Philadelphia Union acquired Venezuelan intentional Fernando Aristeguieta on loan from Nantes of France’s Ligue 1, signing him as a Young Designated Playerfor the 2015 season. Aristeguieta, 22, has made 45 appearances and scored nine goals since joining Nantes in January 2013. He helped the Canaris secure promotion immediately in 2013by scoring seven goals in seven […]
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2015 MLS Preseason Action
The New York Red Bulls wrapped up the first Florida camp of the preseason with a win and loss in split-squad matches, a 2-0 win over Toronto FC and 4-1 loss tothe NASL’s Jacksonville Armada. Week2 Results: FEBRUARY 5 Orlando, FL | NY Red Bulls 2 Toronto FC 0 Orlando, FL | NY Red Bulls […]
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MLS Trade Central: Busch returns to Chicago
The Chicago Fire signed free agent Jon Busch, who finished the 2014 season with San Jose ranked fourth all-time among MLS keepers with 297 appearances. Hereturns to Chicago for his second stint with the Fire. Originally acquired in March 2007, Busch made 63 regular-season appearances for the Fire. In his second season, he earned MLS […]
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MLS Trade Central: Red Bulls land Felipe
The New York Red Bulls made their first major player acquisition since new sporting director Ali Curtis controversially fired Coach Mike Petke and replaced him withJesse Marsch. The Red Bulls sent midfielder Eric Alexander and defender Ambroise Oyongo to the Montreal Impact in exchange for Brazilianmidfielder Felipe Martins, whom Marsch brought to MLS during his […]
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What They're Saying: Harry Shipp
“I wonder if Giovinco knows that he will literally make more money in 2 days than some of his teammates will the entire year.” — Second-year Chicago Fire midfielder Harry Shipp on new Toronto FC signing Sebastian Giovinco, who is reportedly set to make more than $7 million a year in MLS.Shipp’s base salary in […]
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Altidore tries something different
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) The skies were gray all day on Tuesday at StubHub Center, but for Jozy Altidore they seemed like sunny California. “You’ve got the Gold Cup [in 2015], Copa America [in 2016], the Confederations Cup [in 2017] and then the [2018] World Cup,” he said. “It’s the best time to be a […]
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Toronto FC lands the 'Atomic Ant' Giovinco
So Jozy Altidore or Michael Bradley won’t even be the highest-paid Toronto FC player. Toronto FC announced on Mondaythat it had signed 27-year-old Italian midfielder Sebastian Giovinco as a Designated Player, and he will arrive in MLS after the end of the current ItalianSerie A current season with champion Juventus. Terms of the five-year deal […]
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What They're Saying: Michael Bradley
“It’s too easy to just look at the Premier League and think everything that goes on there is the be all end all. It’s too easy to say, ‘Jozy didn’t score in the PremierLeague, he’s no good.’” — Michael Bradley on Jozy Altidore, his longtime teammate withthe U.S. national team whose move to Toronto FC […]
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MLS Trade Central: Altidore lands at Toronto FC
Toronto FC reached an agreement with English Premier League club Sunderland to transfer Jermain Defoe to the Black Cats in return for Americanforward Jozy Altidore. In contrast to deals for American internationals Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley and Jermaine Jones, Altidore joins Toronto FC via the MLS Allocation rankings. “Our top priority is building awinning club with […]
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Garber: MLS is never going to have free for all
Two weeks after the announcement, the fallout from the move by Manchester City to keep Frank Lampard was still very on the minds of the media assembled at theMLS SuperDraft. For what MLS Commissioner Don Garber had to say about Lampardgate, the CBA talks, the Jozy Altidore transfer and expansion. Garber was clear that he […]