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... Hinds spent one year in Seattle before jetting off to play college ball at the famed Akron University, a program that developed Sounders legends like DeAndre Yedlin and Steve Zakuani. He quickly locked down the starting left back job for one of college soccer’s perennial powerhouses. But as the NCAA Tournament approached, his head coach, Jared Embick, decided to remold his talented defender into a dynamic No. 10. It paid dividends immediately, as Hinds bagged a brace in the MAC Tournament final before tallying two more goals in a first-round victory over Villanova in the postseason. ...

T2 announce four player signings ahead of 2019 USL season PORTLAND, Ore. – T2 have signed midfielders Carlos Anguiano and Todd Wharton, defender Niko De Vera and goalkeeper Jake Leeker for the 2019 USL Championship season, it was announced today. ... ...De Vera, 22, played the 2018 USL season with New York Red Bulls II, where he appeared in 27 matches (22 starts). The Camas, Wash., native was drafted by the New York Red Bulls in the second round (31st overall) of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. De Vera, a Portland Timbers Academy product, played collegiate soccer at the University of Akron (2014-17), where he appeared in 60 matches (41 starts) and registered one goal and seven assists across four seasons. Additionally, De Vera played two seasons with the Portland Timbers U23 (2016-17), where he made 27 appearances in 1,670 minutes played. ...

DOMESTIC MLS, https://www.mlssoccer.com/ Atlanta - Darlington Nagbe Colorado Rapids - Dillon Serna Columbus Crew - Wil Trapp FC Cincinnati - Darren Mattocks (Expansion Draft), Ben Lundt (2019 MLS Superdraft) LA Galaxy - Perry Kitchen Montreal Impact - Evan Bush New England Revolution - Teal Bunbury, Scott Caldwell NYCFC - Jonathan Lewis, Abdi Mohamed (2019 MLS Superdraft) Orlando City - Joao Moutinho (trade from LAFC) Portland Timbers - Zarek Valentin USL Championship, https://www.uslsoccer.com/ LA Galaxy II - Nate Shultz Memphis 901 FC - Morgan Hackworth Orange County SC - Aodhan Quinn Portland Timbers 2 - Niko De Vera St. Louis FC - Jake Fenlason Tacoma Defiance - Nick Hinds USL League One, https://www.uslleagueone.com/ South Georgia Tormenta FC - Marco Micaletto INTERNATIONAL Canadian Premier League (CanPL), https://canpl.ca/ Hamilton Forge - Marcel Zajac English Premier League, https://www.premierleague.com/ Newcastle United FC - DeAndre Yedlin Thai Premier League, https://www.thaileague.co.th/official/ Bangkok United - Anthony Ampaipitakwong

https://www.sounderatheart.com/2019/1/30/18204188/tacoma-defiance-sounders-2-rebrand

A number of comments wanting NYCFC to give JLew more minutes and/or start him. ??

Print mistake in Portland...

Ha! Good points...

DOMESTIC MLS, https://www.mlssoccer.com/ Atlanta - Darlington Nagbe Colorado Rapids - Dillon Serna Columbus Crew - Wil Trapp FC Cincinnati - Darren Mattocks (Expansion Draft), Ben Lundt (2019 MLS Superdraft) LA Galaxy - Perry Kitchen Montreal Impact - Evan Bush New England Revolution - Teal Bunbury, Scott Caldwell NYCFC - Jonathan Lewis, Abdi Mohamed (2019 MLS Superdraft) Orlando City - Joao Moutinho (trade from LAFC) Portland Timbers - Zarek Valentin USL Championship, https://www.uslsoccer.com/ LA Galaxy II - Nate Shultz Memphis 901 FC - Morgan Hackworth Orange County SC - Aodhan Quinn St. Louis FC - Jake Fenlason Seattle Sounders 2 - Nick Hinds USL League One, https://www.uslleagueone.com/ South Georgia Tormenta FC - Marco Micaletto INTERNATIONAL Canadian Premier League (CanPL), https://canpl.ca/ Hamilton Forge - Marcel Zajac English Premier League, https://www.premierleague.com/ Newcastle United FC - DeAndre Yedlin Thai Premier League, https://www.thaileague.co.th/official/ Bangkok United - Anthony Ampaipitakwong

Congratulations to Morgan Hackworth

It is a little bit inconvenient on a Friday, but that now allows me to go to this match on Friday, March 1st and to the Crew opener on Saturday, March 2nd.

Riverhounds schedule now shows Friday, March 1st at 3 pm.

Awesome!!!! Thanks @ZipsVoice and @72 Roo.

March 27, 2013

I was talking with a former Zips player, and he mentioned some details of Darlington's story (more specific details of escaping Liberia with his Mom and siblings and coming to Ohio) that I didn't recall reading or hearing. I found the additional details that were mentioned to be very interesting and thought I'd share anything that I find with the rest of ZipsNation in this thread. Please feel free to let me know if some of what I post in this thread has already been posted previously. Weah and Nagbe's Liberian roots unite with the USMNT March 26, 2018 ...The reason? Weah and Nagbe’s deep family connection. The roots of which began on another continent with another national soccer team, over thirty years ago. To find the beginning of the Weah-Nagbe soccer connection, one must travel to the west African nation of Liberia, where Weah and Nagbe’s fathers starred together for the Liberian national team for the better part of two decades. George Weah, now the president of Liberia, was a world-class striker who won the 1995 Ballon d’Or while playing for Italian power AC Milan. Joe Nagbe was a commanding defender who had a lengthy career in Europe and earned 97 caps for Liberia. ... Versatile Standout Finds a Position, and a Home with Portland Timbers Nov 28, 2015 ...The pathway to American citizenship was not easy for Nagbe. Born in Liberia during its long civil war, he stayed behind with his mother while his father, Joe, a mainstay with Liberia’s national team alongside the former world player of the year George Weah, played professionally in Europe. “It was a really difficult time, especially for my mom,” Nagbe said. “I hear a lot of stories about the time my dad left to go to France to play. My mom hadn’t followed him yet, and then the war broke out. At nights, she was hearing gunshots, and there was no electricity. My older brother was 3, and she was pregnant with me. She had to find someone to deliver me and was getting help from rebels. They managed a way to stay together, stay alive, and flee the country.” Once they left Liberia, the Nagbes bounced around from France to Greece to Switzerland to — in the one move not involving Joe’s playing career — Cleveland. Early in his Akron coaching tenure, Porter got a phone call from the former United States national team player George Nanchoff, Nagbe’s youth coach at the time, imploring Porter to scout Nagbe. When he did, Porter recalled, he described Nagbe’s performance as “jaw-dropping.” ...