CHICAGO — Orlando City coach James O’Connor can’t wait to start preseason training. The Lions get to work Jan. 21 at IMG Academy in Bradenton – the same place the team went for a week of sessions in the second half of a disastrous 2018 season. O’Connor said the team will be there for about […]
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OKC Energy FC added a forward with Major League Soccer experience on Wednesday, signing Trinidad and Tobago international Cordell Cato. Cato, 26, comes to OKC after spending last season with the USL Championship’s Charlotte Independence. In 24 appearances with the club last season, he scored eight goals and added eight assists. “Cordell is another player […]
CHICAGO — “Maybe in France, one day, it could be like this.” That’s what a young Brigitte Henriques thought when she traveled with the French national team to play matches in the United States. Those were the days when players like Mia Hamm were bringing U.S. women’s soccer into the limelight – and becoming superstars […]
Friday was a major day of change for rosters across Major League Soccer. The 2019 MLS SuperDraft ushered new talent into clubs, including Los Angeles FC. LAFC initially held the No. 16 overall pick, but traded that selection to FC Cincinnati for picks No. 40, 64 and 73. The first two rounds concluded Friday, with […]
It’s safe to say Janos Loebe aced his interview with the New York Red Bulls. The German-born winger from Fordham University did his homework before he sat down with sporting director Denis Hamlett and the rest of the club’s technical staff, including former Fordham standout and Red Bulls II head coach John Wolyniec. “It’s interesting, when […]
CHICAGO — Trades highlighted the first two rounds of the 2019 Major League Soccer Draft. Days before the draft, the Philadelphia Union traded out of the MLS SuperDraft entirely in one fell swoop. The host Chicago Fire followed suit by trading away all three picks they had in the first two rounds as well. Despite some […]
CHICAGO – Friday’s MLS SuperDraft accented what has been a busy offseason rife with change for the Colorado Rapids. Finishing 10 points clear of last-place San Jose in head coach Anthony Hudson’s debut 2018 campaign, Colorado is in the midst of another rebuild – one which has seen the additions of proven MLS talent including […]
CHICAGO — Every year Nelson Rodriguez has been in charge of the Chicago Fire, he’s made a trade in the first round on draft day. And Friday, when the Fire played host for the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, Rodriguez made it four straight years. The Fire traded down once, then traded away two picks to finish […]
When the New York Red Bulls released their list of unprotected players, it became clear what was going to be on the club’s offseason wish list. New York needed defensive depth, at both centerback and fullback. With four picks in Friday’s MLS SuperDraft, two acquired in draft-day trades, Red Bulls sporting director Denis Hamlett believes […]
CHICAGO — D.C. United selected Creighton defender Akeem Ward with the 14th overall pick Friday in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. A local player, Ward moved from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Vienna, Va., at 5 years old. He spent the majority of his life growing up in the Washington, D.C., area and played for development academy Bethesda […]