The USL’s Pittsburgh Riverhounds terminated the contract of Jamaican international Romeo Parkes after he kicked Canadian Karl Ouimette in the back as the New York Red Bulls II defenderwas leaving the field after they had both been red carded late in their USL match on Saturday. The move came after the USL suspended Parkes, who […]
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Copa Centenario: Jamaica has heavy U.S. influence
Other than the USA with 19 players, all in MLS, no team has more players based on teams in U.S. leagues on its Copa Centenario preliminary roster than Jamaica. The Reggae Boyz, who are drawn in GroupC with Venezuela, Uruguay and Mexico, have 11 players on MLS teams and four more on teams in the […]
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MLS Countdown: Kaka is ready for defending champs
Orlando City, one of three unbeaten teams at 1-0-2, plays its next two games on exclusive national telecasts: at home against Portland Sunday on Fox Sports 1, and next Friday in Philadelphia onUniMas. OCSC should be at full strength against the defending champion. Kaka has recovered from a thigh injury that has ruled him out […]
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MLS Countdown: Internationals return from duty
The days immediately following the FIFA fixture dates are anxious ones for club coaches unsure of how fit their players will be when they rejoin their teams. Counting the U.S. U-23 s pickedby head coach Andi Herzog for the Olympic playoff series against Colombia, more than 70 MLS players were summoned by their national teams. […]
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WCQ: T&T and Guatemala move ahead of USA
Wins by Trinidad & Tobago and Guatemala dropped the USA into third place in their Concacaf World Cup 2018 qualifying group. Mexico beat Canada, 3-0, before 54,798 fans at BC Place inVancouver and will become the first Concacaf team to clinch a berth in the Hexagonal with another win over Canada on Tuesday. El Tri […]
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WCQ: MLS connections to key Concacaf series
World Cup 2018 qualifying in the Concacaf zone resumes with six home-and-home series in the second of three double dates spread over 10 months. Besides the USA-Guatemala series, Canada can solidifyits chances of reaching the Hexagonal for the first time since 1997 if gets a result in one of its two games against Mexico. The […]
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MLS player tracker with complete rosters (March 14)
1218mls rosters The Portland Timbers acquired Jamaican forward Darren Mattocks from Vancouver in exchangefor Targeted Allocation Money in 2016, General Allocation Money and an international roster slot in 2017. Mattocks was the second overall pick in the 2012 SuperDraft and spent four seasons with the’Caps, scoring 19 goals in 93 games. “We are extremely pleased […]
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The FIFA election, the sanctity of the secret vote and case against ballot selfies
In nine days, we will know who the next FIFA president is, and given the reputation of soccer’s world governing body, doubts about the integrity of the election are running high. If youwere wondering, the election for FIFA president will be conducted by secret vote. Not all FIFA-related elections are by secret ballot. When Sunil […]
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Reggae Girlz get boost from U.S. coaches and players, and Cedella Marley
By Mike Woitalla In his day job, Lorne Donaldson is the director of Real Colorado, the club in the news most recently for spawning teen star MalloryPugh, several other girls in the U.S. youth national team program, and goalkeeper Ethan Horvath, the 20-year-old whose Europa League play with Norwegian club Molde earned himthe starting job […]
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NASL: Indy Eleven hires globetrotter Hankinson
Indy Eleven has named globetrotting American coach Tim Hankinson as its new head coach. Jurgen Sommer was fired in the middle of the 2015 season and replaced by TimRegan on a temporary basis. Hankinson has coached in MLS (Tampa Bay and Colorado), the NASL (San Antonio) and old USISL (Charleston and Raleigh). He is one […]