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Every year in professional sports brings change, and that change opens up new opportunity for players who have found a new place to call home. 

Making the most of a change of scenery is something a host of players in Major League Soccer will be looking to do in 2018 as they have traded their old addresses for new ones.

Some of those players decided to move on via free agency, while others found themselves on the move thanks to trades, with some requested and some not. 

But they'll all be looking to make their new teams and new fans happy to see them in their new colors with some likely aiming to make their old employers regret moving them on.

Here is  list of 15 familiar MLS faces who this year will strive to make an impact after changing teams this offseason. 

Mark Runnacles1Perry Kitchen, LA GalaxyKitchen isn't an MLS-to-MLS signing as he came back from a two-year trek in Europe, but it will still be different to see him in something other than D.C. United's colors. The midfielder comes in hoping to help stabilize a group that struggled to work well together last year and produced poor results. He'll no doubt enjoy consistent playing time, something that was hard to come by after his first year in Scotland. AdvertisementRon Chenoy2David Ousted, D.C. United

Considered one of the top goalkeepers in the league coming into last season, Ousted lost his job in Vancouver midseason to New Zealand international Stefan Marinovic. Now with D.C. United, he’ll battle with fellow MLS veteran Steve Clark for the right to replace one of the league’s best goalkeepers, Bill Hamid, who headed to Europe after the 2017 season. Whether it’s Ousted or Clark between the sticks, they will have big shoes to fill.

Joe Nicholson3Brad Evans, Sporting Kansas City One of the most recognizable faces of the Seattle Sounders since the team joined MLS, Evans moved on as a free agent this winter, signing with Sporting Kansas City. Evans has gained a reputation for his versatility in recent years, capable of filling in across the back line and in the midfield. He won’t be expected to start in Kansas City, but he could see time at any number of positions during the season and, if healthy, could become a very useful piece for Peter Vermes.ENJOYED THIS STORY?

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Joe Nicholson4Ricardo Clark, Columbus Crew The 35-year-old Georgia native spent his last 10 MLS seasons with the Houston Dynamo with a spell in Europe mixed in. Now he moves to his third MLS franchise, joining the Columbus Crew as a free agent. With the deeper midfield slots going to Wil Trapp and Artur, Clark will be asked to be an option off the bench and a veteran presence in the dressing room.

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No Couto Pereira, Coritiba e Operário-PR protagonizaram um jogo truncado, que terminou sem gols. Com o placar, o Coxa fica na quarta colocação, com 48 pontos. O Fantasma é o oitavo, com 44 pontos.

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O Coritiba volta a campo na próxima terça-feira, quando visita o Cuiabá, em jogo atrasado da 29ª rodada. Enquanto isso, o Operário-PR recebe o Atlético-GO.

O confronto

O duelo foi equilibrado desde os primeiros minutos. Com uma marcação forte no meio-campo, os dois times não davam espaços e quase nada era criado pelos atacantes.

Sem espaço para criar, o jeito foi apelar para os chutes de fora da área. Pelo lado do Operário-PR, Índio assustou Muralha em bomba da intermediária. Já o Coxa levou perigo através de William Matheus.

No segundo tempo o panorama era o mesmo, mas o Coritiba esboçava um pouco mais de vontade no ataque e tentava encurralar o Fantasma no campo de defesa.

A principal chance do Coxa veio na bola aérea. Rafinha cruzou e Rodrigão desviou com o pé. O goleiro Rodrigo Viana mostrou a sua elasticidade e praticou um milagre. No rebote, Juan Alano exagerou na força e mandou por cima do gol.

Apesar do volume, o Coritiba não envolvia o Operário-PR e irritava o torcedor no Couto Pereira. Melhor para o Fantasma, que conseguia cozinhar o adversário e gastava o tempo.

A chance derradeira do Coxa veio através de Igor Jesus. O atacante recebeu lançamento, invadiu a grande área, mas bateu fraco. Bem colocado, Rodrigo Viana encaixou.

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O Criciúma voltou a vencer na Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro depois de seis rodadas. Jogando em casa, o Tigre derrotou o Botafogo-SP, por 2 a 0, mas ainda não conseguiu sair da zona de rebaixamento.

Um dos destaques do time, o meia Vinícius, que participou do lance do primeiro gol na partida, comemorou muito a vitória e projetou um segundo turno melhor para o Criciúma.

