oswaldo Minda, who has 13 caps for Ecuador since 2010, fromEcuadoran league champion Deportivo Quito. The Montreal Impact continued its foray on the international market with the signing of Brazilian Felipe Martins. The21-year-old midfielder has most recently played in the Swiss second division. For all the offseason player […]
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Smith moves to Chivas USA
[MLS] Chivas USA and Sporting Kansas City orchestrated the first deal of the MLS offseason. English midfielder RyanSmith moved from Sporting KC to Chivas USA in exchange for first- and third-round picks in the 2012 Supplemental Draft. Smith, 25, appeared in 32 matches and had four goals andseven assists in two years for Kansas City. […]
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Angel is a 'win-win' for Chivas USA
The deal to send Colombian star Juan Pablo Angel from the Los Angeles Galaxy to Chivas USA was finally made official on Wednesday. The Galaxy was forced topart with the veteran striker to make room for Robbie Keane as its third Designated Player, and its compensation was modest to say the least — a third-roundselection […]