[MLS] After a failed attempt to find a new club overseas, former Kansas City and FC Dallas striker Eddie Johnson, who played for the USA at the2006 World Cup, is coming back to MLS. Johnson’s adventure overseas began in January 2008 with a 3 million-pound (about $5.85 million) transfer to Fulham. Loan spells to Cardiff […]
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Keane and Zura fulfill different needs
[MLS] The U.S. and Canadian summer transfer window closed Sunday night but not before the Los Angeles Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes signed Designated Players.The Galaxy hopes the signing of Irish international Robbie Keane will propel it an MLS title that has eluded it since 2005, while Ecuadoran Edmundo Zura provides a boost for the […]
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FC Dallas keeper in Mexico hot seat
[HOMEGROWN WATCH] Richard Sanchez, FC Dallas’ most recent homegrown signing from its academy program, is certainly inthe hot seat at the Under-17 World Cup in Mexico. He is the starting goalie for the hosts, who have opened with two wins in two games. Sanchez was born in Mission Hills, Calif., grew upin Texas and spent […]
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Another Hassli red card mars Soehn's debut
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] The coaches may change in Vancouver, but the scourge of Eric Hassli apparently cannot be exorcised. In his firstgame as the Whitecaps’ head coach, Tom Soehn got a full dose of what predecessor Teitur Thordarson had to deal with. With the score tied, 1-1, midway throughthe second half Designated Player Hassli incurred yet […]
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Najar and Bowen are 1-2 in earnings
[HOMEGROWN WATCH] Two homegrown players — D.C. United’s Andy Najar and Chivas USA’s Tristan Bowen — make more than $100,000 in guaranteed compensation. For a look at what all the homegrown players earn … Najar’s $155,800 in guaranteed compensation comesafter his original contract, signed last year, was torn up following his 2010 Rookie of the […]
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Chivas USA tames the Bulls in their own arena
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] A week after they traveled to Home Depot Center to play a spirited, exciting 1-1 tie with the Galaxy, the Red Bulls returned home to face theother HDC tenant, and fell behind twice before losing, 3-2, Sunday in another entertaining encounter. That Justin Braun makes less money than Thierry Henryis not news, but […]
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Mondaini's suspension explained
Chivas USA forward Marcos Mondaini will serve a four-game suspension and pay a $1,500 fine for his foul that left Real Salt Lake star Javier Morales with a dislocated and fractured left ankle and torn ligaments and will sideline him for up to five months. The suspension was less than the 10 gamesColorado’s Brian Mullan […]
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MLS touches the heights, but injuries mount too
By Paul Gardner It was the best of weekends, it was the worst of weekends for MLS. On the bright side, the league gave us that rarity in pro sports these days, amuch-hyped game that came close to living up to its billing. On the gloomy side, there was the sight of Real Salt Lake’s […]
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Zakuani, Ferreira, Boskovic … and now Morales
[MLS] Real Salt Lake star Javier Morales suffered a shattered left ankle — two broken bones, a dislocated ankle andtorn ligaments — on the tackle from behind by Chivas USA striker and fellow Argentine Marcos Mondaini in the first half of Saturday’s game. (Clickhere for video.) Referee Paul Ward initially just issued a yellow card […]
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Najar and Bowen off to slow starts
[HOMEGROWN WATCH] Homegrown star Juan Agudelo came off the bench to score an early candidate for 2011 Goal of the Yearin the New York Red Bulls’ 4-0 win over D.C. United, but several other players coming off promising 2010 seasons are struggling in 2011. AndyNajar, the 2010 MLS Rookie of the Year, didn’t get off […]