Chicago Fire FC 0 CF Montreal 1 After spending a month on the sidelines CF Montreal’s Mason Toye marked his return in emphatic style scoring the winner with six minutes to play as Montreal beat Chicago Fire FC 1-0 at Soldier Field on Saturday. The goal came with an emphatic header as Toye got onContinue reading “Florida MLS Notebook Week 7”
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Inter Miami CF avoid points penalty but receive $2 million fine
NEW YORK – Major League Soccer handed down a fine to Inter Miami CF and managing owner Jorge Mas along with individual and team sanctions for the club breaching the salary cap in the 2020 season. Most significantly there was no points deduction for the offenses last year. In the investigation MLS discovered that theContinue reading “Inter Miami CF avoid points penalty but receive $2 million fine”
Florida MLS notebook week five midweek
Toronto FC 2 Columbus SC 0 Toronto FC made Columbus SC pay for its widely panned rebrand with an emphatic 2-0 win, making sure the team that abandoned its Crew was still looking for a win in its new name. Goals came early and late for the Canadians with Michael Bradley opening the scoring inContinue reading “Florida MLS notebook week five midweek”
Wilf family purchasing Orlando City and Pride
MINNEAPOLIS – The Wilf family announced on Wednesday that it is purchasing Orlando City SC and Orlando Pride, taking over the majority stake from Flavio Augusto da Silva. That move comes after a failed attempt to take over Minnesota United when the club made the move to Major League Soccer in 2015, hoping to getContinue reading “Wilf family purchasing Orlando City and Pride”
Florida MLS notebook week three 2021
CF Montreal 0 Columbus Crew SC 0 It wasn’t the most exciting match, as CF Montreal and Columbus Crew SC played out a scoreless draw at DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. Montreal was certainly the stronger side, restricting Columbus with a strong defensive performance that denied a single shot on goal. The Canadians justContinue reading “Florida MLS notebook week three 2021”
Orlando City SC negotiating with Barnsley for Daryl Dike
BARNSLEY, England – Orlando City SC can recall Daryl Dike from his loan with Barnsley in the English Championship on Monday with the loan officially expired on May 31st. That has lent some urgency to the English side trying to find a deal with the Lions to secure Dike’s services permanently. OCSC’s CEO Alex LeitaoContinue reading “Orlando City SC negotiating with Barnsley for Daryl Dike”
The week in numbers: April 28 2021
-7 – The shot differential that Inter Miami gave up in the 2-1 win over Philadelphia Union 0.6 – The difference between Orlando’s xG (1) and Kansas City’s xG (0.4). Read more. 1 – The number of goals scored by the Miami FC in its final preseason match against FC Miami City 2 – TheContinue reading “The week in numbers: April 28 2021”
Nani’s backheel goal salvages point for Orlando
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Orlando City had two goals ruled out but with 11 minutes remaining a moment of magic from their Portuguese captain to salvage a 1-1 draw with Sporting Kansas City at Children’s Mercy Park on Friday night. Nani came up big, hitting a stunning back-heel in the late stages past the keeper,Continue reading “Nani’s backheel goal salvages point for Orlando”
Inter Miami found in violation of salary cap sanctions to come
FORT LAUDERDALE – Major League Soccer’s investigation of Inter Miami CF’s signing of Blaise Matuidi has found that the club did breach salary cap and roster rules in acquiring the French World Cup winner in 2020. MLS has some unique mechanisms for its salary cap and Matuidi fell under the mechanism known as Targeted AllocationContinue reading “Inter Miami found in violation of salary cap sanctions to come”
Daryl Dike making waves on loan spell
BARNSLEY, England, United Kingdom – Orlando City SC striker Daryl Dike may have played his last match for the Lions as he attracts interest from European clubs while away on loan to Barnsley. Dike has starred for Barnsley in the English Championship where he is currently on loan in the offseason from Orlando. Since joining the YorkshireContinue reading “Daryl Dike making waves on loan spell”
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