One of the players mentored by Jason Kreis at Real Salt Lake has joined him in Orlando City. Midfielder Luis Gil has been loaned to the Lions by Mexicanclub Queretaro for the 2017 MLS season. To obtain Gil’s MLS rights, Orlando City traded $100,000 in Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) to RSL for the 2018 season. […]
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Report: Gil will be reunited with Kreis at Orlando
Orlando City finalized a deal to bring 23-year-old U.S. international Luis Gil on loan from Mexico’s Queretaro. The Orlando Sentinel’s Alicia DelGallo reported that the deal wasconcluded after Orlando reached an agreement with Real Salt Lake, which retained Gil’s MLS rights after his move to Queretaro in 2015. Gil signed with RSL from the U.S. […]
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Next move for Real Salt Lake is the most crucial in a decade
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) So many major changes have been wrought at Real Salt Lake it may seem a long time ago whenDell Loy Hansen bought out the remaining ownership interest of team founder Dave Checketts. Let the record show that Hansen, whose first investment in the club dovetailedwith its winning the MLS Cup […]
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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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MLS Moves: Lions sign Bendik to new deal
Orlando City SC has extended the contract of its team Player of the Year. The club announced Monday goalkeeper Joe Bendik has signed a three-year contract extension that will takeeffect at the end of the 2017 season. OCSC acquired Bendik prior to the 2016 season, during which he played every minute and finished second in […]
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MLS: Three New York fans arrested after Orlando opener
Three soccer fans from New York were arrested on charges that included aggravated battery after an Orange County deputy, working extra duty for the Orlando Police Department, was injured while tryingto break up a fight after Orlando City’s home opener Sunday against New York City FC. Gustavo “Gus” Marinoni was hurt outside the new Orlando […]
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MLS Injury Report: Kaka sidelined for six weeks
A first-half injury to Brazilian star Kaka put a damper on the opener of Orlando City Stadium and the Lions’ 1-0 win over New York City FC in their new downtown stadium. He will be sidelinedfor six weeks with a grade 1-2 left hamstring injury. Kaka’s injury came in the eighth minute of Sunday evening’s […]
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Soccer Hot Takes: The weekend in tweets
Reaction to the new U.S. Soccer policy that requires players to “stand respectfully” during the playing of the national anthem was swift. It was only one of the soccer stories on Twitter on a weekendthat marked the first week of MLS and saw the USA won a historic victory at the Concacaf Under-20 Championship. Minnesota […]
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What's new in 2017 MLS: 1-10
MLS kicks off its 22nd season Friday night when the Portland Timbers host Minnesota United. By Wednesday, Timbers fans in tents had already begun to camp out outside of Providence Park. More than150 Dark Clouds supporters have flown in for MNUFC’s first game. That sort of passion around many MLS markets has become the norm. But […]
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Sneak Peek: Lions ready to roar in new den
Fifteen years after abandoning the entire state of Florida, MLS opens yet another new stadium in a land the league once rejected. Only the Sounders have drawn bigger average crowds thanthose lured by the Lions in 2015 (32,847) and 2016 (31,324), and with a capacity of 25,500, the Orlando City Stadium should be packed for […]