Published: Friday, 20. January, 2012 in category M.L.S. FC Dallas has signed 21-year-old defender Carlos Rodriguez, pending receipt of his P-1 Visa and International Transfer Certificate, the club announced today.

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PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers today announced match details for the club’s preseason camp in Carson, Calif., from Feb. 5-16. The Timbers will face both MLS Cup 2011 participants, the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo, as part of their slate of four preseason matches while in Southern California.

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Timbers Announce Additional Preseason Details

ADO Den Haag were forced to be content with a 3-3 draw at home to Roda JC on Friday (local time), despite leading on three occasions.

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Football: ADO, Roda share spoils

FC Dallas signed 21-year-old Panamanian defender Carlos Rodriguez on Friday, continuing to bolster their back line in the anticipation that George John will be leaving the team for good. Rodriguez came to FC Dallas’ attention through his play with Panamanian side Tauro FC. The two teams played each other twice during CONCACAF Champions League. “We liked what we saw in him during Champions League …

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Marco Reus scored one goal and set up another as Borussia Moenchengladbach threw the Bundesliga title race wide open by beating leader Bayern Munich 3-1 Friday in the first game after the winter break.

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Reus leads M'Gladbach past Bayern 3-1

ADO Den Haag were forced to be content with a 3-3 draw at home to Roda JC on Friday (local time), despite leading on three occasions.

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ADO, Roda share spoils

The New York Red Bulls, the soccer team owned by Austrian billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, owes property taxes to Harrison, New Jersey, a tax-court judge ruled.

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Red Bulls Owe Tax on Harrison, New Jersey, Arena, Judge Says

HOUSTON, TX (Friday, January 20, 2012) – The Houston Dynamo have acquired partial allocation money from D.C. United in exchange for the rights to midfielder Danny Cruz, it was announced today.

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Houston Dynamo Acquire Partial Allocation from D. C. United for Midfielder Danny Cruz

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Friday, January 20, 2012) – The Colorado Rapids acquired allocation money in a trade with Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Friday, sending the club’s natural 2nd round MLS SuperDraft pick in 2014 and an international roster spot for the next three seasons in return.

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Rapids Acquire Allocation Money in Trade with Vancouver

Toronto FC announced Friday that defender Andy Iro and forward Peri Marosevic will not be back with the club for the 2012 season. “Both Andy and Peri declined our contract extension offers and now the club is ready to move on,” said Toronto FC Head Coach & Technical Director Aron Winter.

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Iro & Marosevic Part Ways with Toronto FC

Washington, D.C. (January 20, 2012) – D.C. United announced today the team has acquired midfielder Danny Cruz from the Houston Dynamo in exchange for a partial allocation. The 21-year old is originally from Petersburg, Virginia and spent three seasons with the Dynamo.

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Mönchengladbach – Borussia Mönchengladbach got themselves off to a perfect start in 2012 with as they executed their gameplan to perfection to claim a fully deserved victory over league leaders FC Bayern Munich that sees them move within a point of top spot in the Bundesliga.

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Gladbach do the double over Bayern!

D.C. United bolstered its midfield Friday by acquiring Danny Cruz from the MLS Cup runner-up Houston Dynamo for financial considerations. Cruz, 22, is entering his fourth year in MLS and will add depth to United’s midfield flanks. He appeared in 20 of 34 regular season matches last season, starting 13, and had two goals and three assists. He missed five weeks with a quadriceps injury. Read full …

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D.C. United acquires midfielder Danny Cruz from Houston Dynamo

FRISCO, Texas (Friday, Jan. 20, 2011) – FC Dallas has signed 21-year-old defender Carlos Rodriguez, pending receipt of his P-1 Visa and International Transfer Certificate, the club announced today. Per league and team policy, terms of the deal will not be disclosed.

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FC Dallas Signs 21-Year-Old Defender Carlos Rodriguez

Santino Quaranta is coming out of retirement to play in, of all places, India. The longtime D.C. United and MLS midfielder, who retired last month at age 27 after his contract wasn’t renewed, told the Insider he has signed to play in Premier League Soccer, a new, six-team circuit in West Bengal state that has inked former global stars Fabio Cannavaro , Hernan Crespo , Robbie Fowler, Robert Pires …

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Former D.C. United player Santino Quaranta to play in India’s Premier League Soccer

VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced today the additions of assistant coaches Carl Robinson and Jake DeClute to the club’s Major League Soccer coaching staff. Per club policy, terms of their contracts were not disclosed.

