ORLANDO — Orlando City is – once again – undergoing a culture shift. Players, Orlando City’s front office and the team’s coach have all commented on it ahead of the team’s season opener against NYCFC. In particular, club CEO Alex Leitão is looking to make sure this shift is one that lasts. There was talk […]
SANFORD, Fla. — Orlando City’s roster overhaul was in a very different place a month ago. For a while this offseason, it looked like the Lions’ 2019 roster was going to be a collection of mostly inexperienced players, supplemented by some veterans from last season, which was Orlando City’s worst in MLS. When asked whether […]
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Hype, Field or Assets: Categorizing every MLS designated player
The three designated player (DP) slots every Major League Soccer team has are the most important roster spots to fill. The DP slot allows a team to spend however they want on three players. Unlike other salary budget mechanisms, such as Targeted Allocation Money (TAM), these slots are guaranteed every year to each team. In other […]
VANCOUVER — It was a disappointing end to 2018 for the Vancouver Whitecaps. Not only had the Whitecaps missed out on the playoffs, several key players also moved on. The Whitecaps’ long-serving head coach, Carl Robinson, was already gone at that point, fired midseason, and the club already had a replacement lined up: Marc Dos Santos. Dos […]
A day after advancing to the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions League with a 4-0 win over CS Herediano, Atlanta United FC announced a few roster moves. On Friday, the Five Stripes agreed to terms with first-round MLS SuperDraft pick Anderson Asiedu. The terms of the deal for the 22-year-old UCLA product were not disclosed. […]
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Revolution kick off the 2019 season Saturday by visiting FC Dallas. Pro Soccer USA once again reached out to Revolution fans on Twitter to hear their questions and concerns about where things stand as the 2019 season gets underway. For more insight beyond the questions answered below, tweet New […]
Every week of the 2019 United Soccer League Championship season, a whole lot of eyeballs will be watching at least one game. The league announced Thursday it struck a deal with ESPN for a “Game of the Week” package. A total of 26 games will air on ESPN platforms, including eight that will air on […]
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — In early August 2017, Djordje Mihailović had not yet made a Major League Soccer start. That month, he played and scored in the MLS Homegrown Game, hosted by the Chicago Fire. With MLS media congregating in Chicago for the All-Star Game and Mihailović scoring as the hometown player, there were plenty of […]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — If it feels like Sporting Kansas City barely took an offseason, you’re not entirely wrong. The team’s 2019 season-ending loss in the Western Conference Finals and the start of its Concacaf Champions League schedule sandwiched an extremely abbreviated downtime. But the MLS season is top priority, especially for a team knocked […]
NEW YORK — “On Frame” is hosted by Pro Soccer USA’s Glenn Crooks, who takes an inside look at New York City FC and soccer in the five boroughs, plus other domestic and international stories. There will be a new show each week including interviews with New York FC players, coaches and journalists from across the […]