Road teams did well in the second week of MLS play but by holding serve at home – in front of a small crowd – Columbus held first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Both New York teams won at home to take the next two spots and a spectacular road victory by Los […]
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MLS Moves: Revs add young Colombian Caicedo on loan
The New England Revolution got some help for its midfield with the acquisition of Colombian Luis Alberto Caicedo on loan from Cortulua for the 2018 MLS season. The Revs have anoption on the 21-year-old Caicedo, who has made 70 league appearances, including 67 starts, Colombia’s second-tier Primera B. New head coach Brad Friedel started ScottCaldwell […]
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MLS 2018: Eastern Conference preview
A surge of superiority by the Eastern Conference is not likely to abate in 2018. Toronto FC is again head of the class and a pack of pursuers is led by Atlanta United, Chicago and the twoNew York teams. There are new head coaches in New England and Montreal, and a lot of expectations for […]
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Earnie Stewart: His vision for Philadelphia Union, what he expects from David Accam, and MLS then and now
Former U.S. international Earnie Stewart is about to start his third season as sporting director of the Philadelphia Union. The son of a U.S serviceman stationed in the Netherlands,Stewart played 18 years and registered 101 caps and 17 goals for the USA. After retiring as a player in 2005, he began a career in management as […]
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MLS 2018: Friedel is preaching fitness as a key to Revs' revival
Just about every head coach or manager who takes over a struggling team plays the fitness card sooner or later, and new Revs’ boss Brad Friedel has already tossed it onto the table. When a team can’t get results, focus and determination drop, and so do energy and intensity. When a manager or head coach […]
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MLS Preseason: Nguyen checks in with Revs; Anibaba, three draft picks sign
The roster that head coach Brad Friedel will take into his inaugural campaign at the New England helm is beginning to take shape. Disgruntled attacker Lee Nguyen, whosat out the first two weeks of preseason training after asking to be traded, has come into camp. The back line has been bolstered by the signings of veteran Jalil […]
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Pushback after Jermaine Jones takes to Instagram again
Four days after the USA was eliminated from the World Cup, Jermaine Jones took to Instagram to criticize MLS for making it too easy for MLS players.@RevsPrezFebruary 6, 2018@RevsPrez I don’t know what call you’ve been on. But the first call only Garber, Rich Motzkin and me been on. Garber told me“Jermaine you will not […]
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Revs make high-scoring Homegrown Player Angking their first new signing
The New England Revolution signed 17-year-old midfielder Isaac Angking from Providence, R.I., as a Homegrown Player. Angking, the Revs’ first new signing since the hiring ofBrad Friedel as head coach, scored 12 goals in 11 games for the Revs’ U-18/19 team during the fall season, tying him for the sixth most goals in the Development Academy. Thesenior […]
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MLS Positional Rankings (Left Backs/Wingbacks): Morrow's work in dominant Toronto FC season rates top billing
The versatility shown by Justin Morrow, one of two outside backs to leave San Jose and wind up in Toronto, is just one example of why MLS teams are morewilling to use different alignments in the back. The left back in a standard four-man backline could be shuttled forward, a la Morrow, to play the […]
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Kei Kamara moves again, this time to the Whitecaps
One of the most prolific strikers among current MLS players, Kei Kamara, has been acquired by Vancouver. New England traded a 2019 first-round SuperDraft pick and conditional 2020second-round SuperDraft for the rights to Kamara, 33, who has scored 103 goals and logged 39 assists in 298 appearances over 11 MLS seasons, including playoffs. He is 10th on […]