The Concacaf Olympic qualifiers are just five weeks away, and as part of its preparation Mexico has summoned an MLS player for an under-23 training camp — the Mexican federation refers to the teamas its “sub-22” national team. Dynamo forward Erick “Cubo” Torres will attend the training camp next week during which Mexico will play the […]
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ICYMI | MLS: RSL moves Saborio, Dynamo welcomes Torres
Changes abound as teams take action during the transfer and trade window. Costa Rican striker Alvaro Saborio, RSL’s all-time leading scorer, has been traded to D.C. United for LuisSilva, while Montreal dealt disgruntled Bakary Soumare to FC Dallas for Canadian midfielder Kyle Bekker.Houston’s record-fee signing Erick “Cubo” Torres arrived from Mexico. 1. Saborio joins RealSalt Lake […]
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ICYMI | MLS: Crew douses Fire, Ashe joins Orlando City
Amid a busy week of Gold Cup group games and international friendlies, Crew SC picked up its first win of the season on the road in a midweek Midwest match in Chicago. Defender Corey Ashehas landed on a new team after nine seasons in Houston, and there are rumblings of back-line change in Montreal. Ashe […]
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ICYMI | MLS: Movsisyan closer to return
Only five MLS games are scheduled for this weekend, yet there’s no shortage of news. Yura Movsisyan, a star on Real Salt Lake’s 2009 championship team, might be on his way back to MLS. Chicagokeeper Sean Johnson is anxious to regain his starter status. Portland is monitoring the status of playmaker DiegoValeri. 1. Movsisyan inches […]
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Cubo Torres has landed at Houston
Christmas came early for Houston Dynamo fans as the MLS club announced late Tuesday night it had signed Erick “Cubo” Torres as a Designated Player.Dynamo president Chris Canetti termed the deal a “monumental signing,” though the club will have to wait up to six months for the 21-year-old Mexico nationalteam forward to arrive as he […]
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MLS Trade Central: Wednesday's deals
MLS and Chivas de Guadalajara reached an agreement regarding Mexican star Erick “Cubo” Torres, who played the last two seasons on loan to now defunct ChivasUSA. MLS will exercise its option to buy Torres, but he will return to Chivas de Guadalajara on loan for six months. — Dom Dwyer, who set setSporting Kansas City’s […]
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Running down the Dispersal Draft
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Even with Peruvian international Raul Fernandez and former U.S. youth international Chris Seitzalready on the roster, this pick is a no-brainer. Kennedy is probably best of the three, so FCD gets an upgrade in the nets if he stays. If not, he should command decent value in a trade, and hiscompetitive […]
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FC Dallas will get pick of Chivas USA players
[MLS DISPERSAL DRAFT] FC Dallas will hold the No. 1 pick in Wednesday’s MLS Dispersal Draft of Chivas USA players after all 20 MLS clubs participated in a weighteddraw. Non-playoff teams and the two expansion teams had two in 30 chances of being selected, playoff teams had one in 30 chances of being picked, but […]
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Chivas USA players to be dispersed on Nov. 19
[DATEBOOK] Major League Soccer will hold the 2014 Dispersal Draft for former Chivas USA players on Nov. 19 at 4:00 p.m. ET via a teleconference call with all 20MLS clubs. A weighted draw on Friday will determine the draft ranking. Using an envelope method, playoff teams will receive one envelope, while all non-playoff teams, […]
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Report: MLS Eyes Permanent Move for Erick Torres
Now that Chivas USA is officially defunct, its players will enter some kind of dispersal draft, the details of which will be available some time next week. However, during a conference call withreporters on Monday, MLS executive VP Todd Durbin said there might be some players whose “situations become so unique that we have to […]