– Estávamos há muito tempo sem vencer e isso nos colocou numa situação ruim na tabela de classificação. Mas sabemos da qualidade do nosso elenco e que podemos brigar além do Z-4. O trabalho está sendo feito da melhor maneira, com seriedade, e as respostas virão dentro de campo – disse Vinícius.

Com 26 pontos ganhos, o Criciúma volta a campo nesta terça-feira para um confronto direto contra o Vila Nova, 19h15, no Serra Dourada. Uma vitória tira o Tigre da zona de rebaixamento.

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Suresh Raina’s 32-ball 62 set Chennai Super Kings on course to 181 for 8, before Ashish Nehra’s four wickets for 10 runs sent Royal Challengers Bangalore’s chase into the Chinnaswamy Stadium dirt

The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando22-Apr-2015
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Agarkar: Super Kings doing what they do best

Suresh Raina’s 32-ball 62 set Chennai Super Kings on course to 181 for 8, before Ashish Nehra’s four wickets for 10 runs sent Royal Challengers Bangalore’s chase into the Chinnaswamy Stadium dirt. Not even a half-century from Virat Kohli could lift his team off the bottom of the table, as Super Kings caught superbly, and bowled with discipline to find the hosts 27 runs short.Dwayne Smith struck his customary early boundaries, blasting two successive sixes and a four in David Wiese’s seventh over, but it was when Raina began to accelerate that Super Kings appeared to be headed to a daunting score.He had hit Harshal Patel for successive fours, then launched Wiese into the sightscreen in the Powerplay, having arrived soon after Yuzvendra Chahal’s legspin undid Brendon McCullum. But it was Raina’s dominance of spin that was the feature of his knock, and Iqbal Abdulla was his first slow-bowling victim. Raina advanced to send Abdulla’s first ball way back into the stands beyond long-on, before cracking him for a four past point then lifting him into the long on stand again two overs later.When Chahal came back into the attack, Raina became even more bloody-minded. A still out-of-sorts MS Dhoni turned the strike over to him at the start of the 13th over, and Raina went on the rampage. He ran down at the bowler and lifted him over long on, again, for six. He expected Chahal to drop the next one short, and stayed in his crease but, even when the bowler delivered a good-length ball, swung it high and hard over cow corner. The next slog-sweep was stuck less cleanly, but still comfortably cleared the rope. His undoing came when he tried to hit his first six against the spin, next ball. Rilee Russouw ran around from long off to pouch him comfortably.At 124 for 3 after 13 overs, Super Kings may have had designs for a score over 200, but Royal Challengers’ bowlers claimed wickets often enough to rein the run rate in. Dhoni holed out for a run-a-ball 13 attempting a big shot over cover, his promotion to no. 4 not having worked. Then Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo both fell to Abdulla after mediocre knocks of their own.Faf du Plessis took a liking to Mitchell Starc towards the close, cracking two fours off the 17th over, while the remaining Super Kings batsmen gave him scant support. His unbeaten 33 from 18 balls lifted Super Kings above 180, even after Starc delivered a four-run final over.Having dropped Chris Gayle for this match, Royal Challengers’ chase began brightly enough. Manvinder Bisla hit a boundary either side of the wicket in Ishwar Pandey’s first over, then he and Russouw plundered 19 off Mohit Sharma. Nehra struck twice in the fourth over, and the hosts’ run rate plummeted from there.Virat Kohli began cautiously then freed his arms to hit two fours and a six off R Ashwin in the eighth over, but he could not hold onto his partners, thanks in part to Super Kings’ excellent fielding. Dinesh Karthik was out to a good diving catch from Dwayne Bravo at long-on, then when AB de Villiers turned to take a second run three overs later, Dhoni turned a mediocre throw into a run-out, by flicking the ball briskly onto the stumps to catch the batsman short of his ground.Kohli continued to watch wickets fall at the other end, and the chase foundered in the middle overs. With six overs to go, Royal Challengers needed 83 runs, with five wickets remaining. Kohli would battle on to 51 from 42 balls, but Nehra struck in successive balls to remove him and Harshal Patel in the 17th over, effectively sealing the game.

