[MLS TRANSACTIONS] If forward Sebastian Jaime proves to be as successful for Real Salt Lake as a couple of itsprevious Argentine signings, he’ll be a valuable addition. Jaime, 27, comes to MLS from Union Espanola of the Chilean Primera Division, for which he played for scored 39 goals in 124appearances during four seasons. He will help […]
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California Clasico takes on new significance
[MLS WEEK 22: Three games to watch] The California Clasico series between San Jose and Los Angeles is a long andcontentious rivalry, and Landon Donovan is just one of many players who have worn the jerseys of both teams. He’ll be squarely in the spotlight Friday (live at 10:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN)at StubHub Center […]
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Clubs busy making mid-season player moves
[MLS: Tuesday] The Philadelphia Union announced a press conference for Wednesday at which time it is expected to confirm the signing Algerian World Cup goalieRais M’Bolhi, who most recently played for Bulgaria’s CSKA Sofia. He has bounced around clubs in Scotland, Japan, Greece and France, where hewas born, but has held the starting job in […]
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Valeri does it again for Portland
[MLS: Sunday] For the second week in a row, Diego Valeri scored a late winner to give the Portland Timbers a 3-2 winat the Montreal Impact. The win moved the Timbers to within a point of the Western Conference top five and back to the .500 mark. Portland is one of seven teams that are […]
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First-year Bethesda-Olney reaches U-17/18 semis
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] Newcomer Bethesda-Olney takes on the Montreal Impact, a second-year academy program, in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy under-17/18semifinals on Thursday at StubHub Center. The other semifinal pits two long-time Development Academy powers, PDA and FC Dallas, against each other. For the quarterfinal wrapup. The final(live on USSoccer.com at 10 p.m. ET) and third-place […]
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The World Cup Countdown: Ronaldo out Friday
[BRAZIL 2014] Portugal coach Paulo Bento could not be more clear: Cristiano Ronaldowon’t start Friday night against Mexico at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. He doesn’t know when his injured star will start. But he’ll be sure to let us all know when he does. Ronaldois suffering from tendinitis in his knee and a thigh […]
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Dallas star Diaz to miss 6-10 weeks
[MLS INJURY REPORT] Argentine Mauro Diaz, one of MLS’s top players during the first two months of the season, will miss 6-10 weeks after he willundergo surgery on his right knee. The absence is less than what was feared as there had been rumors he’d miss the rest of the season with the injury picked […]
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FC Dallas academy finally begins to pay dividends
[HOMEGROWN WATCH] No MLS club has signed more players to Homegrown contracts than FC Dallas, but the progress of their young signings to the first team has beenslow. For the first time on Saturday, two Homegrown players started for FC Dallas in the same game as defenders Moises Hernandez and Kellyn Acosta went the distance […]
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PREVIEW: Return of Pareja boosts confidence
[MLS 2014: Western Conference] Not many teams have plummeted from first place to near the bottom in an MLS season, but that is what FC Dallas endured in 2013. An11-game winless skid dragged it out of the playoff tier and by losing five of its last seven it ended up behind every Western Conference team […]
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Escobar arrives on loan at Dallas, Gonzalez joins Montreal
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] Andres Escobar’s travels continue as the 22-year-old Colombian right winger joins FC Dallas on thisthird loan spell from Dynamo Kiev. Meanwhile, Montreal concluded the transfer of 21-year-old Uruguayan forward SantiagoGonzalez, its first import since Frank Klopas took over as coach. MLS: 2014 Preseason Schedule “Escobar is a great young player,” said FC […]