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Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Griffin Dorsey, Jonathan Bond lead Houston Dynamo's 2-0 win over FC Dallas
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Griffin Dorsey had a goal and an assist, Jonathan Bond made a spectacular save, and the Houston Dynamo defeated FC Dallas 2-0 on Saturday night. In the 38th minute Bond made a great save on Anderson Julio's shot from his own half. The stop helped preserve a scoreless draw until Jack McGlynn broke through in the 64th minute. McGlynn scored with a left-footed shot from the right half-space outside the box to the middle-left zone. Dorsey had the assist. Advertisement Dorsey scored in the 81st minute with a left-footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom left corner. Toyosi Olusanya assisted. Bond had three saves for his second clean sheet of the week after the Dynamo (4-6-4, 16 points) defeated Minnesota 2-0 on Wednesday. Dallas (4-5-4, 16 points) has one victory in the last seven MLS matches. In U.S. Open Cup round of 16 matches on Wednesday, Houston visits Austin while Dallas plays at New York Red Bulls. In MLS play on Saturday, Dallas visits Seattle and Houston visits San Jose. ___ AP soccer:
Associated Press
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Griffin Dorsey, Jonathan Bond lead Houston Dynamo's 2-0 win over FC Dallas
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Griffin Dorsey had a goal and an assist, Jonathan Bond made a spectacular save, and the Houston Dynamo defeated FC Dallas 2-0 on Saturday night. In the 38th minute Bond made a great save on Anderson Julio's shot from his own half. The stop helped preserve a scoreless draw until Jack McGlynn broke through in the 64th minute. McGlynn scored with a left-footed shot from the right half-space outside the box to the middle-left zone. Dorsey had the assist. Dorsey scored in the 81st minute with a left-footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom left corner. Toyosi Olusanya assisted. Bond had three saves for his second clean sheet of the week after the Dynamo (4-6-4, 16 points) defeated Minnesota 2-0 on Wednesday. Dallas (4-5-4, 16 points) has one victory in the last seven MLS matches. In U.S. Open Cup round of 16 matches on Wednesday, Houston visits Austin while Dallas plays at New York Red Bulls. In MLS play on Saturday, Dallas visits Seattle and Houston visits San Jose. ___ AP soccer:
Mint
03-05-2025
- Sport
- Mint
Dynamo strive to continue recent dominance over LAFC
The Houston Dynamo were winless in six MLS matches this season before taking down Los Angeles FC on April 5. The Dynamo are now in the midst of a four-match unbeaten stretch as they seek to complete a sweep of the regular-season series with host Los Angeles FC in the rematch Saturday night. Houston (2-4-4, 10 points) started the season with four setbacks and two draws prior to the 1-0 home win over LAFC. Jack McGlynn scored the lone goal in the 58th minute. The Dynamo followed up with two ties before recording a 2-0 victory over visiting Austin FC last weekend. Keeping the streak going on LAFC's pitch will be challenging in the eyes of Houston coach Ben Olsen. "Watching them, they are one of the most athletic teams in the league," Olsen said. "They are very, very tough at home. They are one of the top three teams, in my opinion, in the league right now. It will be a very tough match." Ezequiel Ponce leads the Dynamo with three goals. LAFC star Denis Bouanga has a team-best four goals after having both tallies in last weekend's 2-2 tie against visiting St. Louis City. Bouanga's second goal came in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time as LAFC salvaged the draw. LAFC are 1-0-2 in MLS play since the anemic loss in Houston. LAFC coach Steve Cherundolo expects another tough battle on Saturday. "We have our hands full, for sure," Cherundolo said. "I always like playing them. It's a good matchup for both sides and usually creates an exciting match. I'm looking forward to it." Jeremy Ebobisse (61 career MLS goals) missed the first Houston match but is expected to see increased playing time as he continues to progress from an adductor injury. Ebobisse was sidelined for four-plus weeks but subbed in for eight minutes against St. Louis after playing 12 minutes off the bench one week earlier against the Portland Timbers. LAFC recently added free agent midfielder Ryan Raposo, who spent the past five seasons with the Vancouver Whitecaps. The Canadian told reporters on Friday that he still needs to get his American work visa before he can take the field for LAFC. LAFC are 0-4-1 and have been outscored 8-0 in the last five regular-season matches against Houston. However, LAFC notched a 2-0 win over the Dynamo in the 2023 Western Conference finals. First Published: 3 May 2025, 05:41 AM IST
The Guardian
14-02-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Could a new rule finally give MLS much-needed transfer gossip?
