The Galaxy filled their need for a dangerous striker Friday when they acquired Ola Kamara from Columbus in exchange for national team midfielder Gyasi Zardes. The Galaxy will also send allocation money to the Crew in the deal, which has been in the works for weeks. The Galaxy struggled for offense last season when they were shut […]
PHILADELPHIA ― With chanting supporters in the draft room, LAFC made Joao Moutinho the club’s first Major Soccer League SuperDraft selection. The Generation adidas defender played just a single season at Akron, where he started in all 24 matches for the Zips. His grandfather was among the friends, coaches and family members he thanked immediately […]
PHILADELPHIA – Orlando City SC went into the 2018 MLS Superdraft on Friday with a single pick in the first two rounds and had one player in mind to bolster the attack. When Chris Mueller remained on the draft board after the first five selections, the Lions grabbed their preferred pick at No. 6. “It’s […]
PHILADELPHIA — With the MLS SuperDraft in Philadelphia, the home supporters showed up not expecting to see much movement from the Union. The Union had no picks in the first or second round and there was little chatter of Jim Curtin attempting to move into making a selection. That changed in the middle of the […]
Here are the 23 players taken in the first-round of the MLS SuperDraft on Friday, Jan. 19. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”3″ 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″]
PHILADELPHIA — Three of the top collegiate players in the United States are heading to Los Angeles to begin their Major League Soccer careers, but they won’t all suit up in the same colors. In a move that went against most mock drafts, LAFC selected Akron defender Joao Moutinho over Stanford’s Tomas Hilliard-Arce as the […]
Orlando City acquired touted young midfielder Cam Lindley from the Chicago Fire in exchange for Rafael Ramos, a veteran Lion who showed potential to be an elite defender but was hounded by hamstring injuries. The Lions also sent the Fire $100,000 in Targeted Allocation Money, parting with $50,000 in 2018 and $50,000 in 2019. Orlando […]
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2018 MLS SuperDraft: Akron’s Joao Moutinho goes No. 1
Akron’s Joao Moutinho was selected Friday by Los Angeles FC with the No. 1 overall pick in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The day also featured a major trade: The Philadelphia Union acquired forward Davis Accam from Chicago for $1.2 million in allocation money. Moutinho, 19, turned heads at the MLS combine. Last season […]
NEW YORK — Howard Webb is replacing Peter Walton as general manager of the Professional Referee Organization, which manages on-field officials for leagues in the United States and Canada, including Major League Soccer. Webb, who worked the World Cup and European Champions League finals in 2010, joined PRO last March and oversaw the implementation of […]
Major League Soccer has extended a partnership with Southern New Hampshire University that allows the league’s players and employees to pursue their college degrees. The program that provides tuition assistance has been popular since many promising young players go the academy route rather than going to college. Tesho Akindele realizes a career as a soccer […]