Orlando City SC signed Ecuadorian midfielder Jhegson Sebastián “Sebas” Méndez. The 21-year-old midfielder comes to Orlando City from Independiente del Valle, which plays in Ecuador’s Serie A. He appeared in 81 total competitions for the club and has been capped five times for Ecuador’s men’s national team. “Sebas is a very exciting, young player who we’ve been […]
Orlando City SC is in the final stages of naming a new Orlando Pride head coach, league sources told Pro Soccer USA on Thursday. An official announcement is expected next week. The National Women’s Soccer League draft is Jan. 10. The Pride have been without a coach since Tom Sermanni and the club parted ways at […]
The Portland Timbers made another trade with Major League Soccer’s newest expansion franchise, FC Cincinnati, sending defender Alvas Powell to the midwestern side Wednesday in exchange for $250,000 in General Allocation Money. A source confirmed details of the trade with Jamie Goldberg of The Oregonian/OregonLive. According to the source, the Timbers will also retain a […]
Orlando City is set to acquire defender Danilo Acosta from Real Salt Lake, league sources told Pro Soccer USA. The deal is pending league approval. Acosta played in 12 matches for Real Salt Lake last season with 10 starts. He tallied two assists in league play last season. Acosta, 21, was called to the USMNT U-20 […]
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 […]
A deal to send Orlando City midfielder Yoshimar Yotún to Liga MX side Cruz Azul is done. The transfer is worth $4 million, league sources confirmed to Pro Soccer USA. Orlando City officially announced Yotún’s transfer on Thursday. Yotún, a Peruvian international who played in the 2018 World Cup in Russia and was Orlando City’s […]
The Chicago Fire’s back line is getting an overhaul this winter and the first reinforcement has arrived. The Fire inked a transfer from Sporting Lisbon for Brazilian defender Marcelo on Thursday. The 5-foot-10 centerback signed a two-year deal. Marcelo, 29, joined Sporting Lisbon from another Portuguese club, Rio Ave, this past summer. He had been […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Galaxy has reached an agreement with Argentine manager Guillermo Barros Schelotto to become their new coach, a source with knowledge of the negotiations confirmed Wednesday. The team declined comment but a formal announcement of Schelotto’s hiring is expected next week. He was told earlier this month that his contract with Argentine powerhouse Boca Juniors, […]