The Seattle Sounders spent heavily last summer on imports, so they don’t have a lot of room to maneuver in 2016. Among the MLS free agents who are reported to be training at Starfire Sports Complex inTukwila are former Houston and Orlando City starting keeper Tally Hall, former Sounders Josh Ford and Nathan Sturgis and […]
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D.C. United's Hamid out 4-6 months after knee surgery
Bill Hamid, expected to challenge for the starting job in goal for the USA’s first two games of the year, will miss 4-6 months after he underwent surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus ofthe right knee while preparing for the January camp. Hamid, the 2014 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year, has played 140 games […]
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New deal for Fagundez adds luster to record of Homegrown players
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) MLS and New England took a significant step a few days ago when attacker DiegoFagundez signed a new contract. Fagundez, 20, is the first Homegrown player signed by the Revs, and inked his deal in 2010, when he was 15. He signed an extension in 2013 and had twoyears left on his […]
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MLS player tracker with complete rosters (Jan. 6)
The LA Galaxy signed its first MLS free agent, adding 32-year-old midfielder Jeff Larentowicz, an 11-year veteran with New England, Colorado and Chicago. He adds depth at center back followingthe departure of Omar Gonzalezto Mexico’s Pachuca, “Jeff is an experienced and proven midfielder in our league,” said LA Galaxy head coach and general manager Bruce […]
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SA Positional Rankings: Whitecaps' Ousted leads keepers
The rapid expansion of MLS — nine teams since 2007 — hasn’t seemed to appreciably affect the general quality of the goalkeeping, a traditionally solid area that seems to be holding up as MLSreaches deeper and deeper into the player pool. There’s no superstar a la Tony Meola or Kasey Keller or Brad Friedel, and […]
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SA Positional Rankings: Borchers first at right centerback
No team reaches the MLS Cup final, let alone wins it, without a dominant centerback who forms a solid partnership with the player alongside him. Teams prefer to use the same duo as often aspossible, or swap out one of the two occasionally to form a three-man rotation. Occasionally a team can win by keeping […]
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SA Positional Rankings: Beitashour gets nod at right back
Since DeAndre Yedlin left the Sounders to join Tottenham about a year ago, there hasn’t been as dynamic a right back in MLS. None of the current crop of right backs can matchhis speed and penchant for getting into the attacking third, yet many solid players who can defend and attack from this position remain […]
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SA Positional Rankings: McCarty leads defensive mids
Traditionally, MLS teams don’t spend much on defensive midfielders, yet as more funds are made available for higher-priced players, and the majority of that money goes to attackers, the value ofdestroyers who can also use the ball increases. Embed from Getty Images If they don’t win the ball themselves, defensive mids are often the first […]
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What They're Saying: Super Salvage president Steven Middlethon
“This was my bread and butter. It’s benefited me because there’s a lot of demolition, a lot of construction, going on in the D.C. area, and we’ve been right in the center ofall that.” — Steven Middlethon, president of Super Salvage, Washington’s last metal scrap yard, which began shutting down its city operations in November […]
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TV Report: D.C. United partners with new broadcaster
D.C. United has ended its long relationship with Comcast SportsNet, partnering with Sinclair Broadcast Group for the 2016 season. All non-nationally televised matches will be broadcast locally overthe air on WJLA (ABC7) or on the basic cable channel NewsChannel 8. Every match will include a pre-and-post game show. The agreement provides an opportunity to air […]