NEWS: #FCCincy has acquired French defender Mathieu Deplagne from ES Troyes AC. Bienvenue, Mathieu! #IgniteUnite 📰: https://t.co/IR4832RvUD pic.twitter.com/OMoO9cpbVM— FC Cincinnati (@fccincinnati) December 19, 2018
And since there's no "MLS Teams to be announced" thread (and won't be) ... BREAKING: @austintexasgov has signed the lease and development agreement with Precourt Sports Ventures to build an MLS stadium at McKalla Place. Story, more details coming soon. #MLS2ATX #AustinFC— Chris Bils (@ChrisBils) December 19, 2018
Kinnear, Porter reject Galaxy offers, so where does search go? December 19, 2018, 7:18PM EST Sam Stejskal Wow.
D.C. United close to acquiring Argentine attacker Lucas Rodriguez - The Washington Post #dcu #mls https://t.co/J1jfLRmlpQ— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) December 20, 2018
Minnesota United sign Slovak midfielder Jan Gregus as Designated Player December 20, 2018, 4:34PM EST Alicia Rodriguez Houston Dynamo sign midfielder Matias Vera from San Lorenzo December 21, 2018, 1:22PM EST Phil West Columbus Crew SC lock up Milton Valenzuela as Young Designated Player December 21, 2018, 2:45PM EST Dylan Butler FC Dallas sign Brazilian defender Bressan December 21, 2018, 5:49PM EST Dylan Butler
Official: Atlanta United name Frank de Boer new head coach https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/12/23/official-atlanta-united-name-frank-de-boer-new-head-coach This will be a HUGE test to see if Atlanta is on the right long term path - AND can de Boer attract/convince/scout top talent to come to Atlanta like Martino could.
Atlanta United won't get to play their very first ever CONCACAF Champions League home match at the Benz. Some folks in the comments section are bringing out the pitchforks which is absolutely amazing to me considering that everything that club has done has been first class since day one; AU did everything they could to find a better venue but this is the best they could do. At least they didn't move the match to Bermuda https://www.dirtysouthsoccer.com/20...iano-in-concacaf-champions-league-round-of-16
The @LAGalaxy have reached agreement w/ Guillermo Barros Schelotto to become the team's new coach. Schelotto was manager at Argentine power Boca Juniors until Dec. 14. Another coup for GM Dennis te Kloese who, this month, also re-signed @Ibra_official to a record @MLS contract— Kevin Baxter 🇺🇦🏳️🌈 (@kbaxter11) December 26, 2018
Orlando doing some serious cleaning up. NEWS: Orlando City SC Agrees To Transfer Midfielder Yoshimar Yotún. 📰 https://t.co/uUkzG0U9Jp#OCSC— Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) December 27, 2018 NEWS: Orlando City SC Acquires $50,000 in Targeted Allocation Money from Columbus for the Rights to Goalkeeper Joe Bendik. 📰 https://t.co/Xa2jW5nyKX— Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) December 27, 2018
Since it wasn't noted earlier, some bad news to pass along as Sigi Schmid passed away at 65 years old.
Sad news. I know Dan Loney is a "love him or hate him" kind of writer, but regardless of how you feel, this Sigi retrospective is worth a read: Sigi Schmid 1953-2018 By Dan Loney on Dec 27, 2018 at 4:14 PM
Crew deal finalized. Agreement reached for Haslam, Edwards families to operate Columbus Crew SC: https://t.co/ZRSiOXkbGY pic.twitter.com/fZKjlfZsqr— Major League Soccer (@MLS) December 28, 2018
I have to give some props to Don Garber on this one. He recognized that he had effed up, and found, or at least embraced, a reasonably elegant way to salvage the situation. And he plants the seeds for an otherwise completely implausible Columbus-Austin rivalry.
Another team joins the Almiron race https://www.dirtysouthsoccer.com/20...fer-rumors-news-real-betis-newcastle-west-ham
Amir Murillo may be headed out of RBNY Beto Cruz @betocruz1969 Titulares en @KWCONTINENTE *Michael Murillo, no regresaría al NY Red Bulls de la MLS. *La selección sub-20 de Panamá llegará al mundial de Polonia 2019 con el objetivo de ganar un partido. *La selección mexicana buscará ganar la Copa Oro de la Concacaf por undécima vez.
Bobby Dodd wasn't available? That holds what, 40,000+ instead of the 10k they can fit in the place they are holding it? But this is a case of slack given where it is deserved. Atlanta seems to have done almost everything right, so even if this is a bad decision that backfires, it is far better with their track record. Unlike some other team whose occasional success and good fortune is the epitome of a blind squirrel finding an acorn.
San Jose EarthquakesVerified account @SJEarthquakes 33m33 minutes ago BREAKING: Earthquakes acquire Argentine forward Cristian Espinoza on loan. Bienvenido, @CriisEspinoza7!
Columbus Crew SC name Caleb Porter head coach, Tim Bezbatchenko president January 4, 2019, 1:30PM EST Tom Bogert
I was hoping (fool that I am!) that Revs could somehow find their way to extracting Bezbatchenko from TFC a while back. OK, #NERevs-move on from Jermaine already. New focus: #BringTimAndTimToNERevs. Leiweke & Bezbatchenko. I hear Tim's looking for a challenge— A Casual Fan (@A_Casual_Fan) August 21, 2014 Can only imagine how resources like this could help a team like #NERevs. tim http://t.co/z4aBcwvUiO & tim http://t.co/rgLfACeTox— A Casual Fan (@A_Casual_Fan) August 21, 2014