Ghana’s record goalscorer Asamoah Gyan will return to international duty for the Black Stars in their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sierra Leone, but there are no places in the squad for the Ayew brothers.
Gyan is part of a 23-man squad released by Ghana boss Kwesi Appiah for the mid-October games, despite a season spent largely on the bench at Turkish side Kayserispor. He has played just 35 minutes of club football this season but is one of four forwards named in the side….
Herculez Gomez and Sebastian Salazar discuss Fredy Montero’s return to MLS, and other players’ reaction to the move.
MLS teams have more room to pay big money for defenders, like L.A. Galaxy’s recently re-signed Jelle van Damme.
You don’t have to go back too far in Major League Soccer to see that high-priced signings were almost the exclusive purview of attacking players. It made sense. In a salary cap league, that was where teams — especially those willing to shell out money for the league’s highest paid players — could get the most bang for the buck. But this offseason, there has been a noticeable shift in where teams allocate their precious financial assets.
So far this preseason, based on releases of player signings…