Ben Olsen sits down with Taylor Twellman to discuss Luciano Acosta’s contract negotiations and what D.C. United would look like without him.
Darwin Quintero, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Carlos Vela are amongst an elite group in Major League Soccer who both score and assist just as much.
To start the 2019 MLS season, there are 144 players born in Latin American countries who will take the field across the 24 clubs. Many more were born elsewhere but carry roots from the region. To fully gauge how Latinos impact the league, we’ve created a weekly award to pick a standout, a couple of honorable mentions and on the other end of the spectrum, even a dud of the week.
Here are the most noteworthy performances from Latinos in MLS for Week 1.
Latino of the Week: Darwin Quintero, FW, Minnesota…
The FC guys examine how much the odds would sway in Manchester United’s favour should Neymar be ruled out for PSG’s UCL round-of-16 first leg. D.C. United’s Luciano Acosta is Paris Saint-Germain bound, a source has confirmed to ESPN FC, after coach Thomas Tuchel demanded attacking reinforcement to cover Neymar’s absence.
Brazil international Neymar is ruled out for over two months with a second injury to the fifth metatarsal in his right foot in as many years.
Transfers
How a transfer works
With help from former Tottenham and Liverpool director of football Damien Comolli, we show you a step-by-step guide to a transfer.
What’s a medical like?
Can a 44-year-old man cut it in the Premier League? Our writer suffers — and suffers some more — through a medical at Everton.
Watch live games, ESPN FC TV and MLS Rewind on ESPN+ in the U.S.
LIVE: Latest from Transfer Talk
FC Exclusives
– Tottenham to move for £30m Soler
– Man City eye Leicester’s Chilwell
– Hudson-Odoi transfer request rejected
– Liverpool sign defender Koumetio
– Sevilla eye move for Martial
According to the source, utilising good relations with recent signing Leandro Paredes’ agent Mattias Sabbag, PSG have quickly been able to agree the move in principle with the Major…
The FC guys examine how much the odds would sway in Manchester United’s favour should Neymar be ruled out for PSG’s UCL round-of-16 first leg. D.C. United’s Luciano Acosta is Paris Saint-Germain bound, a source has confirmed to ESPN FC, after coach Thomas Tuchel demanded attacking reinforcement to cover Neymar’s absence.
Brazil international Neymar is ruled out for over two months with a second injury to the fifth metatarsal in his right foot in as many years.
Transfers
How a transfer works
With help from former Tottenham and Liverpool director of football Damien Comolli, we show you a step-by-step guide to a transfer.
What’s a medical like?
Can a 44-year-old man cut it in the Premier League? Our writer suffers — and suffers some more — through a medical at Everton.
Watch live games, ESPN FC TV and MLS Rewind on ESPN+ in the U.S.
LIVE: Latest from Transfer Talk
FC Exclusives
– Tottenham to move for £30m Soler
– Man City eye Leicester’s Chilwell
– Hudson-Odoi transfer request rejected
– Liverpool sign defender Koumetio
– Sevilla eye move for Martial
According to the source, utilising good relations with recent signing Leandro Paredes’ agent Mattias Sabbag, PSG have quickly been able to agree the move in principle with the Major…
The FC guys examine how much the odds would sway in Manchester United’s favour should Neymar be ruled out for PSG’s UCL round-of-16 first leg. D.C. United midfielder Luciano Acosta will not join Paris Saint-Germain in January, a source has confirmed to ESPN FC.
PSG boss Thomas Tuchel had demanded attacking reinforcement to cover Neymar’s injury absence and ESPN FC reported earlier on Thursday that the United playmaker was set to join the Parc de Princes side. However that will no longer be the case, sources have confirmed.
Transfers
How a transfer works
With help from former Tottenham and Liverpool director of football Damien Comolli, we show you a step-by-step guide to a transfer.
What’s a medical like?
Can a 44-year-old man cut it in the Premier League? Our writer suffers — and suffers some more — through a medical at Everton.
Watch live games, ESPN FC TV and MLS Rewind on ESPN+ in the U.S.
LIVE: Latest from Transfer Talk
FC Exclusives
– Tottenham to move for £30m Soler
– Man City eye Leicester’s Chilwell
– Hudson-Odoi transfer request rejected
– Liverpool sign defender Koumetio
– Sevilla eye move for Martial
According to a source, PSG had agreed the move in principle with D.C. United with an offer of less than €10…
The ESPN FC panel answer your tweets on Ousmane Dembele’s playing time for Barcelona, Wayne Rooney’s MVP credentials and much more.
Paul Mariner reacts to Wayne Rooney’s defence of Jose Mourinho, in which the Man United legend called for player accountability at Old Trafford.
In 2017, D.C. United finished last in the Eastern Conference, seven points behind 10th-place Orlando City and a distant 18 points out of the playoffs. The team’s minus-29 goal differential led the league as United earned just 0.94 points per game.
It seemed to represent rock bottom for one of Major League Soccer’s founding franchises, but at the beginning of 2018, someone threw the club a shovel.
Through the season’s first 17 games, United posted just three wins and five draws to go along…
Steve Nicol and Shaka Hislop are delighted with Haris Medunjanin’s show of sportsmanship after admitting to the referee he was not touched by Luciano Acosta.
Luciano Acosta is given a straight red by the referee, who then changes his mind on the sending off. Philadelphia midfielder Haris Medunjanin admitted he talked the referee into rescinding a red card shown D.C. United’s Luciano Acosta for a foul on the Union player on Saturday night.
Acosta fouled Medunjanin while battling for the ball near the sideline, and referee Sorin Stoica showed the D.C. player a red card after believing that he had reached out to kick Medunjanin.
But moments later, Stoica returned to Acosta and told him he could remain on the pitch, taking away the red…
From Jozy Altidore’s brace to Seattle’s amazing comeback, relive all the goals from another action-packed weekend in MLS.
With another round of Major League Soccer in the books, here’s who fired and who failed this weekend:
Heroes
Not everyone thrives playing second fiddle. The egos involved when the paychecks are big and the spotlight is bright can upend team dynamics even in what seems to be a good situation.
Jozy Altidore clearly doesn’t have a problem playing Robin to Sebastian Giovinco’s Batman. The American international won’t get recognition as TFC’s best player as long as Giovinco plies his trade in Toronto,…