By Paul Gardner In Philadelphia’s John Hackworth and Portland’s Caleb Porter, MLS has two excellent young coaches. Both comparatively new to MLS — Porter is in hisfirst year — but these guys have plenty of coaching experience. Young Americans, intelligent students of the modern game, the sort of coaches who are essential to the growth […]
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Report: Sheikh Mansour in talks to launch NYCFC
By Paul Kennedy and Ridge Mahoney The target date for an announcement on MLS’s 20th team is on or around May 25 –the date of the Manchester City-Chelsea friendly at Yankee Stadium. That is significant because the New York Times Both MLS Commissioner Don Garber and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said last weekend they […]
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Manchester United on selling spree
By Paul Kennedy How powerful a commercial giant is Manchester United? The English Premier League leader has sold the sponsorshiprights to its training uniform — not its match uniform — and its training facility — not its stadium — in an eight-year deal believed to be in the neighborhood of $30 million a year. Aon’s […]
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Philadelphia Union among three additions for 2013-14
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] The U.S. Soccer Development Academy will add three teams in the 2013-14 season: Olney-Bethesda (Md.), the Philadelphia Union and PhoenixFC. The Maryland club is a partnership of Olney Soccer and Bethesda Soccer Club. The other two are professional academy teams. “Over the past several years, the Union has dedicateda lot of time and […]
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Hackworth rolls the dice with Adu-Kleberson swap
By Ridge Mahoney John Hackworth doesn’t strike one as a gambler.John Hackworth doesn’tstrike one as a gambler. The Philadelphia Union head coach is thoughtful, insightful, level-headed, in many ways the antithesis of his predecessor: the brash, brazen, brutally opinionatedPeter Nowak. They are men of very different personalities and philosophies, yet bound by a common thread. […]
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Philadelphia sends three players to Harrisburg
[USL PRO] The Philadelphia Union became the latest MLS club to send players off on loan to its USL PRO affiliate. Forward Cristhian Hernandez and midfielder Jimmy McLaughlin — both homegrown signings — and midfielder Greg Jordanwill join the Harrisburg City Islanders for the 2013 season. Philadelphia will have the option to recall any of […]
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Union parts company with Adu, inks Kleberson loan deal
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Philadelphia Union finally got Freddy Adu off its books, reaching an agreement with the 23-year-oldmidfielder to terminate his contract. The agreement paved the way for Adu to sign with Bahia and for the Union to sign Kleberson on loan from the Brazilianclub. Kleberson’s signing gives the Union the only active MLS player to […]
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Union close to making Adu-Kleberson swap
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] The Philadelphia Union may finally get its wish and move unwanted Freddy Adu. Union coach John Hackworth confirmed the MLS team is planning to send Adu to Brazilian club Bahia in return for 33-year-old midfielder Kleberson, who started on Brazil’s 2002 World Cup championship team. Hackworth cautioned there were “still hurdles that have […]
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A matter of trust
By Paul Kennedy The Seattle-Portland match caps MLS’s schedule of seven Saturday games during Rivalry Week — and concludes 10 hours of consecutive coverage on NBC and NBC Sports Network. MEDIA NOTES. Jeff Bradley has joined MLSSoccer.com as a senior writer. He worked as the MetroStars’ first mediadirector and later covered soccer for ESPN The […]
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Wilson leaves Rangers to head academy program
[PHILADELPHIA UNION] Tommy Wilson, the academy technical director and reserve team coach at Scottish club Rangers, hasjoined the Philadelphia Union as its academy director. Wilson’s duties will include overseeing, directing and developing the Union’s youth development program in elements ofcurriculum, programing and coaching. Additionally, he will work with the Philadelphia Union first team and […]