Saturday, December 20, 2014
MLS Update December 20, 2014 at 02:46PM
Former Major League Soccer top scorer Camilo Sanvezzo suffered a torn ACL in his right knee during a friendly match in Mexico on Saturday, and will miss the next 6-8 months of action.
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MLS Update December 20, 2014 at 02:25PM
The two MLS expansion franchises set to debut next spring have already become willing partners in behind-the-scenes personnel moves, and their friendship determined where returning MLS star Brek Shea will play next season.
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MLS Update December 20, 2014 at 02:00PM
It’s looking increasingly unlikely that New York City FC’s soccer-specific stadium will be built in the Bronx, according to a Manchester City club representative.
Martin Edelmen, a New York property attorney and a member of Manchester City’s board of directors, says NYCFC’s stadium search is now focused on two different boroughs.
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MLS Update December 20, 2014 at 12:41PM
Cruz Azul’s run in the FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco ended unceremoniously on Saturday with a loss in the third-place game to an amateur club from New Zealand with a knack for springing upsets.
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Guimaraes stumbles 1-0 at Estoril in Portugal
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Real Madrid crowned world champ at Club World Cup
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MLS Update December 20, 2014 at 09:21AM
AMSTERDAM – Aston Villa got a star show from netminder Brad Guzan on Saturday, with the American ringing up eight saves as the 10-man hosts cooled off Manchester United in a 1-1 Premier League draw.
The SkySports Man of the Match earned his first point against the Red Devils in five career starts notching six cross claims in the game. With Villa leading thanks to an early Chrsitian Benteke strike, Guzan (above) made big stops on Juan Mata and Robin van Persie just before Falcao got loose to nod in the 53rd minute equalizer.
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Silva strikes as City climbs alongside Chelsea
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MLS Update December 20, 2014 at 07:35AM
WASHINGTON -- It’s early going still, but D.C. United’s off-season has so far been defined by what’s happened in council chambers at the Wilson Building, not what’s happened in the front office at RFK Stadium.
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Lamela scores winner for Tottenham vs Burnley
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Deflected goal gives Swansea win at Hull
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QPR rallies for 3-2 win over West Brom in EPL
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Suarez finally scores, Messi nets 2 in Barca win
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Kolkata wins inaugural Indian Super League
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Dortmund slumps to 10th defeat of Bundesliga
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Silva scores twice as City draw level with Chelsea
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Klaas Jan Huntelaar extends Schalke contract
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Falling ruble hits World Cup final stadium
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Neymar back for Barcelona's match vs. Cordoba
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Reflections on the 1970s
Friday, December 19, 2014
MLS Update December 19, 2014 at 03:49PM
There’s no question, the stars aligned for Brek Shea’s move to Orlando City SC. And following his introduction in a Friday press conference in Orlando, all parties involved are hoping his homecoming to MLS from Stoke City facilitates a return to his previous dominance.
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Masters in Art, Part 79, Volume 7, July, 1906: Ingres by Anonymous
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Soccer governing body sues over player images
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MLS Update December 19, 2014 at 01:07PM
MLSsoccer.com continue our look back at the 2014 season that was for all 19 clubs in Major League Soccer, starting with the Montreal Impact and ending with this look at the MLS Cup-winning LA Galaxy. Over the weekend we'll also take a peek at the two new clubs coming in and pour one out for departed friends Chivas USA. Read More
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MLS Update December 19, 2014 at 12:57PM
The Houston Dynamo kept their offseason of change going with three more moves Thursday that they hope are another step in returning the club to competiveness in 2015.
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MLS Update December 19, 2014 at 12:47PM
AMSTERDAM – Tim Ream and streaking Bolton tentatively jumped up to 12th place in the English Championship thanks to a 1-0 victory at Millwall on Friday night.
The US international worked a solid full shift at left back to help Wanderers leapfrog four clubs that will play on Saturday. Ream provided a host of helpful long passes into attack and pitched in with five clearances.
Bolton will now enter the busy holiday slate with a seven-game unbeaten streak and 375 consecutive shutout minutes.
