[SCOREBOARD] The Montreal Impact fell to the Houston Dynamo, 2-0, in the expansion team’s first exhibition game against an MLS team. The Dynamo won its fourthgame by shutout in four games on second-half goals by Colin Clark and Cam Weaver. The Columbus Crew fell to Malmo ofSweden, 2-1, in its first game of the preseason […]
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Sounders and Crew send off big academy classes
[COLLEGE RECRUITS] The Seattle Sounders had 14 players from their under-18 team commit to college programs, while Columbus had a dozen Crew Juniors and CrewSoccer Academy products commit to Division I programs. Among the MLS academy players off to college are D.C. United’s 2011 All-Development Academy U-15/16 defender Jalen Robinson, who will play at Wake […]
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Crew banks on Ethan Finlay to boost offense
[MLS RISING STARS] The soccer career of Ethan Finlay, the No. 10 pick in the MLS SuperDraft by the Columbus Crew, started thanks to a lack of ice. Ethan’s father, Brent, was a college ice hockey player and Ethan was on already on skates at age 3 when his family moved from Duluth, Minn., to […]
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Home-grown signings provide new outlet
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] The Columbus Crew announced the signing of the 2011 Soccer America College Player of the Year Ben Speasas a home-grown signing out of NCAA champion North Carolina. Speas, who also won a NCAA title the year before with Akron, is the latest college star to leave early and circumvent the MLS SuperDraft.As more […]
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Rogers an immediate part of Leeds' plans
[AMERICANS ABROAD] For the second time in his young career, Robbie Rogers is off to Europe. He joined Heerenveen of theDutch Eredivisie after one season at Maryland but lasted only six months before returning home. Now after five seasons with the Columbus Crew, Rogers has signed as a free agent with Leeds United ofthe English […]
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Whitecaps add Bonjour, Crew signs Vargas
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The Vancouver Whitecaps continued to rebuild their backline, signing 6-foot-3 Argentine center back MartinBonjour, who most recently played in Uruguay for Rampla Juniors. The ‘Caps earlier signed South Korean right back Lee Young-Pyo. Meanwhile, the ColumbusCrew has brought in 26-year-old forward Olman Vargas from Herediano. For all the offseason player movement … CHICAGO […]
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Crew lands Chilean international Mirosevic
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Wednesday’s signings included Chilean international midfielder Milovan Mirosevic, who joined theColumbus Crew from Universidad Catolica, and the University of Washington’s Brent Richards, who joined the Portland Timbers as their first homegrown signing.Richards starred for the Timbers’ U-23s in the PDL. For all the offseason player movement … CHICAGO FIRE IN: Orr Barouch (permanent […]
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Valencia and Nguyen headed to Northwest
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The Portland Timbers completed the signing of 19-year-old Jose Adolfo Valencia, the son of formerColombian great Adolfo “El Tren” Valencia,” as MLS’s first young Designated Player. The Vancouver Whitecaps won the weighted lottery for U.S.international midfielder Lee Nguyen, the 25-year-old Vietnamese-American out of Dallas who has spent time in the Netherlands, Denmark and […]
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Rapids move forward on title defense
[MLS PLAYOFFS] The Colorado Rapids’ hopes of becoming the third team in MLS’s 16-year history to win back-to-back titles remain alive thanks to a 1-0 win overColumbus on an Omar Cummings goal in Thursday’s wild-card game. D.C. United, which won the first two MLS titles, in 1996 and 1997, and the Houston Dynamo (2006-07)are the […]
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New faces in Rapids-Crew rematch
[MLS PLAYOFF PREVIEW: COLORADO-COLUMBUS] In a rematch of their conference semifinal showdown last year that went to penalty kicks, Colorado and Columbus play awild-card game Thursday (10 p.m. ET, Direct Kick). Here are some key points regarding the second MLS wild-card game between, the winner of which advances to play Eastern Conference champion SportingKansas City […]