[USA-PANAMA] MLS fans will get a look at FC Dallas signings Blas Perez and CarlosRodriguez and new Philadelphia Union midfielder Gabriel Gomez as they were all called into Panama’s team that will face the USA Wednesday in Panama City(TV: Galavision, 8:30 p.m. ET). Coach Julio Dely Valdes picked a largely young team. Perez, Gomez and […]
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Le Toux could be moving to EPL
Just four years ago, Sebastian Le Toux was an obscure Frenchman toiling in the minor leagues of American soccer. Now the Philadelphia Union star could be onhis way to the English Premier League to help Bolton Wanderers in its fight to avoid relegation. Bolton manager Owen Coyle is flying in Le Toux fortalks. Coyle is […]
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Union gets bonus with Hoffman pick
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] No team claimed more players in the SuperDraft and Supplemental Draft than the seven collected by the Philadelphia Union, yet none of them isexpected to fill immediate needs. Instead, the club had already locked up Costa Rican striker Josue Martinez and defender Porfirio Lopez, and Panamanian midfielder Gabriel Gomez to shore up areas […]
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Philadelphia adds another Tico
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Philadelphia Union continued its Central American buying spree with the acquisition of Costa Rican left back Porfirio Lopez from Chinese club Dalian Haichang. The 26-year-old was on loan to Alajuelense and won the 2011 Costa Rican summer and winter championships. For all theoffseason player movement … CHICAGO FIRE IN: Orr Barouch (permanent transfer,Tigres/MEX) Jay […]
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Union snags well-traveled Panamanian Garcia
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The man whose penalty kick helped his nation score a memorable defeat of the USA last summer will play in America’s pro league nextyear, his fifth club in the last two years and 11th in his career. Panamanian midfielder Gabriel “Gavilan” Gomez, 27, has signed withthe Philadelphia Union after playing professionally in Colombia, […]
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Seattle signs Keller replacement, Union lands Tico
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The Seattle Sounders signed 30-year-old Austrian goalkeeper Michael Gspurning as its replacement for the retiring Kasey Keller, and the Philadelphia Union acquired Costa Rican international Josue Martinez from Saprissa. Gspurning has beencapped three times by Austria and been one of the top goalies in Greece the past four seasons for Skoda Xanthi. Martinez, […]
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Real Salt Lake's Saborio regains top form
[BEST OF MLS 2011: Strikers] In this first installment of Soccer America’s Positional Rankings, the top strikers are presented. Alvaro Saborio was a forgotten man for the first two months of the season but once he and his Real Salt Lake teammates got their minds back on MLS, they were tough to stop. In a […]
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Philadelphia makes Adu available
[MLS EXPANSION DRAFT] Freddy Adu was among the players left available for Wednesday’s Expansion Draft, where theMontreal Impact will select 10 players. Other players of note who could be taken in the draft include Brian Ching and DannyCruz, who started for Houston in Sunday’s MLS Cup final, Daniel Hernandez, the FC Dallas captain, and Omar […]
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Agudelo and Union trio headed to Germany
[U.S. UNDER-23 MEN] New York Red Bulls forward Juan Agudelo and the Philadelphia Union trio of Jack McInerney, Amobi Okugo and Sheanon Williams were added to the squad that will attend the U.S.under-23 national team camp in Germany set to begin on Monday. The quartet was added after the MLS conference semifinals. With Sporting Kansas […]
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Old hands lead Dynamo back to conference final
[MLS PLAYOFFS: Houston-Philadelphia] Brian Ching and Brad Davis, the loneholdovers from Houston’s first championship season, teamed up for the goal that clinched the Dynamo’s 3-1 aggregate win over the Philadelphia Union in its last game at Robertson Stadium. SECOND BEHIND ONLY DONOVAN. Ching and Davis came to Houston in 2006 when AEG moved the Earthquakes […]