Not many prominent Uruguayan players have opted to join MLS, but the league and Los Angeles FC Thursday announced the acquisition of one of that nation’s brightest young stars. Forward Diego Rossi, 19, has been signed in a transfer deal from Montevideo giant Penarol, for which he scored 10 goals in its recent run to […]
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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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MLS Expansion Draft: LAFC grabs five and trades two right away
Youth, speed, experience, international status, and potential were all scooped up in the Expansion Draft by 2018 expansion team Los Angeles FC, which promptly traded JukkaRaitala and Raheem Edwards to Montreal in exchange for veteran defender Laurent Ciman. Coach Bob Bradley and generalmanager John Thorrington had hit every position in naming five players from the lists of unprotected […]
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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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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 […]
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Egyptian international Gaber reunited with Bob Bradley at LAFC
LAFC has acquired 25-year-old Egyptian right back Omar Gaber on loan from FC Basel of the Swiss Super League. He has played only one league game for FC Basel this season and has notappeared in its UEFA Champions League campaign. Hebegan his international career with Egypt under LAFC head coach Bob Bradley and played five games […]
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Atlanta United, best MLS expansion team ever? Not so fast
Atlanta United is on course to set an attendance record in its first MLS season and is playing some of the best soccer ever seen in the league. But how does it rank among expansion teams? With the additions of Minnesota United and Atlanta United, MLS has grown by 15 teams since the first expansion […]
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What They're Saying: Javier Hernandez
“They are my teammates and I love them and admire them. I’m tired of looking at the negative side of things whenever questions are made in Mexico — whether we win, lose or draw; whether some guysplay abroad, whether they’re pursuing their happiness; whether some players grow. It’s just about everything. There’s always a negative […]
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Coup: LAFC lands its Mexican star
LAFC, which will begin play in MLS in 2018, signed its first big-name star when it landed Mexican international Carlos Vela, who will arrive in time from Spanish club Real Sociedad forpreseason training in January. The Los Angeles Times reported that Vela, 28, would become LAFCs first DP signing. Vela confirmed the move with a […]
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What They're Saying: Bob Bradley
“To stand in the middle of that field, to go all the way up top and look down to downtown, I was just blown away.” — Bob Bradley, after removing his hard hat, on the Banc ofCalifornia Stadium, the future home of Los Angeles FC he saw for the first time after being introduced the head […]