Osvaldo Alonso – Football Scout

How Minnesota United rose from doormat to MLS Cup contender

It’s hard to quantify leadership but you know it when you see it. Good teams have it, bad ones tend not to. And no one knows this better than Minnesota United.

Minnesota finished ninth in the Western Conference in each of its first two seasons in Major League Soccer, but with a newfound sense of leadership in 2019, the club finished fourth in the West and is primed to make some noise in the playoffs — especially as the Wonderwall welcomes the LA Galaxy to Allianz Field for the club’s first-ever…

Alonso fires in first ever goal at Allianz Field

Major League Soccer: Osvaldo Alonso (13′) Minnesota United 1-0 New York City FC

Minnesota United signs former Seattle Sounders captain Osvaldo Alonso

Ale Moreno looks at the highs and lows for Major League Soccer in 2018 ranging from die-hard fans, pitch invaders, Vikings and absolutely bonkers celebrations.
Minnesota United has picked up former Seattle Sounders captain Osvaldo Alonso off waivers, the club confirmed on Thursday.
In order to claim the 33-year-old, the Loons traded the fourth spot in Major League Soccer’s waiver order as well as a second-round pick in the 2020 SuperDraft to Orlando City in exchange for the top spot in the waiver order and a pair of fourth-round picks in Friday’s draft.
“We are bringing in one of the best, most competitive and tenacious defensive midfielders in the league,”…

Seattle Sounders rule out midfielder Osvaldo Alonso for MLS Cup final

Sebastian Salazar and Alejandro Moreno preview the Toronto-Seattle rematch, which might be headed for another cagey contest in cold weather.
TORONTO — Seattle Sounders midfielder Osvaldo Alonso has been ruled out of this weekend’s MLS Cup final after failing a fitness test on Thursday afternoon, MLSsoccer.com reports.
Alonso suffered a strained quad in September that he has been dealing with ever since. He made a substitute appearance versus Vancouver in the Western Conference semifinals but has otherwise been sidelined throughout the playoff push.
In past years, the absence of Alonso has been a death blow for the Sounders, but…

Seattle Sounders lose Osvaldo Alonso, Roman Torres to injury vs. Whitecaps

Clint Dempsey was on the scoresheet as Seattle downed Vancouver 3-0.
The Seattle Sounders lost Osvaldo Alonso and Roman Torres to injury in the team’s 3-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday.
Midfielder Alonso and center-back Torres were subbed off in the second half of the match.
Alonso has been diagnosed with a quadriceps strain, while Torres is believed to have a knee or groin problem.
“They’re tough kids,” Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer said after the match. “It’ll be day-to-day on Roman.
“Ozzie has a strained quad, but what he proved last year…

Sounders’ Ozzie Alonso on reputation: ‘I don’t care what people say about me’

Brian McBride peruses ESPN FC’s MLS Confidential poll, which tallies the the most overrated players in MLS, and more. Seattle Sounders midfielder Osvaldo Alonso says he won’t change his ways after being named as the player most known for “crossing the line with his behavior” in an ESPN FC survey.
In the poll revealed on Tuesday, 25 percent of 140 players asked on the condition of anonymity said Alonso had the worst reputation in the league.
But the Sounders captain shrugged off the results when asked about it after practice this week.
“I don’t care what people say about me,” he told reporters. “I play my game…

MLS players: Seattle’s Alonso ‘crosses the line’ most, ahead of Felipe, Jones

Major League Soccer: Osvaldo Alonso (63′) Seattle Sounders 0-0 Houston Dynamo
A survey of MLS players says the Seattle Sounders’ Osvaldo Alonso has the biggest reputation for crossing the line with his behavior on the field.
Alonso was by far the most popular choice in ESPN FC’s poll, with answers given on the condition of anonymity. The 31-year-old was named by 25 percent of 140 current MLS players, representing 21 teams. New York City FC declined to participate.
“He gets a lot of yellow cards,” one player said. “He may not be the dirtiest, but he hacks away at people.”
Despite…

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