While MLS owners are pumping millions of dollars into player development (academies, USL teams, facilities), their clubs still rely heavily on imports. And action picked up in December as MLS clubssigned 17 imports, Americans and foreigners who played on foreign clubs in 2016. That number equals the number of December imports in 2014 and 2015 […]
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MLS Moves: Loons land Tico mainstay Calvo
Francisco Calvo became the third player from Costa Rican powerhouse Saprissa to sign with an MLS club in recent weeks when the 24-year-old defender signed with MLS expansion teamMinnesota United, which used Targeted Allocation Money to sign him for its inaugural MLS season. “You can’t be anything but impressed with Calvo and the way he […]
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MLS Moves: Minnesota United trades Attinella to Portland
The MLS goalkeeping carousel has spun again. On Tuesday the Timbers announced they had traded a 2018 second-round Super Draft pick in exchange to Minnesota United forgoalkeeper Jeff Attinella, who had been claimed in the Expansion Draft off the Real Salt Lake roster last week. He started only 28 games for RSL as the backup to […]
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MLS Moves: Harris stays with FC Dallas
Eligible to discuss contracts with any MLS team as a free agent, defender Atiba Harris has instead decided to stay put. FC Dallas announced Thursday that the St. Kitts &Nevis native has signed a new contract, the duration and terms of which were not revealed. His previous contract was set to expire at the end of […]
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MLS Moves: Atlanta brings Bloom back home
It ended up making a lot of sense. Atlanta United wheeled and dealt in the aftermath of the Expansion Draft, trading its first pick, outside back Danny Toia, to Orlando City afterclaiming him from Montreal, and using another trade – Clint Irwin back to Toronto FC – to get right back Mark Bloom, a Georgia […]
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MLS Expansion Draft: Top picks flipped
Atlanta United and Minnesota United traded Danny Toia and Chris Duvall, respectively, almost immediately after making them their first-round picks in the MLSExpansion Draft. Atlanta ended up with the No. 8 pick in the 2017 SuperDraft while the Loons acquired Costa Rican international Johan Venegas, their first major attacking signing. Four defenders, three goalkeepers, two […]
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MLS Expansion: Ceremonial shovels dig in freezing Midway
With temperatures dipping into single digits, a ground-breaking ceremony was held on Monday at the site of the stadium Minnesota United FC will build in the neighborhood of Midway, located halfwaybetween downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. The site of the stadium is a former Metro Transit bus barn property, but land issues still need to […]
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NASL: Decision day arrives for ailing Division 2 league
Players and staff of clubs in the six-year-old North American Soccer League should learn their fate on Tuesday. The triggering event? U.S. Soccer’s board of directors will decide the divisional statusof the NASL (which needs a waiver to keep it in Division 2 for 2017) and the USL (which is seeking Division 2 sanctioning). UPDATE: U.S. […]
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MLS Moves: Minnesota signs first two players
MLS expansion team Minnesota United signed a pair of defenders — Justin Davis and Kevin Venegas — who spent their entire pro careers with its team that played in the NASL. Venegas, a product of Cal State Fullerton, signed in 2012 and has played both as a midfielder and a defender. He was a right […]
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MLS Expansion: Loons' Heath stresses players fitting in
From the Lions to the Loons. Four months after a falling-out with management triggered his departure from Orlando City, Adrian Heathhas signed on to coach another expansion team.On Tuesday, Minnesota United FC named Heath as the first head coach of its MLS existence that officially kicks off in less than four months. “I firmly believe […]