[MLS PRESEASON: Disney Pro Classic] Federico Higuain‘s penalty kick in the 88th minute gave the Columbus Crew a 1-0 winover the Philadelphia to open the second day of play at the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic whose start was delayed an hour by inclement weather. In the second game, Sporting Kansas City beatBrazilian club […]
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Gonzalez signing gives Columbus Crew three Ticos
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] The Columbus Crew signed Costa Rican national team center back Giancarlo Gonzalez from Norway’sValerenga. The 26-year-old Gonzalez gives the Crew another experienced player on its rebuilt backline and a third Tico. Chad Marshall was traded toSeattle, and Brazilian Glauber, the Crew’s other center back at the start of last season, did not […]
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Parkhurst sees bright future with return to MLS
By Ridge Mahoney The last addition to the U.S. national team roster is the first one to admit that his future looked murky until about a monthago. Marooned on the bench with German club FC Augsburg, defender Michael Parkhurst felt liberated earlier this month when MLS reached an agreementfor his transfer to Columbus. About a […]
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D.C. United adds Parke to rebuilt backline
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] D.C. United’s efforts to rebuild its backline continued with the acquisition of 31-year-old Jeff Parkefrom Philadelphia. Parke, who grew up in the Philadelphia area and moved to the Union from Seattle in 2012, joins Bobby Boswell, taken in the Re-Entry Draft, togive D.C. two new veteran defenders in the middle of the […]
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Parkhurst joins the ranks of returnees
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Like a few USA teammates, Michael Parkhurst has chosen MLS as the next, and possibly last, phase of hispro career. The former MLS Rookie of the Year (2005) and Defender of the Year (2007) has ended a sojourn in Europe by agreeing to play with Columbus, which gave up its first-round 2014 SuperDraft […]
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Seven players will comprise GA class of 2014
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] Three additional Generation Adidas signings bring to seven the number of such players who will be available to MLS teams in the SuperDraftnext week. Announced as GA signings Wednesday were defenders A.J. Cochran (Wisconsin), Christian Dean(California) and Damion Lowe (Hartford). They have bypassed their remaining college eligibility to sign MLS contracts and […]
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Crew links up with Dutch Lions
[USL PRO 2014 COUNTDOWN] The Columbus Crew became the sixth MLS club to link up with a USL PRO club, concluding an affiliate partnership with Dayton DutchLions for the 2014 season. MLS/USL PRO Partnerships: Columbus/Dayton D.C. United/Richmond Houston/Pittsburgh NewEngland/Rochester Philadelphia/Harrisburg Sporting KC/Orlando City The agreement between the two Ohio teams enables the Crew to loan […]
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Goalkeeping musical chairs continues
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] At least four MLS teams will have new starting goalkeepers in 2014. Seattle, which last week unloaded MichaelGspurning and acquired Stefan Frei from Toronto FC, was again in the middle of the wheeling and dealing. The Sounders signed American keeper Steve Clark from Norwegian club Honefoss and dealt him to Columbus, which […]
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Portland, D.C. United and Chivas USA make big moves
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] There was lots of MLS activity Thursday with Stage 1 of the Re-Entry Process, plus moves before and afterthe draft. The biggest moves resulted in Portland dealing with Chivas USA to obtain Seattle’s Steve Zakuani, who is reunited with his former Akron coach, Caleb Porter, and D.C. United’s pickup of 2008 Rookie […]
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Crew signs young Tico left back
[MLS TRANSACTION] Four days after discarding one Costa Rican, the Columbus Crew signed another one in the first major acquisition by new head coach and sportingdirector Gregg Berhalter. Young left back Waylon Francis joins the Crew from Herediano. The 23-year-oldFrancis earned his first cap for Costa Rica in January and has one goal in 87 […]