Forward Sunil Chettri’s bid to become the first Indian to play in MLS is a big story in India. The Times of India had a long report on the Delhi product’sprogress, noting his hat trick on Saturday in the Kansas City Wizards’ 5-0 win over the “University of Earnsville.” Chettri’s international transfer certificate has also […]
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What They're Saying
“[Tonight’s loss] is a slap in the face. It is clear that this team has a long way to go to improve … We are going to go back to work and sort out all the things that weremissing today.” — Jaime Moreno, MLS’s all-time lead scorer, after D.C. United fell at Kansas City, 4-0. […]
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RSL's Javier Morales leads Saturday's Three Stars
[MLS] Soccer America introduces Saturday’s Three Stars. Each week it will honor the three stars of Saturday’s MLS action. This week’s No. 1 Star is Real SaltLake’s Javier Morales, who had two goals and an assist in the defending champion’s 3-0 demolition of the San Jose Earthquakes. For more on Morales’ exploits andand Saturday’s other […]
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What to look for on Saturday
At a Quakes training session Friday a colleague asked me if it felt like the MLS season started a month ago, and reflecting on all the CBA stuff I’d read and written during that time I feltcompelled to agree, with a caveat. Once games commenced, as occurred Thursday when the expansion teams of 2009 and […]
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2010 team-by-team rosters
[MLS] Teams continue to make moves as the 2010 MLS season opens. Toronto signed Croatian-Argentine midfielder MartinSaric and goalie Jon Conway and waived Brian Edwards. New England signed former Rev Khano Smith and Serbian midfielder Marko Perovic. For all 2010 numerical rosters, based on the latest information, including career MLS games andgoals … Note: r=rookie. […]
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SA RANKINGS: Chivas USA goalkeeping duo stands out
[MLS] Heading into the 15th MLS season, Soccer America will rank each team at each position. First up, the goalkeepers. The keepers for each teamare ranked for experience, competence, and depth. The backups, of which there may be more than one per team, also figure into the evaluations and are listed if they have MLS […]
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Midfield makeover continues in KC
[MLS] Another day, another Wizards midfielder. The midfield makeover has added a new, yet familiar MLS face to the lineup. Ex-MetroStar Birahim Diop, the second Senegalese player to join MLS this offseason, has joined Kansas City, being reunited with its assistant coach, Octavio Zambrano, whom he played for at the MetroStars and in Moldova.
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Kansas City adds three mids, cuts two keepers
[MLS] The Kansas City midfield will look a whole lot different in 2010. Englishman Ryan Smith and Moldovan Igor Kostrov havesigned MLS deals and the club has reached an agreement with another Englishman, Craig Rocastle. In light of Kerry Zavagnin’s retirement,Herculez Gomez’s move to Mexico, Roger Espinoza‘s move to left back, and other changes, these […]
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Hartman lands at Dallas
[MLS] Kevin Hartman, whose status with the Kansas City Wizards was a prime example of the issues over which MLS playersare fighting with the league, has joined FC Dallas. Although the Wizards chose not sign him for the 2010 season, they still held his rights and forced a 2012 second-round SuperDraft pick out ofDallas. Hartman, […]
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MLS's Cactus circuit takes hold
Baseball has its Cactus League: spring training in Arizona, where for the first time as many teams are based as in Florida. For the first time, MLS teams set up camp in Arizona, and it has been asuccess. Facilit ies at Casa Grande’s Grande Sports World and Phoenix’s Reach 11and as well as college fields […]