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https://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/features/caleb-porter-interview-portland-timbers-mls-i-thought-i-had-it-all-figured-out-punched-nose

congratulations to Zac Portillos for being selected to the eastern conference first team for the past week https://www.indomitablecitysoccer.com/2017/8/1/16073704/usl-eastern-conference-best-xi-week-19

Good topic.... thanks for starting the discussion... Stopping goals is going to determine the success of the season. If healthy, the zips have lots of fire power up top. Stuart Holthusen was never really healthy last year. Stuart was outstanding in the last part of 2015 and was a beast during the zips great tourney run. Stuart , if healthy, is capable of having a great year. Sam had a great summer with St. Louis. Ezana scored goals for Erie in the summer and Marcel Zajac did well for Sigma FC. When Nick Hinds was moved from outside Back to midfielder, he was a scoring machine in the last part of 2016. Manel Cordeiro, if healthy, can be a good distributor to the scorers. I have been told that Skye Harter is vastly improved.....and should contribute in the midfield. David Egbo and Marc Alexander both will be talented freshman pushing for time in the front 6. One would have to assume that Nate Shultz and Niko De Vera are the front runners for the outside back positions. Who will replace Danilo Radjen and Brad Ruhaak? DeClan Watters from Ireland is the recruit that we know the least about....If he can step in as a freshman and do very well as a center back, there will be a lot of happy zip fans at the end of the year.

2nd goal of the season for Victor Souto. He is really playing well for the Riverhounds

http://www.phillysoccerpage.net/2017/07/25/five-thoughts-on-the-union-the-universe-and-everything/ Najem: Najem put himself in decent positions, demonstrated good comfort on the ball, and displayed pretty good passing vision on a few occasions, though he didn’t always make the right decisions. On the night, he completed 87 percent of his passes, with two key passes leading to shots. Not bad, but not spectacular either. That said, it’s hard to measure his quality based on this performance because Jay Simpson spent the night gumming up the central channels with a static lack of movement. Like Epps, Najem showed enough to warrant more minutes and make you wonder what he could do when paired with a better attacking group around him.

great article.....glad to see Jonathan doing so well

thought this article might get missed if I posted in summer development league so I decided to create new topic http://buffalonews.com/2017/07/22/whose-city-prolific-kahsay-reflects-first-summer-erie/

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1616/concacaf/2017/07/22/37241782/darlington-nagbe-leaves-us-wanting-more-but-hes-still-delivering-

great cut back by JLew...followed by assist

Darlington is a great player...but he sure gets unfairly criticized

glad to see that Richie is doing well: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-city-lions/on-the-pitch/os-sp-orlando-city-soccer-insider-0720-story.html

Adam played in MLS tonight

Perry now active in Denmark

orlando paper ran a small article just about Reggie's older brother http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-city-lions/on-the-pitch/os-sp-orlando-city-richie-laryea-playing-more-20170706-story.html

truly a day late and a dollar short USMNT played in Cleveland sat...night....without local hero DNags Sunday, Darlington is named to the team http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2017/07/16/13/39/20170716-news-mnt-bruce-arena-makes-six-changes-usmnt-gold-cup-roster

thought this article might interest fans of AN10....now known as AN24 http://www.phillysoccerpage.net/2017/07/11/unions-class-of-2017-looks-good-at-the-halfway-mark/ Marcus Epps & Adam Najem: Two other rookies who’ve earned playing time, Stewart actively maneuvered to acquire both Epps and Najem in what appear to be savvy moves. Epps flashed speed down the wing and a certain fearlessness, earning minutes at the wing in Fabian Herbers’ absence. Najem, meanwhile, looks like the sort of creative central midfielder that the Union sorely lacks. Though they both may contribute little this year, these two may have big futures as the team looks to grow through youth.

nice words about Richie : https://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2017/07/06/young-subs-bring-new-energy-orlando-city

40 days until the exhibition opener....

Sigma FC won 2-1 yesterday with goals by Marcel Zajac and zip recruit Faisal Ghaffur How many days until Captain's practice starts for the zips?.....the fall soccer season....will be here soon !!!

Aodhan played an outstanding game. He had several good long passes due to his excellent vision on the field.

Congratulations to Richie

fall 2017 recruit Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal scored 2 goals on Thursday in the Development Academy championships Sounds like game 2 for sporting KC is this afternoon https://www.sportingkc.com/post/2017/06/23/sporting-kc-u-16s-and-u-18-rack-big-wins-kick-development-academy-playoffs

nice to see a former zip get his first start of the year and his first goal of the year

6 goals in 6 games for EZ..... http://www.goerie.com/sports/20170621/kahsays-three-goals-lead-commodores-to-lopsided-win