A Saturday of just three games produced interesting results, as Columbus knocked Portland from the unbeaten ranks with a 3-2 victory and New England rolled over Minnesota United, 5-2, for its firstvictory of the season. Daryl Shore debuted as RSL’s interim head coach in a 0-0 tie with the New York Red Bulls. Week 4 […]
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MLS Power Rankings: FC Dallas replaces Red Bulls at top
A 3-1 loss to Seattle knocked the Red Bulls off the top perch, and FC Dallas, Portland and Toronto FC took advantage to surge past them in the Power Rankings. Defending champion Seattle was one offive teams to post their first victories of the season. Seven teams, including four that made the playoffs last year, […]
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What They're Saying: Mike Burns
“We’re in a slightly different market, a slightly different world than just as recently as the last 12-24 months. I think because of that we’re going to have to make a larger investment in scoutingfor us as well as across the league because you’re in a different kind of tier of players you’re trying to […]
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Sneak Peek: New faces renew the outlook for Revs
Fitting all the attacking pieces into an effective system has long perplexed Revs head coach Jay Heaps, who has utilized various alignments and personnel to accommodate an array of playersseldom seen on an MLS roster. Opening Day … Projected XI – Cropper; Tierney, Angoua, Delamea,Farrell; Kouassi, Fagundez, Rowe, Agudelo, Nguyen, Kamara. Rather than part […]
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MLS Preseason: Revs encouraged by Kouassi's brief debut
A long, long wait for Xavier Kouassi ended Wednesday when he started and played 17 minutes for New England in its Desert Diamond Cup opener against Houston. Not since suffering atorn ACL in his right knee during his final game for SC Sion more than a year ago had he suited up for the Revs. […]
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MLS Moves: Revs identify first 'mystery signing'
Slovenian centerback Antonio Mlinar Delamea trained with New England Wednesday after the team announced it had secured his services. Delamea, 25, is the first of two signings hinted by team president Brian Bilello in a tweet on Monday. Head coach Jay Heaps is rebuilding a back linethat conceded 54 goals while finishing seventh. In 2015 it […]
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What They're Saying: Kei Kamara
“People watch ‘The Bachelor.’ I sit there and I go, ‘Why? Why are you watching that?’” — New England’s Sierra Leone-born Kei Kamara, asked at MLS’s Media Day to name some aspectof life in the United States he still just doesn’t get.
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MLS Moves: Davies signs new deal with Union
Charlie Davies will be back in Philly next season. Traded by New England to the Union in August less than a week after announcing his cancer was in remission, Davies played just 81minutes in eight appearances before his contract expired at the end of the season. He and the Union, which traded general allocation money, […]
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MLS Positional Rankings: Lodeiro and Piatti dominate the flanks
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) The importance of a strong spine is just as vital in soccer as any other team sport, yet there’salso no doubt wide play is crucial, particularly in the attack. Not many MLS teams field a truly dominant winger or wide midfielder; two that did, Seattle and Montreal, reaped thebenefits. Midseason arrival […]
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MLS Positional Rankings: Kljestan, Felipe, Alonso top the midfield slots
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) For players who toil in the middle of the park, roles and classifications often overlap as tactics andformations change from game to game or even within a game. Coaches and general managers and pundits talk of a “No. 10,” the playmaking hub around which the attack revolves,yet in many leagues around […]