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Kuldeep Yadav and other KKR spinners restricted Hurricanes to 140•BCCI

Kolkata Knight Riders took their winning streak to 14, the joint second-highest in Twenty20 history, and made it to their first Champions League T20 final after the spinners reduced Hobart Hurricanes to 140 for 6. Having lost captain Tim Paine to a stomach bug, Hurricanes had to contend with 16 overs of spin, including the opening spell of Yusuf Pathan. They couldn’t break free of their chokehold, reaching 140 thanks only to Shoaib Malik’s late surge. Knight Riders, however, made a bit of heavy weather of the chase, with Jacques Kallis and Yusuf getting stuck in the end, bringing the equation up to 21 off 13 before finishing it off with five balls to spare.Knight Riders stuck to their winning formula after the stand-in Hurricanes captain Xavier Doherty chose to bat on what looked like a flat hard pitch. By the time Yusuf sent down the first over, it was obvious it was a pitch slower than expected. Andre Russell provided the first breakthrough by latching on to a tough leading edge off his own bowling, with Dom Michael being undone by the slowness of the surface. In the next over, Hurricanes’ batsman of the tournament, Aiden Blizzard got a rough decision, given lbw off a thick inside edge.From then on it was going to be a catch-up game for Hurricanes. Knight Riders made sure they didn’t take too many liberties by bringing on their two attacking spinners, Sunil Narine and Kuldeep Yadav, one after the other. As a result, Hurricanes had to be watchful, crawling to 54 for 3 in 10 overs, their lowest 10-over score of the tournament. Ben Dunk did majority of the scoring in the first half, but Kuldeep accounted for him.It was down to Malik, their best player of the spin, to provide them some sort of fighting total. Malik obliged, taking 21 runs off the 19th over, bowled by Kuldeep, but the support from the other side was hard to come by. Take out 105 from 75 balls scored between Malik and Dunk, you have precious nothing from the rest of the team.However, the rest of the team was spirited in defence of the small target. The fast bowlers, Ben Hilfenhaus and Doug Bollinger, got stuck into Gautam Gambhir and had him early. An adventurous shot off Doherty accounted for Robin Uthappa, and Knight Riders were 44 for 2 off 44 legal deliveries. Kallis then provided the solidness, and Manish Pandey gave them the impetus by peppering his favourite wide long-on area. Hurricanes didn’t help their own case with three missed run-outs, and Pandey’s wicket off a no-ball.The free hit went for four, followed by another, bringing the equation down to 49 off 42. When Pandey holed out to long-on in the 16th over, he left Knight Riders just 34 off 28. The next 15 balls were mostly yorkers, conceded just 13, drew some frustrated shots from Yusuf and Kallis, and the game was in the balance with 21 required off 13. Ben Laughlin then failed to execute his yorker with the last ball of the 18th over, and Yusuf crashed it through extra cover.Doherty was now left with a big decision. He and Bollinger had an over each left, and he went against the conventional wisdom to bowl the 19th himself. Kallis stepped out first ball, and crashed him for a six first up. That was game done for all practical purposes, but Hilfenhaus provided the finishing touch by parrying off the first ball of the 20th over for a six after having misjudged a catch.

علّق جيمس ماديسون، لاعب فريق توتنهام، على فوزهم المثير في مباراتهم اليوم ضد ليفربول في بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

وتلاقى الفريقان في إطار منافسات الجولة السابعة من الدوري الإنجليزي، حيث فاز توتنهام بهدفين لهدف.

جاء هدف فوز توتنهام في الوقت القاتل عن طريق النيران الصديقة، سجله جويل ماتيب.

وقال ماديسون في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “بي بي سي” العالمية: “للفوز بتلك الطريقة، هذا هو الطريق الصعب والطويل، هذا الشعور نادر جدًا، عندما تغلبنا على شيفيلد يونايتد قلت إنني لم أشعر بذلك منذ سنوات (فاز توتنهام على شيفيلد في الوقت القاتل أيضًا)”.

وأضاف: “نحن لا نحب أن يكون الأمر بسهولة، أليس كذلك؟ هذه هي الشخصية والروح، أنا فخور بالفريق، إذا كنت قادرًا على تعبئة ذلك الشعور، ستقوم ببيعه مقابل ملايين”.