In any other Major League Soccer offseason, Jack McGlynn probably would have gone to Europe. Ready to take the next step in his career as one of the best young American midfielders in the league, he wouldn't have had any other realistic option. This offseason, though, the landscape shifted; McGlynn ended up in Houston instead. The Dynamo utilised a new mechanism introduced by the league last month to sign McGlynn for an initial $2.1m in what is now called a 'cash-for-player' trade. This same mechanism was used for FC Cincinnati's $5m deal sending former MVP Luciano Acosta to FC Dallas, and also Sporting KC's capture of striker Dejan Joveljić from the LA Galaxy for $4m. 'Without the new mechanism it's very, very, very unlikely that Dejan would have been with us,' said SKC sporting director Mike Burns. These moves go against a tide that had been swelling in MLS, with the current carrying away many of the league's best players. Thiago Almada left Atlanta United last summer for Botafogo (and ultimately Lyon through a multi-club pipeline). Diego Gómez joined Brighton from Inter Miami while Cucho Hernández departed the Columbus Crew for Real Betis on deadline day. Of course, this has long been the conventional career path for MLS's best, most promising players. Before Almada, Gomez and Cucho there was Miguel Almirón, Taty Castellanos and countless homegrown players who used MLS as a springboard to reach the elite level of the European game. Each of these deals has netted the clubs and the league significant revenue, in addition to improving worldwide perception of MLS's quality. It has been in MLS's best interests to become a selling league. Now, though, the new 'cash-for-player' trade mechanism, as well as the U22 initiative and homegrown player rule, has opened up all sorts of pathways for MLS players and teams. MLS will continue to funnel talent into the European leagues, but there will also be more moves like Joveljić and McGlynn's. This rule change could end up being one of the most significant since MLS introduced the Designated Player. That was in 2007 – so long ago it was originally dubbed 'The Beckham Rule.' To this day, the DP rule is the most effective way for teams to recruit international-level players. The 'cash-for-player' rule now makes it more possible for those players to stick around the league for longer. Until now, there was no intra-league transfer market to speak of, at least not in the conventional sense. Teams could trade for allocation money (GAM and TAM), which flew around MLS in a way few truly understood. There was a high barrier of entry for anyone looking to engage with MLS transfer gossip in the way fans of other leagues around the world do freely. It was, and still is to a certain extent, algebra. Transfer gossip has become a sport in its own right. The constant swirling of speculation drives interest in players, teams and leagues like nothing else, and at all times. It's why Fabrizio Romano has 90 million social media followers. MLS's convoluted roster rules and trade restrictions has always made the league's transfer gossip hard work. 'Cash-for-players' could help. Sign up to Soccer with Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson brings expert analysis on the biggest stories from European soccer after newsletter promotion MLS might not have made the sweeping changes to the roster rules many called for after Inter Miami's landmark signing of Lionel Messi two years ago, but the recent alterations certainly affords teams greater flexibility. That is to be welcomed even if the salary budget remains the main limiting factor on what clubs can and can't do in their roster construction. As leagues around the world struggle to balance growing inequality between the richest clubs and the rest, MLS is right to maintain a sense of parity. This is an increasingly valuable point of difference at a time when the Bundesliga has been won by the same club in 11 of the last 12 seasons and Manchester City have dominated the Premier League for the last decade or so. The 'cash-for-player' mechanism won't necessarily result in stronger teams, but it could do more to spread talent across MLS. The NFL and NBA have broad leaguewide appeal in part because just about every team has at least one superstar. By making it easier for teams like Sporting KC, a team that finished second-bottom of the Western Conference last season, to attract players like Joveljić, one of the best pure strikers in the league, MLS has edged closer to achieving something similar. The real impact of the 'cash-for-players' mechanism won't become apparent for another couple of seasons. Across the league, general managers and front offices are still deciphering how the rule change will affect their roster builds and plans for the future. The early movements, however, suggest most clubs plan on using it in some way. For players, the benefits are obvious – those who are signed using the new mechanism are entitled to 10% of the transfer fee. They also have more freedom to improve their situation in a soccer sense. McGlynn, for example, was an awkward fit for the Philadelphia Union's high-pressing style. In Houston, though, he has joined a team that will play to his strengths on the ball. 'This is a step towards bringing MLS's player movement standards in line with international norms,' a MLS Players Association spokesperson told The Athletic. There have been more of those steps lately; the league has shifted the summer transfer window to align with the English and European window. 'Off-roster homegrowns' will also have a clearer pathway from MLS Next Pro thanks to another rule tweak. Deals like the ones involving Joveljic and McGlynn, however, could reshape MLS. There's now nothing to stop Real Salt Lake bidding for Messi.
