LOS ANGELES — Laurent Ciman didn’t sleep on the December night he learned he had been dealt from the Montreal Impact to the expansion Los Angeles Football Club. Neither did his wife, Diana. The trade, Ciman’s agent told a Montreal radio station the next day, “was a real kick in the teeth. Laurent and Diana were shocked.” The […]
There hasn’t been much Seattle Sounders talk locally this preseason, but that’s about to change in a big year for them on and off the pitch. The lack of local buzz is primarily due to the team’s entire training camp being conducted in warmer climates as they ready for CONCACAF Champions League play next […]
NEW YORK — Candidates to replace Jack Harrison on the wing for New York City FC are plentiful, but questions about who will replenish his production from a season ago remain unanswered through half of the teams’ pre-season matches. NYCFC will conclude a stretch of three games in six days with a Tuesday visit to […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”20″ 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″] More than 9,000 fans were on hand on Saturday to see Nashville SC kick off its inaugural United Soccer League season with a preseason friendly against Atlanta United. A lot of rain created a sloppy field and also dropped temperatures for the sellout crowd […]
Minnesota United unveiled its 2018 kit Sunday at Mall of America. The Loons’ new jerseys have vertical gray striping and feature a red button — symbolic of a Loons’ eye — below the collar, which reads “Forever United” inside. The logo of club sponsor target is emblazoned on the chest, with the MNUFC logo on the […]
New England kept busy the last couple days. The Revolution signed four players in two days and also announced Saturday an international roster spot opened up because Slovenian defender Antonio Delamea received his green card. Now the club has five internationals on the roster — Claude Dielna and Wilfried Zahibo (France), Krisztián Németh (Hungary), Cristian Penilla (Ecuador) and Gabriel Somi (Sweden) — and two […]
Entering his third professional year, Pierre Da Silva knows he’ll have to work a lot harder in 2018 to earn time with Orlando City. Twice as hard, especially after the club opted to forgo Orlando City B’s participation in the 2018 USL season. “It’s harder competition now because there’s no OCB. … OCB was a […]
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How the Athlete Council decided the U.S. Soccer presidential election
[bc_video video_id=”5730961418001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] ORLANDO, Fla. – After months of debate about which candidates for U.S. Soccer president qualified as “a soccer person,” the voters with the heftiest soccer résumés effectively determined the winner. And ironically enough, their choice was the only candidate of the eight running […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”20″ 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″] NASHVILLE – It rained, rained and rained some more on Saturday, but a sloppy field and chilly temperatures didn’t slow down the parade for Nashville SC’s inaugural United Soccer League season. And it didn’t cause any hiccups for the most lethal offense in Major […]
[bc_video video_id=”5730931253001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] ORLANDO, Fla. — After Carlos Cordeiro won the U.S. Soccer presidential election Saturday, attention turned to how he won. And most discussions centered on the Athletes Council, which accounted for 20 percent of the overall vote and threw its entire weight behind Cordeiro by […]