[SOCCER AMERICA BEST CLUBS] For the first time, an MLS club claimed the top spot in the Soccer America’s top 30 rankings of the Best Boys Clubs. The New YorkRed Bulls ranked No. 1, followed by FC Dallas, Los Angeles Galaxy and Chicago Fire to give MLS academy programs the top four spots in our […]
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New York ships Lindpere to Chicago
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The New York Red Bulls’ housecleaning continued as they traded Estonian midfielder Joel Lindpere tothe Chicago Fire for an international roster spot. Lindpere, who has 83 caps for Estonia, was an iron man for the Red Bulls. He was their MVP in 2010 and played every regular-season gamein 2011 and 2012. He scored […]
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Red Bulls striker Tandir heads to Sochaux
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Izzy Tandir, the second leading scorer for the New York Red Bulls’ unbeaten U-17/18 team in theDevelopment Academy, has signed a contract with French club Sochaux. The 6-foot-4 Tandir scored eight goals in eight games this season after scoring 10 goals for the Red Bulls’ U-15/16national championship team in 2011-12. He is the […]
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McAllister or no McAllister?
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Like the division within the Republican congressional leadership on how to handle the fiscal cliff, there appears to a division within the NewYork Red Bulls’ management on how to fill their head coaching vacancy. Should they hire an American coach or foreign coach? If they hire a foreign coach, how much should they […]
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Arsenal's Wenger: Henry won't be returning
[MLS OFFSEASON] Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says New York Red Bulls forward ThierryHenry won’t be rejoining the Gunners on loan in January. “He is not ready,” Wenger said after Tuesday’s 1-1 tie at Southampton. “He has just come back from holiday anyway. At themoment we are not on that case.” Henry, Arsenal’s all-time scoring leader […]
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The Latest Rot Mystery Show
By Paul Gardner New readers begin here: When the MetroStars were around, I anagrammed them into the RotMasters. Rots for short. A rather appropriate alias, it turnedout, as the team stumbled and bumbled through 10 years of screw-ups, failures and farces. The RotMasters, unlamented, were suddenly whisked away from us in 2006. In their […]
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Amando Moreno, the tip of the iceberg
[THIRTEEN FOR ’13] The most important rule change that has positively impacted player development is the NCAA’s modification of its rules about amateurs playingwith pros. It means MLS clubs can bring in young players and get a look at them in practice — and even games — to see how they do with and against […]
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Red Bulls land famed free-kick specialist
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The New York Red Bulls continued their makeover with the signing of 37-year-old Brazilian midfielder Juninho, also known as Juninho Pernambucano. He is best known as a free-kick specialist and for his nine years at French club Lyon, where he wonseven straight Ligue 1 titles, two under Gerard Houllier, who is the head […]
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Red Bulls sign pair of youth stars
[MLS HOMEGROWNS] The New York Red Bulls signed a pair of players, forward Amando Moreno and goalkeeper Santiago Castano, from their academy program, becoming their sixth and seventh academy products to sign with New York’s first team via the MLS homegrown playerrule. Moreno, 17, recently joined the U.S. under-18 national team for which he scored […]
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Slim's billions make Marquez deal possible
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Could the New York Red Bulls’ long nightmare be over? If Rafael Marquez is headed to Mexico, it canthank Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man, for making the deal possible. Arturo Elias Ayub, Slim’sson-in-law, told the Mexican sports daily Record, that Leon has been working on finalizing an agreement and ithopes to conclude […]