The Houston Dynamo is bringing back veteran defender DaMarcus Beasley for the 2019 season. Beasley, 36, started 26 matches for the squad last year, providing vital emotional leadership on the team’s match to a 2018 U.S. Open Cup championship as well as scoring a goal and notching two assists. He was named Defender of the […]
It would be a cliché to say Sigi Schmid’s life was all about soccer. It would also be untrue because for Schmid, who died on Christmas at age 65, the sport was so much bigger than that. “I have three hobbies,” he said last year. “I like watching soccer live. I like watching soccer on […]
Vissel Kobe, a top club in the Japanese first division, will make a winter tour of Southern California that will include a Jan. 31 friendly against the Los Angeles Football Club at Banc of California Stadium and a Feb. 5 game with the Orange County Soccer Club at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine. […]
Additional cities in Georgia and Utah are getting professional soccer teams. Dalton, located in the northeast part of Georgia near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, will host a United Soccer League Two team in 2019, the league announced Friday. Additionally, Park City, Utah will also have a team for the upcoming season. The […]
Orlando City is set to sign University of Portland forward Benji Michel to a Homegrown contract, club sources confirmed to Pro Soccer USA. Michel, 21, is an Orlando native who played at Montverde Academy and for Orlando City’s development academy. He recorded double-digit goals during each of his three seasons at Portland, scoring 10 goals in […]
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 […]
When head coach Gregg Berhalter revealed the players who will attend his first camp in charge of the United States men’s national team on Dec. 20, the former Columbus Crew SC coach left a piece of his camp puzzle dangling after announcing 27 names – the 28th member would be disclosed on a future date. […]
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 […]
Orlando City has acquired Real Salt Lake defender Danilo Acosta on loan with an option to make the transfer permanent at the end of the 2019 season in exchange for $75,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM). Pro Soccer USA first reported Thursday that the Lions’ deal with Acosta was pending league approval. The acquisition is […]
Atlanta United will reportedly sign Brek Shea, according to Ives Galarcep of Goal.com. Shea, left-footed, was once a promising national team prospect while at Dallas from 2008-12, even finishing as MVP finalist in 2011, with a combination of speed and tenacity. He was bought by Stoke City in the Premier League in 2012, which seemed […]