In September 2017, Minnesota United hired Chris Wright to be its CEO and for him the move ended a long hiatus from working in soccer. Wright grew up in England and played in thesystem at Hull City as well as a few small clubs before earning his English “A” coaching badge at age 22 to […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Crew SC and New York City stay on top
In a week of just six matches, no teams changed places in the top tier of Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Columbus and New York City FC maintained their spots — at No. 1 and No. 2,respectively — as did the idle teams right behind them. So did Sporting Kansas City at No. 6 and […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Road point just enough to keep Crew SC on top
Five teams remain unbeaten at this early stage in the MLS season and though the Crew failed to win it stayed atop Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings by tying 0-0 at Philadelphia. New York City FC held second with an efficient 2-0 defeat of Orlando City in a match that exemplified the different directions taken by […]
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MLS Focus: FC Dallas must exploit situations like visit of Seattle
In what has turned out to be an historic week for MLS teams and their performances against Mexican foes in the Concacaf Champions League, all the players and coaches and fans of FC Dallas can do issimmer in their disappointment and wait. Favored itself to advance, FCD instead stumbled in the CCL round of 16 […]
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Minnesota United has likely lost Kevin Molino for 2018 season with ACL tear
For the second time in his MLS career, Trinidadian Kevin Molino has been sidelined with a knee injury. The Minnesota United midfielder will undergo surgery to repair a torn ACL ofhis left knee and is expected to miss the rest of the 2018 season.. He suffered the injury in the 2-1 win at his former […]
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MLS Focus: New season, old issues for Loons
The 2018 season started in the same manner for Minnesota United as the 2017 expansion campaign ended: with a defeat in San Jose. The score was the same, 3-2 for the home team, andDanny Hoesen— scorer of one goal last year — netted twice for the Quakes. The dynamics of the games were different yet […]
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MLS 2018: Western Conference preview
The 23rd MLS season kicks off this weekend with 23 teams and of the 12 members of the Western sector, six are embarking with head coaches who were not in charge at the start of 2017. That’s a bit of a trick number, since Los Angeles Football Club is the expansion entrant for 2018 under […]
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MLS clubs go heavily on young South Americans
The most dramatic development on the MLS offseason player market is the move of clubs to seek out young South Americans. Through the years, MLS clubs signed many players from SouthAmericans. Argentine veterans like Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Javier Morales, Federico Higuain and Diego Valeri have been among the key MLS players of the lastdecade, but […]
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MLS Positional Rankings (Right Backs/Wingbacks): Zusi holds firm against younger foes
A few more MLS teams than in past seasons are deviating from the standard four-man back line, yet for the most part the right back is same as he ever was. The big money spent by manyteams on TAM attackers, however, has made life tougher for the wide defenders. To get more of them on […]
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MLS Positional Rankings (Right Midfielders/Wingers): Houston rewards Elis for productive debut season
If this category seems a bit sparse, one reason is a few players who drive their teams’ attack primarily from the right flank have been listed as attacking midfielders (RomainAlessandrini, Nicolas Lodeiro) or forwards (Hector Villalba). There also a couple of players very productive in past seasons – such as Dominic Oduro –as right mids […]