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Major League Soccer releases full 2019 schedule

Major League Soccer unveiled its full 2019 season schedule Monday afternoon. The 2019 season sees the debut of MLS’ 24th club, FC Cincinnati, and a new single-elimination playoff format that gives higher seeds home field advantage and concludes on Nov. 10 with MLS Cup, making this year’s final the earliest since 2002. All teams will play […]

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Columbus Crew SC hire Tim Bezbatchenko and Caleb Porter

Ending weeks of speculation, Columbus Crew SC hired Tim Bezbatchenko as club president and Caleb Porter as head coach Friday. Bezbatchenko will be in charge of both business and soccer operations for the team. Both men have MLS Cup victories on their resumes, with Bezbatchenko serving as GM of Toronto FC during their 2017 victory […]

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MLS roster transactions: Recapping a wild December

You may have woken up a bit dizzy this morning, but it’s not from the midnight champagne toast. Major League Soccer rang in the new year with a bevy of roster moves — some shocking, others mundane — before the ball dropped in Times Square. All 23 teams were busy in the final month 2018, […]

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Crew SC acquire Bendik, but may still add another keeper

Since the transfer of Zack Steffen was made official earlier this month, Columbus Crew SC has been on the hunt for a new keeper. Though Steffen won’t leave for Manchester City until July, the scouting process began immediately. At the time the transfer was announced, Crew SC interim general manager Pat Onstad said, “Ahead of […]

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Columbus Crew SC saved: MLS announces new ownership agreement

Major League Soccer reached an agreement in principle with the Haslam and Edwards families to assume ownership of Columbus Crew SC starting in January 2019. “While we work to finalize the deal promptly, we want to state publicly the tremendous collaboration and community support for Crew SC, which has set the stage for a powerful […]

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Orlando City: rights to GK Joe Bendik sent to Columbus Crew for $50,000 TAM

Orlando City has sent the rights to goalkeeper Joe Bendik to Columbus Crew SC in exchange for $50,000 of Targeted Allocation Money (TAM). Bendik, who was Orlando City’s starting goalkeeper in 2016 and 2017, was benched in favor of Earl Edwards Jr. after 18 MLS starts during 2018. Edwards went down with an ankle injury, which […]

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Soccer community mourns loss of Sigi Schmid

MLS coaching legend Sigi Schmid died Tuesday at the age of 65. Former players, colleagues and friends have gone to social media to share the impact that Schmid had on their lives, as well as the impact he had on soccer in the United States.  “Major League Soccer is devastated by the news of the […]

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Sigi Schmid, MLS coaching legend, dies at 65

Former LA Galaxy head coach Sigi Schmid died Tuesday at the age of 65.  Schmid, the winningest coach in MLS history, was hospitalized earlier this month at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in need of a heart transplant, as reported by the LA Times. The cause of death was not disclosed, but his family released the following […]

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Caleb Porter very familiar with Crew SC, Columbus

It was against a backdrop of growing discontent that Caleb Porter — who soon will be named coach of the Crew — made his first professional foray into Columbus. After accepting the head coaching job in Portland during the summer of 2012, effective for the start of the 2013 Major League Soccer season, the Michigan-born […]

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Zack Steffen: The Manchester City signing in the spotlight

It was one of the most spectacular transfer announcements in North American soccer in 2018. A transfer worth between $7 million and $10 million will send Columbus Crew keeper Zack Steffen to Manchester City in the summer of 2019. “This is a historic transaction for the Club and a special moment for Zack Steffen that […]