After failing to hold down a regular spot with the Sounders during their first MLS season in 2009, Lamar Neagle spent a season in the second division with CharlestonBattery, then returned home during the winter to give it another go. Handed a rare start Saturday by head coach Sigi Schmid against the coach’s former employer, […]
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Toronto's wheeling and dealing continues with third trade
[MLS] Toronto FC, next to last in MLS’s Eastern Conference, engineered its third deal in two days when it traded young Cameroonian midfielder Tony Tchani to the Columbus Crew for English defender Andy Iro and French midfielder LeandreGriffit. TFC has now acquired four players and unloaded four others in the last 24 hours.
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Horton replaces idol in debut
[HOMEGROWN WATCH] Only a month after signing with the Columbus Crew as a homegrown player from the University of Louisville, Aaron Horton made his MLS debut, coming on for veteran Jeff Cunningham, his idol as a youth, in the last minute of the Crew’s 2-1 win over RealSalt Lake. “I forgot that Jeff was his […]
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Crew's Williams suspended 10 games
[MLS] Columbus Crew player Josh Williams was suspended 10 games and fined 10 percent of his annual salary for violatingthe MLS substance abuse policy by testing positive for methandienone metabolites, a prohibited performance-enhancing substance. Williams purchased and ingested an over-the-counternutritional supplement containing the banned substance. The supplement was purchased from a vitamin store that is […]
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Crew inks Horton as first homegrown signing
[MLS] The Columbus Crew, one of the first MLS clubs to start a youth academy and the first to win the McGuire Cup, has finally signed its first homegrownplayer. Aaron Horton, who helped Louisville reach the 2010 Men’s College Cup final for the first time, was signed to a multi-year deal. Hortonscored in the final […]
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Crew and FC Dallas test their makeovers
Some changes were forced and some were discretionary, but regardless of motivation, the Crew and FC Dallas, which meet In the second Friday night game of the season (7:30 p.m., Fox Soccer Channel),aren’t what they were in 2010. The Crew has shed several members of its 2008 championship team. In his MLS tenure, Guillermo Barros […]
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Out of the gate: Who's hot, who's not
[MLS POWER RANKINGS] Here’s a rundown as to where the 18 MLS teams stand after 10 games (two apiece for Seattle and Los Angeles), based on last season’s recordsand what they’ve shown to date in 2011: 1. REAL SALT LAKE. Normally, outside competitions don’t factor into the MLS rankings, but this early in the season, […]
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Crew turns tables on Revs
[MLS] Tommy Heinemann tallied twice and Bernardo Anor scored one goal and set upanother as the Crew reversed a loss to New England last weekend by beating the Revs, 3-1, at the Atlanta Pro Soccer Challenge in Kennesaw, Ga. IlijaStolica scored for New England, which lost for the first time in preseason. It had run […]
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Real Salt Lake storms into semifinals
[MLS] Two goals plus an assist from Real Salt Lake midfielder Javier Morales overpowered Columbus, 4-1, in the second game of their ConcacafChampions’ League quarterfinal series Tuesday at Rio Tinto Stadium. RSL advances to the semifinals, 4-1, on aggregate, becoming the first MLS team to reach that stage since Concacaf unveiled theleague format three years […]
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RSL primes attack for second leg
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] In assembling Real Salt Lake’s roster, general manager Garth Lagerwey admits he andhead coach Jason Kreis are keenly aware of managing the extra games and scheduling inconveniences caused by the Concacaf Champions League. “It’s tough, and there are no good answers,” says Lagerwey of the CCL, which necessitated it playing Columbus last […]