[MLS] Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Union have agreed to meet next week in Washington, D.C., to continue collective bargaining agreement negotiationsand have accepted the invitation of George H. Cohen, the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), to serve as a mediator during thediscussions. The exisiting Collective Bargaining Agreement expired […]
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Donovan might stay at Everton, according to manager
Everton manager David Mowes is hopeful of keeping American Landon Donovan beyond his 10-week loan period, which expires after the game March13 against Birmingham. “I am keen to keep Landon and it sounds initially in America that they might say ‘yes,”‘ Moyes told reporters on Friday. “I think Landon is keen to stay alsoso it […]
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Signs of making MLS even more physical
By Paul Gardner What do you suppose clubs and coaches — and general managers — look for when they’re signing new players? What comes first? It’s worthpondering, for the answer may well tell us what sort of soccer a team wants to play. Or conversely, what sort of soccer a team has given up trying […]
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Crew wraps up Arizona stint with tie
[MLS] Not that preseason records mean anything, but the Crew preserved its unbeaten status by tying Kansas City, 1-1, Thursday in Phoenix. It returns home toface Toluca of Mexico Tuesday in the first leg of their Concacaf Champions League quarterfinal series. The Crew has yet to lose against MLS and minor league opposition as it […]
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Sounders land Swiss star for post-World Cup season
[MLS] Striker Blaise N’Kufo has signed with the Seattle Sounders and will join the second-year MLS club after the WorldCup, at which he is expected to represent Switzerland. The 34-year-old N’Kufo will finish the 2009-2010 season at Dutch FC Twente and then join the Sounders in July on a free transfer. Herecently made a trip […]
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Assessing players on the bubble
[NETHERLANDS-USA] With no more games scheduled until late May, before which Bob Bradley is expected to name his 23-manroster, here’s a rundown of where players on the bubble stand after their performances in Wednesday’s 2-1 loss to the Netherlands … UPGRADE: DaMarcus Beasley. Thrown into the fray unexpectedly by injury to Holden, he got lively […]
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U.S. Player Ratings
[NETHERLANDS-USA REPORT CARD] Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players after the USA’s 2-1 loss to theNetherlands in Amsterdam. USA: STARTERS: Rating/Player(Club/Country) GP/G 6 Tim Howard (Everton/ENG) 49/- 4 Jonathan Spector (West Ham/ENG) 24/0 5 Jay DeMerit (West Ham/ENG) 17/0 6 Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes/FRA) 77/123 Jonathan Bornstein (Chiovas USA) 29/2 5 Stuart Holden (Bolton […]
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Goals Galore? Think again
By Paul Gardner I would have thought that it was by now blindingly obvious that goals are, in the soccer sense, an endangered species. They occur much less frequentlythan they have ever done in the 150-year history of the sport, and the chances of there being a sudden surge in scoring I can confidently predict […]
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Second surgery sidelines Andre Luiz
[MLS] The San Jose Earthquakes may seem to be stacked with midfielders, but one of its cogs in the second half of the 2009 season won’t be available for awhile. Brazilian Andre Luiz, who played seven games after signing with MLS last July, has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. Kneepain traced to an […]
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Quaranta fills big shoes at D.C. United
D.C. United has had a long tradition of excellence at the playmaker position, but it enters the 2010 campaign without a true playmaker following ChristianGomez‘s departure. Santino Quaranta is going to get a look at the central midfield position. New coach Curt Onalfo says Quaranta, up until now a winger, has the qualities to be […]