Bob Bradley, perhaps more than many coaches in MLS, makes a point of getting to know his players. He learned something interesting during his introduction to one of his forwards last month. Marcos Ureña’s first name has been misspelled for most of his career. “It’s Marcos,” Bradley said. “Even though sometimes it gets written as Marco, […]
Marco Farfan turned heads in his rookie season. The then-Centennial High School senior put in five strong starts for the Portland Timbers and looked like a seasoned pro in April when he was named to the MLS Team of the Week following his second start at the MLS level. That promising rookie campaign drove Farfan to push himself […]
There might not be a more maligned captaincy in all of Major League Soccer than that of the New York Red Bulls. That’s because the last two players who wore the armband — Dax McCarty and Sacha Kljestan — were shipped away the subsequent offseason. But social media shade aside, the Red Bulls needed a […]
Two of the New England Revolution’s main attacking pieces are inching closer to full fitness. Forwards Juan Agudelo and Krisztian Nemeth made their preseason debuts for the Revolution on Wednesday, playing 31 minutes in the club’s 2-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City in Tucson. Minor injuries have kept both players away from a competitive setting […]
After the best debut season by a midfielder in L.A. Galaxy history, no one would have begrudged Romain Alessandrini if he had taken a trip home to France for some relaxation and celebration this winter. Yet he did neither, staying in Playa Vista where he began working out for the new MLS season before the old one had officially […]
There will be none of the usual trappings of a Central American road fixture — the sudden all-night parties outside the team hotel, the boisterous home fans who turn up the heat on an already hot and humid night. No, the New York Red Bulls will experience none of that when they take on CD […]
When midfielder Cam Lindley played college soccer last year at North Carolina, he never thought a year later he would be training on a deep Orlando City squad stacked with big-name talents from across Major League Soccer. Lindley, a fellow rookie alongside Chris Mueller, said it was surreal to now be teammates with Sacha Kljestan, […]
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The depressing history of MLS versus Liga MX in CONCACAF Champions League
CONCACAF Champions League fever is fully underway, with the tournament kicking off yesterday between Toronto FC and the Colorado Rapids. The dominance of Liga MX teams in the tournament has been a thorn in the side of Major League Soccer executives and general managers for years. And MLS’ lack of success fueled change within the league. […]
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[bc_video video_id=”5737523694001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”autoplay” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] With so many new faces on Orlando City SC’s roster – more than a dozen have been added with the recent acquisition of Lamine Sané – it’s up to returning players to get the team on the same page. Versatile midfielder Will Johnson, in […]