Sounders Academy vs Players Development Academy: Preview, live stream, gamethread
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The Seattle Sounders Academy is on the doorstep of making history, a feat that’s not exactly foreign to the organization. Competing in the inaugural MLS Next Cup the single-elimination tournament serving as the centerpiece of the league’s new player development league that replaced the Development Academy system the Sounders U17 side has reached the semifinals and now face New Jersey’s Players Development Academy.
Back in 2019, the Sounders Academy made history when the U17 team, boasting an embarrassment of riches in terms of professional experience with Ray Serrano and Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez both already on USL deals at the time, beat Valencia to become the first-ever MLS-affiliated team to win the Champions Division. There are interesting parallels between that U17 team and the one currently pushing to leave their own names in the history books, nota
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FRISCO, Texas - FC Dallas got its first taste of 11v11 action this preseason with an intrasquad scrimmage Saturday morning at Toyota Soccer Center.
Dallas preseason roster was split into two teams and played two 30-minute halves. The first chance of the game was created by
Eddie Munjoma who burst into the box and struck the post with a left-footed shot. Franco Jara latched onto the rebound but his effort was cleared off the line by
Johnny Nelson sweeping up. At the other end, Thomas Roberts forced a save from Kyle Zobeck who was quick to get up to smother
Kalil ElMedkhar who joins Dallas after playing four seasons with the University of Kentucky.
A product of the Philadelphia Union academy system, FCD traded for El Medkhar’s Homegrown rights for an initial $50,00 in General Allocation Money (GAM) and signed him to a two-year contract. El Medkhar – who impressed FCD coaches at a college combine late last year – was originally slated to enter the 2021 MLS SuperDraft. Worried that he’d be off the board by the time FCD’s 15th overall pick came up, Dallas’ staff decided to initiate the trade with Philly beforehand to make sure they got their man.
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Based on investigation into death reports provided from the state, Tarrant County health officials reported an additional 72 deaths on Friday. Two deaths were from November, one from December, and 61 from January and seven from February.
The deaths were among men and women ranging in age from in their 40s to over 90 years old.
Health officials said all 72 had underlying health problems.
Since its first death in March, Tarrant County has confirmed 2,625 deaths.
The county also reported 920 additional COVID-19 cases on Friday.
Denton County reports 8 more deaths
Denton County Public Health announced eight more residents died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the total to 382 deaths in the county.