After two weeks of preseason training in Cancun, Mexico, the San Jose Earthquakes took a detour on their return to the Bay Area, stopping in Nevada for a Saturday friendly against their USL Championship affiliate, Reno 1868 FC. It was not the layover they were looking for. Courtesy of an early goal from Raul Mendiola, […]
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Chris McCann’s tenure with Atlanta United FC has ended. The reigning Major League Soccer Cup champs announced Saturday the club waived McCann, a veteran Irish defender who spent two seasons with the club. McCann, 31, played in two of Atlanta’s postseason games in 2018, totaling nine minutes. If McCann isn’t claimed by another MLS club […]
SANFORD, Fla. — In the eyes of Orlando City goalkeeper coach Thabane Sutu, the competition between the four goalkeepers training with the club is too close to call. Adam Grinwis, Mason Stajduhar, Greg Ranjitsingh and trialist Brian Rowe have all seen minutes during Orlando City’s two preseason scrimmages, Sutu said. He added the four are […]
FRISCO, Texas — FC Dallas right back Reggie Cannon returned to the team after missing the first few weeks of the preseason while at training camp with the United States men’s national team. Much like his situation at the club level with new head coach Luchi Gonzalez, Cannon had to adjust to a new coach with […]
CHESTER, Pa. — As Philadelphia Union midfielder Marco Fabian did rounds of interviews Friday afternoon, he had time to embrace technical director Chris Albright, who showed up with his family ahead of the club’s kit release party. A few weeks ago in Frankfurt, Germany, it was Albright who set the foundation for Fabian’s move to […]
The Vancouver Whitecaps have added Uruguayan Joaquín Ardaiz, 20, to their roster. The club signed the 6-foot-1 striker from Swiss club FC Chiasso as a Young Designated Player on a year-long loan with an option to purchase. “Joaquín is a young striker with a very high ceiling and has the physical and technical tools to […]
The busy rebuild under new head coach Marc Dos Santos continued for the Vancouver Whitecaps on Friday. The club signed 25-year-old Argentine center back Érik Godoy Godoy joins the Whitecaps on a one-year loan with an option to purchase from Argentina’s Club Atlético Colón. The transaction was completed with the use of Targeted Allocation Money. Godoy […]
The Philadelphia Union’s search for an impact midfielder is over. The club signed Mexico international Marco Fabian, who comes to the club from Eintracht Frankfurt. “We are even more happy we got a player with a real high potential for that position, who proved himself in the German Bundesliga over the last couple years, and […]
Like Orlando City SC’s entire organization, midfielder Josué Colmán is ready to turn the page on last year. Colmán, now 20, showed up in the U.S. from Paraguay last year with a backpack and a PlayStation. He suffered a quad contusion that caused him to miss most of preseason training. And once he was ready […]
HANOVER, N.J. — When you’re a strong, physical and fast centerback from Long Island, New York, the comparisons were bound to happen. “Sean Nealis has a real chance because of his attitude and his mentality,” New York Red Bulls coach Chris Armas said of the rookie defender after training Thursday. “He comes to work, he […]