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Houston Dynamo acquire defender Chris Duvall from Montreal Impact

The Houston Dynamo sent their natural third-round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft to the Montreal Impact for defender Chris Duvall, the club announced Monday. Duvall, 27, primarily plays as a right back. He spent the past two seasons with the Impact, starting in 39 of 42 games played. He made 14 starts in 15 appearances […]

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MLS announces new playoff format for 2019 season

Major League announced a new playoff structure for the 2019 season that shortens the length of the season and rewards the best teams in the regular season with home playoff games in single-leg matchups.  The 2019 MLS playoffs will start after the October international window on Oct. 19 and end before the FIFA break in […]

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Dave Sarachan hired as head coach of USL’s North Carolina FC

After a brief run with the U.S. men’s national team, Dave Sarachan will coach a club team again. United Soccer League Championship side North Carolina FC announced Monday that Sarachan will be its new head coach. “I am very excited to be joining NCFC as its head coach,” Sarachan said in a statement from the […]

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New York City FC will travel to Nashville for preseason friendly

Almost exactly a year ago, Major League Soccer announced Nashville SC would join the league in 2020. The Music City club then had a successful debut season in the second-tier United Soccer League, losing in the first round of the playoffs to 2019 MLS expansion side FC Cincinnati. And now, Nashville will continue its MLS […]

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NC Courage trades Darian Jenkins to Seattle Reign for NWSL draft pick

Seattle Reign FC has acquired an additional scoring threat leading up to the 2019 season. The North Carolina Courage announced Monday they traded the rights to Darian Jenkins to Seattle in exchange for the Reign’s first-round pick in the 2019 National Women’s Soccer League draft. That pick is ninth overall. Following the trade, the Reign […]

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New England Revolution News

New England Revolution re-sign Juan Agudelo

The New England Revolution re-signed Juan Agudelo to a multi-year contract Monday morning, ending months of speculation the forward would make another attempt at playing in Europe. Agudelo’s previous Major League Soccer contract was set to expire at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s. Leading to Monday’s announcement, the Revolution had shown signs they […]

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Philadelphia Union sign trio of players to 2019 contracts

The Philadelphia Union brought back three players to add to their depth for the 2019 Major League Soccer season. Left back Fabinho, defensive midfielder Warren Creavalle and forward Kacper Przybylko were signed to deals for the 2019 season, the club announced Monday morning.  “We are pleased to have reached agreements for all three players to […]

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Luchi Gonzalez announced as FC Dallas’ new coach

FC Dallas academy director Luchi Gonzalez has been promoted to head coach, making him the eighth head coach in the team’s history, the club announced Sunday. Gonzalez’ hire concludes about a month-long coaching search. Dallas looked both internally and externally to fill the position. United States under-20 coach Tab Ramos and FCD assistant coach Marco […]

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Fumbled coaching hire spoils otherwise great week for LA Galaxy

The Los Angeles Galaxy entered December without a general manager, a full-time coach or any public assurances that Zlatan Ibrahimovic, their best player, would be back next season. The team crossed two of those things off its to-do list last week. But it was the one thing that didn’t get done that best shows how […]

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How one barber helps shape the look of Atlanta United

Sitting outside Inman Perk Coffee on the downtown Gainesville square in Georgia, Felix Zuñiga scrolled through his Instagram messages, all the way to the beginning of his conversations with former Atlanta United forward Yamil Asad in early 2017. That’s when Zuñiga first went out on a limb, sending a bit of a fan message to […]