[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] The Houston Dynamo and Colorado Rapids completed the first loan agreement in MLS history when the Dynamo acquired midfielder Tony Cascio on a season-long loan from the Rapids in exchange for an international roster spot. RSL LANDS NASL STAR. Real Salt Lake signedEnglish 25-year-old midfielder Luke Mulholland, who spent the last two […]
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Allen takes windy road to Real Salt Lake
[MLS ROOKIE CLASS: Ten to Watch] Real Salt Lake’s highly rated signing of Jordan Allen out of the University of Virginiagives new meaning to the term “homegrown signing.” In his last three years of high school, Allen spent time living and playing soccer in Florida and Arizona but has never lived in Salt Lake City. […]
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Beckerman celebrates wedding
[SEEN AROUND TOWN] How do you spend the last weekend before the start of the U.S. national team’s three-and-a-half week camp? KyleBeckerman got married to longtime girlfriend Kate Pappas Saturday at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in downtown Salt Lake City. They met at Rio Tinto Stadium in 2009 when Beckerman was doing a video shootfor […]
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MLS Positional Rankings: top attacking midfielder Morales gets goals as well as assists
By Ridge Mahoney Attacking midfielder includes those players recognized as true No. 10s, such as Real Salt Lake’s Javier Morales and Portland’s Diego Valeri, but can also list other types. Mauro Rosalesplayed mostly on the right for Seattle, but his propensity to cut inside rather than stick to the flank gives him the look of […]
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What They're Saying
“I’ve always loved futbol for what it is. You have ups, downs; you have hard moments; you have good moments; you have bad moments. Everyone says, ‘What happened with the PK?’ I’m just happy I’ve got agood house. There are people with diseases. There are people dying from cancer. Man, I’m blessed. I’d rather miss […]
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MLS Positional Rankings: Beckerman nudges Alonso in two-horse race
By Ridge Mahoney The classification of midfielders into separate categories for those who are primarily defensive and those imbued with two-wayskill sets always involves interpretation. Some teams play with two-way mids who share the defensive and offensive loads. None are truly holding midfielders nor out-and-out attackers. Asa season unfolds and personnel, tactics, formations and situations […]
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Cassar: 'This is the opportunity of a lifetime'
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] New Real Salt Lake head coach Jeff Cassar, who had the unanimous support of senior RSL players toreplace Jason Kreis, said he starts to cry just thinking about the opportunity he has been given. “This is the opportunity of alifetime,” Cassar told Salt Lake City media at his first press conference on […]
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Seattle lands Cooper, New York gets Convey
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] First, it picked up Swiss keeper Stefan Frei from Toronto. Then,it dealt for central defender Chad Marshall from Columbus. Finally, the Seattle Sounders completed a week of big moves with the acquisition of the rights toforward Kenny Cooper. Leaving the Emerald City this week were Steve Zakuani, Mauro Rosales, Michael Gspurning, Marc […]
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Ref's failure to red-card Collin has major impact on MLS Cup
By Paul Gardner Writing before MLS Cup, I picked outeither Real Salt Lake’s Javier Morales or Kansas City’s Aurelien Collin as MVP candidates. It was a close run thing: Morales could have made sure of an RSL win — and of hisMVP award — with a superb moment of skill in the 73rd minute, when […]
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Kreis: Next few days will be hard
[MLS CUP 2013] After Real Salt Lake’s shootout loss to Sporting Kansas City, head coach Jason Kreis did not directlyaddress the issue of his future with the MLS club, but he did admit the next few days would be hard. “It’s interesting that the last couple of weeks have been so hectic with all thedetails […]