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Josef Martinez has spent almost a year now rehabbing from the knee injury that cost him the entire 2020 MLS season, and the Atlanta United superstar forward is getting ever closer to a return to action. Atlanta United star Josef Martinez posts positive update as he nears injury return | MLSsoccer.com
Tyler Pasher, Indy Eleven;s lone double-digit goal scorer the past two seasons, has been sold to the Houston Dynamo of MLS. USL Championship: Tyler Pasher leaves Indy Eleven for Houston Dynamo
Phil Neville’s tenure as the English women’s national team coach has come to a close. Neville was hired almost three years to the day, on Jan. 23, 2018, to lead the Lionesses through the Euro 2021 competition. Phil Neville steps down as Lionesses head coach, joins Inter Miami – Equalizer Soccer ($)
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Houston Dynamo FC has acquired forward Maximiliano “Maxi” Urruti from Club de Foot Montréal (formerly the Montréal Impact) in a trade for defender Kiki Struna.
Houston also acquired Montréal’s natural second-round pick in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft and will send Montréal a 2021 international roster slot as part of the trade. The Dynamo will retain a portion of the sell-on fee if Struna is transferred to a club outside of Major League Soccer.
“We are pleased the opportunity presented itself to add a proven winner like Maxi to our roster ahead of the 2021 season,” said Club Senior Vice President and General Manager Matt Jordan. “He’s been a big part of several championship winning teams in our league and he’ll immediately add competition and a winning mentality to our group.”
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Austin FC’s Expansion Draft is this evening, and for D.C. United, it’s a straightforward event: losing a player is bad, not losing one is good. Fortunately, the odds are in the Black-and-Red’s favor, as Austin can only take five players from a group of 16 teams, but it’s nonetheless a possibility that United ends up losing a player and getting just $50,000 in General Allocation money (far less than their market value) in return.
We talked about the protected list yesterday, and you can see the full draft rules here, but this piece is going to focus on the likelihood of United losing a player. After poring over the unprotected players around the league, looking at what Austin has and how they’re building their team, we think we’ve got some idea of how this is going to shake out from a D.C. perspective.