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2022 MLS Expansion Draft
The 2022 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team St. Louis City SC that was held on November 11, 2022. The list of exposed players was revealed on November 10, 2022. The picks were made on November 11, 2022 at 6:30 PM ET with St. Louis City SC selecting Nicholas Gioacchini, Indiana Vassilev, Jonathan Bell, John Nelson, and Jake LaCava. Format Teams who had players selected in the 2021 MLS Expansion Draft are exempt. These teams are Austin FC, Atlanta United, D.C. United, Los Angeles FC, and New York City FC. All other teams from the 2022 season are subject to the draft. These teams have 12 protection slots that they may apply to any draft eligible player on their senior, and supplemental rosters. Players who have not graduated from Generation Adidas, and homegrown players age 25 and under as of the end of the 2022 season are not eligible for the draft. Players with contracts expiring at the end of the season, designated playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Major League Soccer Season
The 2023 Major League Soccer season is the 28th season of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. The league will have 29 clubs following the addition of St. Louis City SC as an expansion team in the Western Conference, with Nashville SC moving back to the Eastern Conference. The regular season began on February 25, 2023, and ends on October 21; it will then be followed by the playoffs. The regular schedule was released on December 20, 2022. Preseason for the 2023 season started in January 2023 and ran into February, and the season began on February 25. The regular season will be paused from July 21 to August 19 for the month-long Leagues Cup, during which time MLS teams will play Liga MX opponents. In June 2022, Apple Inc. and MLS announced a ten-year partnership for the broadcast and streaming rights to all MLS and Leagues Cup games, as well as select MLS Next and MLS Next Pro games, on the MLS Season Pass service within t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inter Miami CF
Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami, known as Inter Miami CF or simply Inter Miami, is an American professional soccer club based in the Miami metropolitan area. Established in 2018, the club began play in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the 2020 season. The club currently plays its home MLS matches at DRV PNK Stadium, the site of the former Lockhart Stadium in nearby Fort Lauderdale, Florida. History In November 2012, MLS commissioner Don Garber confirmed the league's renewed interest in placing an expansion franchise in Miami, after the Miami Fusion folded following the 2001 season and an expansion bid led by Miami-based Bolivian telecom entrepreneur Marcelo Claure and FC Barcelona failed in 2009. When David Beckham, who had received an option to purchase an expansion team at a price of $25 million when he joined the league in 2007, ended his playing career in April 2013, the league held preliminary discussions with Beckham's advisers about several expansion targets, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quinn McNeill
Quinn McNeill (born 30 August 1998) is an Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career Youth, College & Amateur McNeill was born in Cork, Ireland, but grew up in Greenville, South Carolina. He attended J. L. Mann High School, also playing club soccer with the Carolina Elite Soccer Academy (CESA), where he was a five-time South Carolina State Champion. In 2017, McNeill attended Clemson University to play college soccer. He redshirted his freshman season in 2017, but went on to make 77 appearances for the Tigers, scoring nine goals and tallying five assists, also helping the team to winning the NCAA National Championship in 2021. While at college, McNeill also played in the NPSL with Greenville FC during their 2018 and 2019 seasons. Professional On 5 April 2022, McNeill signed with Major League Soccer club Charlotte FC on a one-year deal. He was immediately loaned to Charlotte Independence in the USL League One for the 2022 season. He made his professional league deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Marks (soccer, Born 1999)
George Marks (born November 10, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Charlotte FC. Career Youth Marks joined the North Carolina FC academy in 2015, where he played until 2018. He was named as an amateur player with the team during their 2017 season in the NASL, and On December 14, 2017, it was announced Marks had signed a USL academy contract for the 2018 season with the first team in the United Soccer League, allowing Marks to retain his NCAA eligibility. College In 2018, Marks attended Clemson University to play college soccer. In four seasons with the Tigers, Marks made 69 appearances, placing him as 3rd in Clemson history for goalkeeper wins (47), 7th in best goals allowed average (0.90 per game) and tied 3rd in most solo shutouts and most minutes. In 2019, he was named All-ACC Academic Team, Second-team All-South Region, Second-team All-ACC, and CoSIDA Academic All-District. 2020 saw Marks earn Third-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Fuchs
Christian Fuchs (; born 7 April 1986) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a left back. He began his senior career as a teenager at Wiener Neustadt before signing his first professional contract at 17 with SV Mattersburg, challenging for the Austrian Football Bundesliga title and taking part in European competitions. In 2008, he left for Germany, signing for VfL Bochum. After a season on loan at Mainz 05, he signed for Schalke 04 in 2011, where he contested the UEFA Champions League but suffered a serious knee injury. In 2015, he signed for Leicester, winning the Premier League in his first season at the club. After leaving Leicester in 2021 he spent one season with Major League Soccer club Charlotte FC. A full international for a decade starting from his debut in 2006, Fuchs earned 78 caps for the Austria national team. He played for the nation at UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2016, captaining them for the first time in 2010 and on a permanent basis fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Franco (footballer, Born 1998)