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Whitecaps FC Solidify MLS Coaching Staff

Well. Have we all calmed down after the excitement of the Milan derby? Or is it still hard to believe that Inter managed to beat Milan? Really, anyone who’d been watching Max Allegri’s tactics (or lack of them) this season should have known how to beat the rossoneri , although credit should also be given to Ignazio Abate for his impressive error. Anyway, let’s focus on this week, shall we? Not …

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Serie A 2012, Week 19 Preview And Schedule: Nothing Too Exciting In This Round

Real Salt Lake is looking for a few dozen good singers. From an observer’s standpoint, here’s hoping the vocalists sing quickly and without vocal gymnastics.

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Real Salt Lake calls all singers

Remember when Toronto FC was the toast of Major League Soccer, selling out every game and almost single-handedly transforming the way supporters culture was viewed here? After five playoff-less years those sellouts have pretty much ceased and crowds in Portland the Seattle being at least as impressive. On Friday, TFC reminded North America they are still a soccer hotbed, as the team announced …

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Toronto FC Has Sold 35,000 Tickets For CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinal

The hosts could welcome back Simone Vergassola to the starting line up for the first time since the 1-1 draw with Novara back in October, after the former Sampdoria midfielder returned from the bench in last week’s defeat to Parma.

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Serie A Preview: Siena – Napoli

Royals are on the verge of a possible multi-million pound investment.

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Reading FC poised for multi-million pound investment deal

Toronto FC announced Friday that an additional 1,000 tickets have been released for sale for its CONCACAF Champions League Quarter-Final match against the LA Galaxy at Rogers Centre.

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Additional Seats Released for Toronto FC CONCACAF Champions League Match

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney says Sunday’s opponents Arsenal could still win the Premier League.

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Arsenal can win league – Rooney

Schalke 04, third in the standings ahead of the start of Matchday 18, kick off 2012 in earnest at the Veltins Arena when they entertain VfB Stuttgart on Saturday afternoon.

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Better luck this time for Schalke?

Munich – The first half of the Bundesliga season did not exactly go according to plan for 1. FC Kaiserslautern. The ‘Red Devils’ currently sit in 16th place having only found the back of the net 13 times. Claudio Pizarro alone has almost scored as many as Marco Kurz’s side during a spell where his twelve goals have kept Werder Bremen within touching distance of a Champions League spot.

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Waiting for a raindrop

SANDY, Utah (Friday, January 20, 2012) – Everyone knows the game can’t start until the anthem has been sung, which is why Real Salt Lake is asking Claret-and-Cobalt fans far and wide to help get things going in 2012 at its annual auditions for “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “O Canada” performers.

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Real Salt Lake to Host Annual National Anthem Auditions February 10

Australia’s Mitchell Langerak could make only his second Bundesliga appearance for German champions Borussia Dortmund at Hamburg on Sunday with first-choice goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller doubtful.

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Dortmund's Langerak to start if Weidenfeller fails

MADRID (Reuters) – Brief news from La Liga ahead of this weekend’s matches: (All times GMT): * Sevilla must fight as if it were “the end of the world” in order to win at city rivals Real Betis on Saturday (2100), club president Jose Maria del Nido has urged his players. Sevilla, who are out of Europe and the King’s Cup, have slipped down to seventh in La Liga and are without a win in four …

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Spain Soccer Roundup – Sevilla talk of 'end of world' derby

SC Freiburg – FC Augsburg Bottom hosts second-bottom in Freiburg and defeat for the home side would leave them five points adrift of the side currently directly above them. “The team simply lost too many games in the first half of the season. There was a lot of bad luck involved, but now we need to really work as a collective and take something from the game against Augsburg straight away”, says former SCF assistant coach Christian Streich, who took over in the hot seat from the luckless Marcus Sorg during the winter recess. For Streich, it’s all about “taking the good form we’ve shown in training out onto the pitch. If we can’t do that, we’ve no chance of staying up.” They will have to do it without Papiss Demba Cisse however, the prolific frontman having just completed a move to Newcastle United in the English Premier League. Acknowledging that, “We can’t compensate for the loss of Papiss”, Streich nevertheless swiftly snapped up Sebastian Freis from Köln to bolster the attack, which will also be short of Africa Nations Cup participant Garra Dembele for the restart. Furthermore, the hosts go into this crunch encounter minus the services of new skipper Julian Schuster , Mensur Mujdza and Oliver Barth. For Augsburg sporting director Andreas Rettig, “Freiburg are under a lot more pressure.

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Once more unto the breach

Borussia Dortmund may be required to propel Australian international goalkeeper Mitch Langerak to only his second Bundesliga appearance against Hamburg, as Roman Weidenfeller is struggling with a back injury.

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