Never before has U.S. head coach Dave Sarachan been in his current position as caretaker manager during a turbulent transition period. His contract with U.S. Soccer runs until the end ofMarch. Sarachan, 63, grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and played several pro seasons in the old NASL and MISL before starting his coaching career in […]
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MLS Positional Rankings (Holding Midfielders): Embattled Alonso holds his place among defensive anchors
As MLS has evolved, so too has the class of midfielders labeled as “defensive” or “holding.” Typically, they are not tasked with offensive duties, other than toget the ball to a teammate once it has been secured. Yet the player who can destroy opponents’ attacks yet do little else is not nearly as valued as […]
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MLS Positional Rankings (Central Midfielders): Schweinsteiger's class headlines a myriad group
This is a hodgepodge category of two-way midfielders, and players shuttled between different positions and roles. Primarily defensive midfielders will be ranked separately. Some of theseplayers carried a fair amount of their teams’ offensive burden and did so from a deeper position than most attacking midfielders, so they are listed here. There are also classic […]
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MLS Positional Rankings (Left Midfielders/Wingers): Piatti leads the pack in goals and presence
As more teams playing with wingers in three-forward alignments, the role of a traditional left midfielder has undergone some change. Wingers stay high and if defenders well behind themneed defensive help, a midfielder needs to pick up slack. Teams that play with two blocks of our seldom use wingers, but still the wide midfielders are […]
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MLS Positional Rankings (Attacking midfielders): Valeri's MVP season takes him to the top
The rapid expansion of MLS — it has nearly doubled in size during the past decade — has opened up more slots for attacking midfielders and produced a wider array of styles as well. Someare much like second forwards who rack up more goals than assists. Some produce nearly equal figures in those departments. And […]
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SA Positional Rankings: Strikers — Martinez lights up MLS with almost a goal per game
In common parlance, a striker is out there to do that one thing: go for goal at every opportunity. Some are also adept passers and if a player can set up goals as well as score them, theclassification is often (second) forward, winger, or attacking midfielder. The scorer devoted to that task is not hard […]
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'New' National Soccer Hall of Fame to open in October in Texas
Located in Oneonta, New York, in 1979-2010, the National Soccer Hall of Fame will reopen in Frisco, Texas on Oct. 20, 2018, when the 2018 Enshrinement Ceremony at FC Dallas home Toyota Stadium willinclude the induction of the latest class of members, who will be announced in March. “We are excited to see all the […]
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MLS Expansion Draft: Our five picks for LAFC
Poring over the list of unprotected players for the MLS Expansion Draft to be conducted Tuesday, one element that stands out is very few of them rate as “must-have” Los Angeles FC (orother teams around the league interested in dealing with LAFC). Each team can protect 11 players and off-budget Homegrown players (or Generation adidas […]
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Dynamo swings trade to bring Alvarez home
After a dozen pro seasons with MLS clubs and several years overseas, midfielder Arturo Alvarez is back where he started out. The Houston native has been acquired by the Dynamo in a tradewith Chicago, which received a second-round 2019 SuperDraft pick. Alvarez has played in 243 career games with 148 starts (including playoffs), scoring 32 […]
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MLS Moves: Los Angeles FC trades for defender Zimmerman
Three months before its first MLS game, Los Angeles Football Club has swung its first trade. Acquired from FC Dallas in exchange for $500,000 in allocation money equally split evenlybetween general (GAM) and targeted (TAM) is defender Walker Zimmerman, 24, a five-year MLS veteran. In the deal the teams also swapped places in the league […]