Orlando City isn’t joking about its locker room culture this season. During preseason training, players and coach Jason Kreis frequently spoke about how quickly the group of mostly-new players came together. When the club was mired in an 0-2-1 start that included back-to-back loses, no one pressed the panic button. Goalkeeper Joe Bendik said the […]
The Major League Soccer Disciplinary Committee found Vancouver Whitecaps forward Anthony Blondell and Columbus Crew defender Harrison Afful guilty of simulation/embellishment in their respective matches last week. Both players were issued undisclosed fines, according to a statement released Friday by the league. Blondell’s incident occurred in the 83rd minute of the the Whitecaps’ 2-0 victory […]
After suffering its first defeat of the season, FC Dallas will continue on the road with a date in the City of Angels against new expansion side Los Angeles FC. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:55 p.m. ET at Banc of California Stadium. Last weekend’s 3-1 defeat to New York City FC was a tale of […]
The Chicago Fire have struggled a bit in the early portion of this Major League Soccer season, tallying just two wins over seven games. But Atlanta United F.C. players know they can’t overlook the Fire, especially if Bastian Schweinsteiger is on the field. “He’s been their guy and their distributor their last few games. He’s […]
For Tosaint Ricketts, the dream was in Finland. And Romania. And Norway, Turkey and Israel. The Canadian striker toured European football’s less-heralded leagues for seven years before returning to his home country to join Toronto FC, rarely spending more than a single year at one club. As you might expect, Ricketts fought his way through […]
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On March 10, 2018, Orlando City coach Jason Kreis did something he hadn’t done in nearly two years. He tweeted. It was a simple tweet, just 28 characters, if you include spaces, but it was his first as the head coach of Orlando City. Before March 10, Kreis last tweeted on July 3, 2016, 16 […]
The Chicago Fire have had five rookies combine for more than 1,000 minutes in the first seven matches of 2018. Mo Adams was the last of that group to get his chance. The Fire traded with Real Salt Lake to acquired the No. 10 pick in the draft and used it on Adams, an English […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”165″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Los Angeles FC, New York City FC, Real Salt Lake and Sporting KC probably could have shared the same pair of oversized scissors typically used for ceremonial ribbon cuttings. All four teams have opened state-of-the-art training facilities over the first few months this year, with […]