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MLS Update December 19, 2014 at 12:37PM
The Chicago Fire finished near the bottom of the league with just 41 goals in 2014. It seems their 2015 resolution is to avoid repeating that feat.
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Almeria edges Celta Vigo 1-0 in Spanish league
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MLS Update December 19, 2014 at 11:41AM
Mix Diskerud’s rumored move to Club Tijuana may not be such a done deal after all.
In comments reported Friday by ESPN FC, the US international midfielder said if he makes a move to the Americas it would be to MLS.
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MLS Update December 19, 2014 at 11:01AM
After 29 long months, Brek Shea will lace up his cleats for Orlando City SC and, barring some unlikely circumstances, play in an MLS game against New York City FC on March 8.
Since leaving FC Dallas for Stoke City in January 2013, Shea has played just 1,183 minutes in league or US national team matches. That number probably won't change until March, and if it does, it won't be by much – maybe two full USMNT games at most.
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MLS Update December 19, 2014 at 11:00AM
MLSsoccer.com polled 22 of our editors, writers, videographers, statistics specialists and social media masters to bring you the Stories of the Year, our annual look at the top 10 biggest storylines in Major League Soccer. Contributor Scott French wraps up the list with the No. 1 story.
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Things to know about FIFA's World Cup probe
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MLS Update December 19, 2014 at 07:01AM
AMSTERDAM – The weekend brings another tasty menu of European tilts involving Americans, with FC Utrecht hotshot Rubio Rubin set for his first Eredivisie duel with Aron Jóhannsson.
All times listed in ET.
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Jozy Altidore – Sunderland at Newcastle (Sunday, 8:30 am on NBCSN
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FIFA sets dates for 2018 World Cup in Russia
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MLS Update December 19, 2014 at 07:08AM
WASHINGTON - With the final votes tallied and the celebratory bottles popped, fans of D.C. United are only just now wrapping their heads around what exactly happened earlier this week.
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FIFA sets May date to outlaw 3rd-party ownership
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Moroccan king suspends country's sports minister
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FIFA moves to abolish referees' age limit
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FIFA promises $300K bonuses from World Cup income
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MLS Update December 19, 2014 at 06:00AM
NEW YORK – Major League Soccer’s two expansion franchises will make their league debut against one another when the 2015 season opens next March, one of 10 opening weekend matchups revealed by the league on Friday.
Orlando City SC will host New York City FC at the Citrus Bowl on Sunday, March 8 (5 pm ET; ESPN2), the first match of the league’s new nationally televised weekly doubleheader on Sunday nights.
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MLS Update December 19, 2014 at 05:24AM
Jason Kreis continues to bring his former players to New York City FC.
On Friday NYCFC sent allocation money to Real Salt Lake for Sebastian Velasquez, adding the playmaking midfielder to the growing number of former Real Salt Lake players making the move to NYCFC.
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Abidal cuts short playing career at Olympiakos
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MLS Update December 19, 2014 at 04:45AM
Landon Donovan's career may be over, but that is not stopping him from continuing to rack up awards.
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FIFA will not reopen 2018 and 2022 World Cup votes
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Router Vulnerability Puts 12 Million Home and Business Routers at Risk
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Critical Git Client vulnerability Allows Malicious Remote Code Execution
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FIFA VP Jim Boyce says World Cup investigation report to be published; No date set
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Thursday, December 18, 2014
MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 03:46PM
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Could another US international be set to join Club Tijuana?
That could be the case if reports that Mix Diskerud – currently a free agent after his contract with Norwegian outfit Rosenborg ran out – is on the move and set to sign for Xolos are to be believed.
Mexican journalist Raúl Guzmán first reported on Thursday that an announcement could be expected shortly.
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MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 02:54PM
Sebastian Velasquez appears to be headed for a reunion with his old head coach Jason Kreis.
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MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 01:38PM
The Chicago Fire announced Thursday that forward Juan Luis Anangono has been transferred to Liga MX side Universidad de Guadalajara. Per MLS and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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US women rout Argentina 7-0 in Brasilia Tournament
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MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 01:16PM
Sporting Kansas City crossed one big item off their winter shopping list on Thursday, filling one of their two open goalkeeper slots with Chilean veteran Luis Marin.