Alan Steven Franco Palma (born 21 August 1998) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Atlético Mineiro and the Ecuador national team. Club career Independiente del Valle Franco came through the youth setup at Independiente del Valle and made his professional debut as an 18-year-old in 2016. He was a first team regular by 2018 and was one of the standout performers of Independiente del Valle’s winning campaign in the 2019 Copa Sudamericana, in which he and defender Luis Segovia were the only players to start every game. Atlético Mineiro On 4 June 2020, Franco moved to Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro. Loans to Charlotte FC and Talleres On 21 December 2021, Atlético Mineiro agreed to send Franco to Major League Soccer expansion club Charlotte FC on a one-year loan deal with an option to buy. On 27 June 2022, Franco's loan with Charlotte transferred to Argentinian side Talleres de Córdoba. Internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guzmán Corujo
Guzmán Corujo Bríccola (born 2 August 1996) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for MLS club Charlotte FC. Career Nacional signed Corujo in 2017. Charlotte FC signed Corujo on August 30, 2021. Career statistics Honours Nacional *Uruguayan Primera División: 2019, 2020 *Supercopa Uruguaya: 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ... References External links * 1996 births Living people People from San José Department Men's association football defenders Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan Primera División players Major League Soccer players Club Nacional de Football players Charlotte FC players Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Armour (soccer)
Adam Edouard Armour (born September 27, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for MLS team Charlotte FC. Career Youth Armour played for Capital Area Soccer League at the U-9 and U-13 levels. That club became North Carolina FC Youth, where he played at the U-14 level. He signed an academy contract with North Carolina FC of the USL Championship on April 4, 2019. He made his debut for North Carolina FC in a friendly against Club Necaxa on March 23, 2019. He signed a second academy contract with North Carolina FC on January 17, 2020. Professional On July 2, 2020, Armour signed with 1. FC Nürnberg in the German 2. Bundesliga. The following summer, on June 29, 2021, Armour signed with Charlotte FC of MLS. On July 17, 2021, Armour moved on loan to USL Championship side Charlotte Independence for the remainder of their 2021 season. On March 13, 2022, Armour scored the first goal in Charlotte FC's history in the 66th minute against Atlanta United. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordy Alcívar
Jordy José Alcívar Macías (born 5 August 1999) is an Ecuadorean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Independiente del Valle. Club career Alcívar started his career with LDU Quito, where he was nicknamed "La Bochorna 44" after his video game username.Jordy Alcívar, el mundialista que vive en el complejo de Liga de Quito benditofutbol.com On 18 October 2021, it was announced that he would join newly-formed side Charlotte FC in January 2022 on a four-year deal. He scor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrison Afful
Harrison Afful (born 24 July 1986) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a fullback for Charlotte FC and the Ghana national team. He appeared previously for Feyenoord Academy, Espérance de Tunis, Columbus Crew, and Charlotte FC and spent time on loan at Asante Kotoko. Afful came through the youth setup at the Feyenoord Academy, spending his first two professional seasons with the academy's senior team. He then moved on loan to Asante Kotoko, spending two seasons with the Porcupines and winning the Ghana Premier League in 2007–08. After four years of professional football, Afful left Ghana for the first time to join Espérance de Tunis of the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. He played the next six seasons with Tunis, appearing for the club more than 180 times. Tunis won four league titles during Afful's time there, appeared in three CAF Champions League finals, and won the 2011 CAF Champions League Final; Afful scored the only goal over the two legs. In the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte FC
Charlotte FC is an American professional soccer club based in Charlotte. The team competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference. The team is owned by David Tepper, who was awarded the expansion franchise on December 17, 2019. It began play in the 2022 MLS season as the league's 28th franchise. Charlotte FC plays at Bank of America Stadium, which it shares with the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League, a team also owned by Tepper; the stadium capacity is reduced to 38,000 for most matches. The team holds the MLS record for standalone match attendance, with 74,479 at their inaugural home match. History Soccer in Charlotte The Charlotte area has been home to several lower-division soccer teams, dating back to the Carolina Lightnin' in the early 1980s. The Lightnin' won the American Soccer League championship in 1981 in front of 20,163 people at American Legion Memorial Stadium. It marked Charlotte's first professional sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allocation Money
Allocation money, in Major League Soccer, represents an amount of money that teams may use to sign players and/or allocate to their salaries to get under the salary cap. Reasons for obtaining MLS teams receive general allocation money for these reasons: # End-of-season allocation of $200,000 for each team that does not make the post season (CBA section 10.17 & roster rules) # Expansion year allocation of $1.1 million for each expansion team (CBA section 10.18a) # Expansion year allocation of $100,000 for each existing team (CBA section 10.18b) # Annual allocation of $200,000 for each team (CBA section 10.19a) # Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions League allocation of $140,000 for each qualified team (roster rules) # Transfer or loan of player to another club outside of MLS allocation of up to $750,000 for each transfer or loan (CBA section 10.19e & roster rules) # Third Designated Player charge distribution (CBA section 10.19f) # Free agency compensation of $50,000 per net pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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