[THE SIXER] Six MLS Eastern Conference teams who didn’t make the 2010 playoffs have imported center backs who could see a lot of action during the 2011season. RODRIGO BRASESCO (D.C. United). Top draft pick Perry Kitchen should get plenty of time in the middleof the D.C. backline, but his U-20 commitments mean that Brasesco will […]
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Crew turns tables on Revs
[MLS] Tommy Heinemann tallied twice and Bernardo Anor scored one goal and set upanother as the Crew reversed a loss to New England last weekend by beating the Revs, 3-1, at the Atlanta Pro Soccer Challenge in Kennesaw, Ga. IlijaStolica scored for New England, which lost for the first time in preseason. It had run […]
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Rebuilding Revs bank on French duo
[MLS] The revamp of the Revs takes another step Wednesday when they play Columbus at the Atlanta Pro Soccer Challenge in Kennesaw, Ga., a few days after beatingthe Crew, 2-1, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Coach Steve Nicol has yet to see one of his new French players, defender Ousmane Dabo, in a preseason game, but his […]
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Joseph arrest prompted early return
[MLS] New England players Shalrie Joseph and Kevin Alston were sent home earlierthis week from the Revs’ training camp in Orlando, Fla., after Joseph was arrested by police officers. According to an Orlando Police Department arrest affidavit, Joseph was arrested andbooked following an incident stemming from police officers responding to complaints about a loud party […]
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Preseason training camps and schedules
[MLS] FC Dallas, the Los Angeles Galaxy and New England Revolution have announced plans for preseason training. Twelve MLS teams will train in Arizona, ninewill be in Florida and two teams will travel to Southern California. In addition, three teams each will head to South Carolina and Georgia for tournaments in March. The only teams […]
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Revs bank on A.J. Soares to shore up defense
[MLS] University of California defender A.J. Soares, a first-round draft pick by the New England Revolution, says his approach to soccer ispretty much the same as when he started playing at age 5. “I just had fun and liked competing,” says Soares, picked sixth overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. “I just liketo get out […]
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Revs snap up 15-year-old phenom
[MLS] The New England Revolution’s signing of 15-year-old Diego Fagundez — the youngest player signed to an MLScontract since Freddy Adu joined D.C. United at the age of 14 in 2004 — as its first homegrown player signals MLS’s rapid expansion into player development. MLS’s board of governors is expected to vote this week to […]
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How MLS's mighty have fallen
By Paul Gardner If MLS ran things the way that they do elsewhere in the world and employed the promotion/relegation system, then right now we should be looking at aquite extraordinary situation. If the bottom two teams in each Conference were to be relegated, the league would, overnight, lose D.C. United, the New England Revs, […]
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FC Dallas and Wizards thrill home fans with comebacks
[MLS] If the Galaxy-Red Bulls tussle Friday night is to be “The Game of the Season,” as its being ruthlessly promoted by MLS, topping the two gamesplayed Wednesday will take some doing. FC Dallas proved once again it is the toughest team to beat in MLS by rallying from two goals down to tie New […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Wednesday
D.C. United’s bad luck continued. It was within a minute of beating the Columbus Crew in the semifinals of the U.S. Open Cup when an own goal by Marc Burchsent the game into overtime, where the Crew prevailed, 2-1, on a goal by Guillermo Barros Schelotto. The Seattle Sounders got two goals from Nate Jaqua […]