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MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 01:06PM
MLSsoccer.com polled 22 of our editors, writers, videographers, statistics specialists and social media masters to bring you the Stories of the Year, our annual look at the top 10 biggest storylines in Major League Soccer. New media editor Andrew Wiebe, who followed the USMNT in Brazil, continues our countdown at No. 2.
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MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 11:48AM
Sporting Kansas City have boosted their goalkeeping corps after bidding goodbye to their two top shot stoppers from 2014, announcing on Thursday the signing of Chilean goalkeeper Luis Marin.
Marin, 31, joins Sporting after playing his entire career in his native country, most recently with Universidad de Chile. He will occupy an international roster spot on the team's roster for the 2015 season, pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate and P-1 Visa.
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Atletico sets up Copa del Rey clash with Real
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Olympiakos rivals suffer surprise defeats
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MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 10:45AM
The wheeling and dealing is upon us as all 20 MLS clubs get ready for the 2015 season.
One way for teams aim to acquire new players (or get rid of current ones) is via trade -- one of 12 different player acquisition mechanisms listed in the official league roster rules -- and we're keeping tabs on all of them here below.
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MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 10:41AM
The San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo were the busiest teams in Stage 2 of the MLS Re-Entry Draft on Thursday, with each club selecting two players to try and bolster their squads ahead of 2015.
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MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 10:03AM
TORONTO – After months of transfer rumors linking him to a move back to England, Toronto FC’s brass said Thursday that they expect Jermain Defoe back in TFC red for the 2015 season.
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Juventus beats Cagliari to end year top of Serie A
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MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 09:23AM
Sporting Kansas City added an experienced European international with an impressive resume on Thursday, signing 25-year-old Hungarian national team forward Krisztian Nemeth for the 2015 season.
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MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 09:21AM
COLUMBUS - When Columbus Crew SC made a deal with Time Warner Cable SportsChannel in March – just two days before their 2014 season began – they were met with a massive backlash from fans.
The channel became the only place to watch Crew SC home games for fans in Columbus thanks to a 75-mile blackout radius that applied to DirecTV’s Direct Kick or MLS Live on MLSsoccer.com.
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MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 08:44AM
It came as no surprise on Thursday when Atiba Hutchinson was named Canadian Player of the Year for the third time in the last five years.
Hutchinson has been a midfield linchpin for Besiktas in all competitions throughout 2014 – league play in Turkey, the Europa League and the squad’s run through UEFA Champions League qualifying that saw them reach the precipice of the group stage.
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Balotelli suspended 1 match for social media post
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MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 04:58AM
MLSsoccer.com polled 22 of our editors, writers, videographers, statistics specialists and social media masters to bring you the Stories of the Year, our annual look at the top 10 biggest storylines in Major League Soccer. Contributing editor Charles Boehm continues our countdown at No. 3.
Tim Leiweke, president and CEO of Toronto FC's owners Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, probably summed it up most succinctly.
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MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 07:25AM
On Thursday, New York City FC announced a multi-year local broadcasting agreement with the YES Network, which will serve as the club's exclusive home for local, English-language broadcasts.
The YES Network has acquired the rights to televise all New York City FC home and away matches that are not carried by a Major League Soccer national television partner.
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Arsenal's top-4 consistency a target for Liverpool
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MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 06:20AM
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – US national team striker Herculez Gomez’s journey through Mexican soccer appears to have come full circle, with Puebla announcing on Wednesday that he will be returning to his first Liga MX club for next season.
Gomez’s six-month loan deal at Tigres ended after the Monterrey club lost the Apertura 2014 final to Club América last Sunday.
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MLS Update December 18, 2014 at 06:04AM
Stoke City on Thursday confirmed multiple reports, including those of the Orlando Sentinel , of ongoing talks between the Potters and MLS expansion club Orlando City about a transfer of US national team winger Brek Shea.
According to manager Mark Hughes, the club "envisage Brek completing his move to Orlando."
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