Chicago concluded its preseason trip to England by beating Queen’s Park Rangers, 1-0, at the Imperial College Sports Ground in London. Real Salt Lake is on the move as well. It wrapped up avisit to Southern California by beating Orange County Blues (USL), 1-0, in Irvine, Calif. Week 3 Results: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Irvine, […]
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MLS Trade Central: Agudelo returns to Revs
The New England Revolution got a boost for its MLS title hopes when 22-year-old Juan Agudelo agreed to return to the club. The U.S. international had spent partof the 2013 season with the Revs, who retained his MLS rights because he left as a free agent. Agudelo signed with English club Stoke City, but he […]
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Real Salt Lake forges forward in wake of Plata injury
The first phase of preseason training in Arizona started for Real Salt Lake on Monday, the same day surgery was performed to repair the fractured fifth metatarsal in Joao Plata’s leftfoot. Though the surgery was deemed successful, he’s projected to be out of action for three to four months. This unfortunate setback is just the […]
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RSL will build stadium for USL PRO Monarchs
Lots of MLS clubs have built soccer-specific stadiums. Real Salt Lake is taking things one step further and building a second stadium — an $18 million, 8,000-seat stadium at the Utah State Fairpark– for its new USL PRO team, the Monarchs. Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen signed a term sheet for the construction […]
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MLS Trade Central: RSL lands Jamaican Phillips
Real Salt Lake signed Jamaican defender Demar Phillips, who will be in line to take over at left back for departed ChrisWingert. Phillips, 31, played six seasons with Aalesunds FK in Norway after two years at Stoke City in England. — New York City FC signed 22-year-old midfielder Kwadwo Poku from the Atlanta Silverbacks of […]
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MLS Preseason Preview: Crushing loss prompts RSL shakeup
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Changes at every level send Real Salt Lake into the 2015season with equal measures of uncertainty and optimism. Several popular players and a highly-regarded executive have left the scene at RSL, which is on a run of seven straight playoffappearances. In his first year as head coach, Jeff Cassar guided RSL […]
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Sounders win Lagerwey sweepstakes
The Seattle Sounders appointed Garth Lagerwey as their general manager and president of soccer, winning the sweepstakes for one of the persons most responsiblefor turning Real Salt Lake into a perennial MLS power. The move allows co-owner Adrian Hanauer, the Sounders’ general manager since their launch in MLS in 2009,to shift his focus to the […]
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Juarez named first Real Monarchs head coach
Real Monarchs, the new Real Salt Lake farm team, named former RSL AZ academy coach Freddy Juarez as its head coach for its first USL PRO season. Juarez will bejoined on his staff by assistant David Lara, who spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach for the Morehead State women’s team. “We areexcited […]
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MLS Trade Central: Friday's deals
After two disastrous years in England, Brek Shea is back in MLS, signing with expansion club Orlando City. Shea, who trained with Orlando City last summer, was a member of the 2011 MLS Best XI and finalist for the 2011 MLS MVP award, but he played just three games in parts of three seasons withStoke. […]
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Lagerwey succession begins at Real Salt Lake
General manager Garth Lagerwey is not even out the door — his future home is reported to be the Seattle Sounders — but Real Salt Lake has already named a successor to head the technical side of theperennial MLS contender. Assistant coach Craig Waibel has been promoted to the post of technical director.