By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) What other MLS team can afford tobring Jose Goncalves and Lee Nguyen, both MLS Best XI picks within the last two seasons, or Diego Fagundez, the most prolific teenage scorer in MLS history, for that matter, off the bench like New England did Saturday in its 2-1 win over the New […]
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Forward thinking jumbles USA puzzle
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) The depth chart of U.S. forwards isn’t yet crowded and perhapswon’t be for a while, but on a night Gyasi Zardes wasn’t at full throttle two other young Americans certainly were. Jordan Morris and Juan Agudelo did morethan share the goalscoring honors Wednesday in a 2-0 defeat of Mexico. They demonstrated […]
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MLS Weekend: A look forward
Week 6 of the MLS season starts Friday with a meeting of 2010 MLS Cup finalists FC Dallas and Colorado, and concludes Sunday afternoon when Seattle hosts the Galaxy. Brazilian superstar Kakamakes his first visit to the Northwest when Orlando City enters the madhouse that is Providence Park to face the Timbers. MLS, Week 6 […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Vancouver moves into first place
Octavio Rivero’s league-leading fourth goal of the season helped the Vancouver Whitecaps top the Galaxy, 2-0, and climb atop the MLS Power Rankings with their fourth straight victory. Theunbeaten Red Bulls did not play and held onto second place. The ‘Caps took over for FC Dallas, which tumbled to fifth by losing its first game […]
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MLS Countdown 2015: Injury jinx hits hard
salDAY 8: As the MLS preseason is set to wrap up this weekend, teams will pray for one thing: no injuries. Some haven’t been so lucky. After losing Ben Zemanski with a knee injury on Sunday, Portland had a fourth midfielder join its injury list when Michael Nanchoff wentoff with a hip flexor minutes after […]
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MLS 2015 Countdown: Lots of starting jobs up for grabs
DAY 16: MLS Cup 2014 runner-up New England and 2014 Supporters’ Shield winner Seattle haven’t made many many changes, but that can’t be said for Sporting KC andReal Salt Lake, the 2013 MLS Cup finalists, and Colorado. Starting jobs will be up for grabs at the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup, where all 12 games […]
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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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MLS Trade Central: Agudelo returns to Revs
The New England Revolution got a boost for its MLS title hopes when 22-year-old Juan Agudelo agreed to return to the club. The U.S. international had spent partof the 2013 season with the Revs, who retained his MLS rights because he left as a free agent. Agudelo signed with English club Stoke City, but he […]
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Klinsmann: Altidore Should Stay in Europe
In an interview with SI.com’s Grant Wahl, USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann says he would prefer that Jozy Altidore move to a European club, rather thanreturn to MLS. The out-of-form Sunderland striker is rumored to be on the verge of completing a swap deal with MLS for Toronto FC striker Jermain Defoe. According to Klinsmann, Altidore […]
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MLS Preseason Preview: Revs look much the same
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Complacency and international callups are about the only warning signs for New England, which took theGalaxy to overtime a month ago in the MLS Cup final before losing, 2-1. The arrival of Jermaine Jones in August and a strong late-season surge by Charlie Davies elevated New Englandinto the league’s elite. On […]