The opening of a pair of camps kicked off today as the team flew to Bradenton, they will play exhibition games at the IMG Academy until Feb. 1. NY starts with 30 players with 21 out of 24 rostered in camp, all missing are international players, a pair are with their respective NT's Cristian Casseres Jr and Aaron Long while Kemar Lawrence is dealing with family matters, he is expected in Florida on Jan. 27. Aaron is with the team at IMG, closed door scrimmage perhaps?, also at IIMG, while Casseres is with the U-23's of Venezuela and CONMEBOL Olympic Qualifying games.
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January 19, 2020
by Sean McCaffery
Both teams have new coaches in MLS and the sides did close out a deal from back on Aug. 7, 2019 when they traded draft positions as Chicago got Michael Azira. Given the details of the transaction, should Montreal select a player with the #1 allocation spot, Chicago would then receive the money upon Montreal signing the player, well on Jan. 15, they signed their selection, Ballou Tabla. Chicago took the #6 spot in the trade as well
read January 18, 2020
by Sean McCaffery
The world's largest coaches goup, United Soccer Coaches are in the midst of their annual convention, once again in Baltimore, today they came out with the winners in their media contest.
Deadline/Game Story: Meg Linehan, The Athletic , "The USWNT beat Thailand 13-0 because you don't win the World Cups by playing nice."
Feature Story: Jeff Kassouf, The Equalizer, "Vlatko Andonovski is prepared for the USWNT job"
Column: Mike Woitalla, Soccer America, "Sigi Schmid (1953-2018): Farewell to a soccer friend"
Video Feature: MIchael Holstein, "Soccer in the CIty."
read January 18, 2020
by Sean McCaffery
HC Raphael Wicky has gone deeper into the alphabet than his last name, not an easy task, in tabbing David Zdrillic for his staff.
Wicky informed "David has a wealth of experience as both a player and a coach and we're delighted to have him join the Fire. He's played at a high level, he can relate to the players and he will bring a winning mentality to this club."
read January 18, 2020
by Sean McCaffery
The long awaited 2nd game in the US and their 2020 European Tour has been set, March 30, Cardiff CIty Stadium will be the host for the 2:30 p.m. ET kick. Just 4 days after the Holland game at Phillips Stadium in Eindhoven. The first game will be carried by FS1, UniMas & TUDN as the next will start at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2, UniMas & TUDN. This new game will be between the pair of teams tied with a #22 World Ranking as the #14 Holland is but the 4th top 20 team to take on the USMNT with coach Gregg Berhalter, yet the 10th over the last 2 years.
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