[ANALYSIS] Any notion that a new collective bargaining agreement between Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Union was imminent was blown out of the wateron Friday and Saturday. After weeks of silence, union reps bemoaned the lack of progress on major issues and questioned MLS’s seriousness. On Saturday, MLS president Mark Abbott went public, […]
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U-17 star Gil signs with MLS
[MLS] U.S. U-17 midfielder Luis Gil has signed an MLS contract and will be allotted to a team in a weighted lottery Monday, a league officialhas confirmed. In the weighted lottery, teams are awarded percentages in reverse order of their 2009 finish; thus with the worst record last year, New York has the best chance […]
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MLS players asking for too much?
Pat Martin asks whether MLS players are asking for too much in the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations, whose deadline has been extended from Jan. 31to Feb. 25, a month before the season’s start: “MLS players want guaranteed contacts? Ask the millions of unemployed Americans if they would have liked guaranteed contracts in their previous placesof […]
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Norwegian champs topple Seattle in Spain
[MLS] In its La Manga Cup opener Thursday, Seattle started with most of its regulars but nevertheless ended up losing, 3-0, to Norwegian champion RosenborgBK. Two goals in the opening 18 minutes provided a comfortable lead and Seattle’s efforts to rally were hampered by liberal substitutions in the second half and a fierce storm thatlashed […]
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How will expansion Philly fare off-field?
By Ridge Mahoney While it’s true that expanding into Philadelphia in 2010 will mark the fourth straight season, and fifth occasion in the last six years, that MLShas added at least one new team, this move might be the most important. Philly will not be a melding of MLS and NFL, as is the case […]
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Chivas USA splits in Mexico
[MLS] Chivas USA has returned to the United States with a win and a loss after falling to Universidad de Guadalajara, 2-1, of the Mexican second divisionTuesday in the second game of its two matches. Last Friday, Chivas USA beat second division leader Irapuato in the first game of its visit. Justin Braunequalized late in […]
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Lots of trialists and chances but no goals
[MLS] With newly signed players as well as trialists — including players from Uganda, Argentina and Scotland — giving both teams a different look, D.C. Unitedand Toronto FC played a 0-0 tie Wednesday in a preseason match. Starting the match for TFC were trialists Vincent Kayizzi (Uganda) and Martin Saric(Argentina) in midfield, ex-Rapid Dan Gargan […]
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Dickov visit highlights loan snafus
[MLS] A year and a half ago, a pair of English League veterans came to America to test the MLS waters. Both of them were subject to the discovery process, andboth had been “claimed” by Toronto FC. Yet neither wound up wearing the red and white: Darren Huckerby politely excused himself and flew on to […]
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Dallas tops collegiate opposition again
[MLS] FC Dallas punctuated the first phase of its preseason training by beating SMU, 4-0, Tuesday on goals by four different players. “I thinkit was a game where we were able to move the ball the way we wanted to move the ball. We kept possession,” said Coach Schellas Hyndman on the team’s Web site. […]
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UCF earns tie against Toronto FC
[MLS PRESEASON] Most college teams have been routed by MLS teams in preseason action, but UCF battled to a 1-1 tie with Toronto FC in a 80-minute match playedThursday. The Knights came within a minute of pulling out a win. Knights used a penalty kick from junior Yaron Bacher in the 57th minute to earnthe […]