BRADENTON, Fla. — Alex De John is eager to make his voice heard with Orlando City. The 27-year-old centerback is back in the United States after spending his entire professional career – up until January – overseas, most recently playing for Swedish Allsvenskan side Dalkurd FF. De John said the Lions reached out to him […]
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Vancouver’s busy offseason of player transactions continued Tuesday. The Whitecaps re-signed midfielder Felipe and attacking midfielder/forward Yordy Reyna to contract extensions. Felipe agreed to a new contract through 2020, with an option for 2021, and Reyna agreed to a new contract, with the use of Targeted Allocation Money, through 2019, with options for 2020 and […]
Michael Harrington, an 11-year veteran of Major League Soccer, announced his retirement on Jan. 24. Harrington, 33, spent last season playing with North Carolina FC in the USL Championship. The former third overall MLS SuperDraft pick announced the news on his Twitter account, while also revealing the next move in his career. Harrington will be […]
Major League Soccer hasn’t been in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., since 2001. That’s the last year the Miami Fusion played before the club folded. But MLS could come back to the South Florida city by hosting a training facility for Inter Miami CF, a 2020 expansion club led by David Beckham. Club leaders have proposed a […]
FC Cincinnati is about a month away from taking the pitch for its first regular-season contest in Major League Soccer. But the new kids on the block are still building their roster. Last week, Cincinnati added a pair of players that should bolster its defense. The club acquired Caleb Stanko, a defensive midfielder, via transfer […]
BRADENTON, Fla. — MLS veteran Brian Rowe is training with Orlando City on a trial basis and is with the club at IMG Academy in Bradenton. The 30-year-old goalkeeper is out of contract after one-year stint with the Vancouver Whitecaps. He started 10 games for the Whitecaps last season, conceding 22 goals and recording 29 […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Happy Birthday, Chris Wondolowski! The San Jose Earthquakes long-time captain and record-holder in nearly every offensive statistical category marked another milestone Monday, as the man known simply as “Wondo” turned 36 years old. The Quakes are currently training in Cancun, Mexico — not a bad locale in which to celebrate a […]
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps loaned Venezuelan striker Anthony Blondell to the Chilean Primera División side Huachipato FC for the 2019 season. The Chilean club has an option to make the deal permanent at the end of the season. “This loan will allow Anthony to grow as a player,” Whitecaps head coach Marc Dos Santos […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota United announced the acquisition of defender Ike Opara from Sporting Kansas City in exchange for $900,000 in Targeted Allocation Money, including an additional $100,000 in future TAM considerations. A nine-year MLS veteran, Opara made 157 league appearances during his tenures with Kansas City and San Jose. The deal comes in the wake […]
Thanks to a scrimmage on Saturday night pitting the Houston Dynamo against its USL Championship hybrid affiliate team, Rio Grande Valley FC Toros, the squad reports feeling more prepared to take on the upcoming MLS season as well as the more pressing, immediate concern — the Concacaf Champions League play that looms just three weeks […]