Steven Vitoria became the latest player to head from Benfica of Portugal’s Primeira Liga, joining the Philadelphia Union on loan for the duration of the2015 MLS regular season. Vitoria, who turned 28 in January, was born and raised in Toronto but has spent his entire pro career playing in Portugal. He represented Portugal at […]
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MLS owner sounds alarm bells in Montreal
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) As MLS enters its 20th season,there are a lot of good stories. New York City FC and Orlando City should both draw big crowds for their first MLS seasons. San Jose is opening its new stadium in March. The season-ticket bases of allthree clubs will be at least 10,000. Then there […]
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Jermaine Jones to undergo surgery on Tuesday
Jermaine Jones, who started the last two U.S. national team matches at center back, announced via his Instagram page on Monday that he will undergo surgery onTuesday and be sidelined “for a couple weeks.” SBI Soccer reported on Monday that Jones, who joined the NewEngland Revolution last summer, will undergo surgery on a sports hernia […]
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New York City FC launches youth league
MLS newcomer New York City FC will run a youth development league focusing on boys U-9, U-10 and U-11 teams. “We are extremely happy that we are in a position to launch the New York City FCYouth Development League in partnership with our Youth Affiliate Clubs,” said Rodrigo Marion, NYCFC’s Youth Technical Director. “The development […]
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2015 MLS Preseason Action
An NASL preseason-record attendance of 13,934 was established at EverBank Field as the expansion Jacksonville Armada beat the Philadelphia Union, 3-1, in the preseason opener for the MLS club. Bothgames — San Jose-Vancouver and Portland-Houston — at the Desert Friendlies on Saturday ended in 1-1 ties. Week 2 Results: FEBRUARY 8 Orlando, FL | Orlando […]
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MLS Trade Central: Calle arrives on loan at NYCFC
New York City FC has signed 23-year-old Colombian defender Javier Calle. A starter on Colombia’s 2011 U-20 World Cup team, Calle helped Independiente Medellinreach the final of the 2014 Clausura tournament, scoring six goals. He arrives on a one-season loan with an option to purchase. Chicago Fire IN: M Collin Fernandez (Chicago Fire Acad.-HG) F […]
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2015 MLS Preseason Action
The New York Red Bulls wrapped up the first Florida camp of the preseason with a win and loss in split-squad matches, a 2-0 win over Toronto FC and 4-1 loss tothe NASL’s Jacksonville Armada. Week2 Results: FEBRUARY 5 Orlando, FL | NY Red Bulls 2 Toronto FC 0 Orlando, FL | NY Red Bulls […]
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How to solve MLS's short-season dilemma
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) Jurgen Klinsmann says the MLS season needs to be longer. How much longer the pro soccer season should be is debatable, but let’s accept that the nine-month season for the eight teams that don’t make theplayoffs — a few days more for the four teams that will be eliminated in the […]
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Reality of Klinsmann's '11-month season'
Jurgen Klinsmann reiterated his “wish” that MLS adopt an 11-month season “like the rest of the world.” The U.S. national team coach has been critical of thefitness level and commitment of some of his players in January camp. Fox Sports 1:Klinsmann interview “What happens here is that maybe soccer is not as far yet as […]
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Vermes likes the look of Sporting KC additions
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) As intriguing as a move back to the Western Conference will be for SportingKansas City once the season starts, the next month is not about history. The 2013 MLS Cup champion took a steep drop last year. It finished fifth in the Eastern Conference and exited theplayoffs quickly, beaten by the […]