The Vancouver Whitecaps signed centerback Brendan McDonough to a Major League Soccer contract Wednesday. The deal is for the 2019 season and has options through 2022. The former Georgetown University defender was selected in the second round, 35th overall, of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft in January. The signing comes off the back of the Caps […]
SANFORD, Fla. — Those waiting for Orlando City’s star designated players to be in the team’s starting XI on match day might have to wait a bit longer. Striker Dom Dwyer and winger Nani came on in the second half Saturday’s 2-2 draw with NYCFC and immediately impacted the match. The two combined to set […]
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Revolution head coach Brad Friedel is keeping extra coy about the transfer targets he and management are continuing to monitor for reinforcements. At training Tuesday, Friedel said the club would make another international signing but wouldn’t reveal any additional details, including a timetable. “We are bringing in one more and […]
HARRISON, N.J. — Here are three things we learned from the New York Red Bulls‘ 2-0 loss to Santos Laguna in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinals Tuesday night at Red Bull Arena. Down but not out Yes, it doesn’t look good. Going to Mexico needing one away goal is tough enough, […]
FRISCO, Texas — FC Dallas drew the New England Revolution 1-1 Saturday in what was in some people’s eyes a disappointing match. Dallas did not look like a threat for periods of the match, and it cost them on Carles Gil’s goal for the Revs in the 57th minute. Pressure piled up on the team and […]
CINCINNATI — American international Kenny Saief has joined FC Cincinnati on loan from RSC Anderlecht in Belgium. The 25-year-old Saief’s arrival, announced Monday by the club, will bolster an FC Cincinnati attack many consider to be an incomplete story. A native of Panama City, Fla., Saief moved to Israel with his family at age 3. After a starting […]
CHESTER, Pa.— Philadelphia Union sporting director Ernst Tanner described midfielder Jamiro Monteiro, who the club signed on loan on Tuesday, as a player who fits exactly what the team wants in a midfielder. Monteiro, who will start with the club on a four-month loan from Ligue 2 side FC Metz, is a versatile midfielder the […]
When Nashville SC makes the leap from being a USL Championship club to a Major League Soccer side in 2020, it will bring Gary Smith along for the ride. Nashville SC announced Wednesday that Smith, the head coach for the USL club, will be retained when the team joins MLS next year. “As we set […]
HOUSTON — The Houston Dynamo crumbled in the last 15 minutes, letting Tigres UANL score twice in a three-minute period. Amid the screams of “Go Dynamo” alternating with “Vamos Tigres,” the duel came to an end with a 2-0 victory for the Mexican side in the first leg of its Concacaf Champions League quarterfinal Tuesday […]
TAMPA, Fla. — No trophy was on the line, but the United States women’s national team still needed three points and still needed to show it could learn from mistakes as the 2019 World Cup draws near. Tobin Heath helped that quest by scoring for the USWNT in a 1-0 victory over Brazil to close […]