وواصل: “ربما يصبح الأمر أكثر صعوبة عندما تلعب ضد 9 لاعبين، ليفربول يعتمد على الهجمات المرتدة، فلسفتهم لا تتغير وهم يعانون من النقصان، لا تزال لديهم نقاط القوة”.

وعن طرد ديوجو جوتا وكورتيس جونز، قال: “جوتا كان طردًا بكل تأكيد، وأعتقد الأمر هكذا بالنسبة لـ جونز، لست متأكدًا من أن كلوب سيشتكي كثيرًا من تلك البطاقات أيضًا”.

ScorecardYasir Arafat took 5 for 36 to set up Sussex’s chase•Getty Images

Yasir Arafat claimed five wickets against one of his many former clubs as Sussex boosted their hopes of a Royal London One-Day Cup quarter-final place with a seven-wicket win over Somerset in a match reduced to 33 overs per side at Taunton.Arafat’s 5 for 36 from seven overs kept the hosts to a modest 193 for 8 after losing the toss, Colin Ingram top-scoring with 71, while Nick Compton hit 42 and James Hildreth 42 not out.Sussex were set a revised target of 189 under the Duckworth-Lewis system and eased home with 24 balls to spare thanks to an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 94 between Matt Machan, who made an unbeaten 47, and 46 not out from skipper Ed Joyce.After a delayed 11am start was prevented by further rain, play began at 11.40am with the game initially reduced to 44 overs per side. Somerset quickly plunged into trouble as Marcus Trescothick played on, trying to leave the first ball of the second over, bowled by Arafat. The next delivery saw Peter Trego, who had scored centuries in Somerset’s previous two games, caught behind down the leg side and by the time the rain returned after 5.1 overs the hosts were 10 for 2.The action resumed at 1.45pm and, with the sun breaking through, batting looked a good deal easier. Ingram and Compton exercised caution, the latter enjoying a slice of luck on 28 when playing a ball from Chris Liddle onto his off stump without the bail being removed. Ingram swept a six off Will Beer as the total approached the 100-mark, but one run short Compton was lbw to Liddle falling across his stumps, having looked in little trouble.It was 157 for 4 in the 27th over when Ingram ran himself out, calling for a second run to fine leg and beaten by Liddle’s throw to the wicketkeeper. The South African had faced 74 balls and hit seven fours and a six.Hildreth looked in good touch, but was unable to conjure up sufficient boundaries in his 43-ball knock and Somerset’s hopes of a big finish were dashed when Arafat removed Lewis Gregory for 18, Tim Groenewald and Craig Meschede in the final over.Sussex approached their revised target with gusto, Chris Nash pulling a six off Alfonso Thomas in only the fourth over, which ended with 33 already on the board. Luke Wright brought up the 50 in the sixth over by lifting Groenewald over midwicket for a maximum.The opening stand was worth 86 when Nash was run out for 30 off the final ball of the 10th over, setting off for a single dabbed to short third-man and being beaten by wicketkeeper Alex Barrow’s direct hit when sent back. The next over saw Wright, on 42, drive a return catch to left-arm spinner Leach, having faced 32 balls and hit six fours and a six. And Somerset were back in it when Craig Cachopa was caught by Gregory for 5, having skied Leach to mid-on.Leach’s figures would have been even better had Barrow not missed a simple stumping chance offered by Machan on 19, with the total 129 for 3. It was an error the home side could not afford and was symptomatic of a poor fielding display. Several catches went down as Machan and Joyce saw their side to a comfortable success, both pacing their innings to perfection.Afterwards Arafat, who was twice on a hat-trick, said: “After losing our first two games confidence is growing all the time and we now have a great chance of reaching the quarter-finals.”Somerset’s Leach added: `”No one should read too much into this result. The toss was important and it was always going to be difficult batting first, so we are determined not to let it affect the momentum we were building in the competition.”

Shakib Al Hasan said Bangladesh had outplayed Afghanistan in all three departments in the opening match of the World T20

Mohammad Isam16-Mar-2014

Afghanistan were stifled by dot balls, a skill rarely displayed by the Bangladesh bowlers and that pressure led the hosts to bowl out an opponent for the first time in T20s during a nine-wicket win to begin their World T20 campaign.Mohammad Shahzad’s growing reputation as a big-hitting opening batsman, even in Bangladesh’s domestic cricket, made him a big wicket for the home side. When he lashed out at Mashrafe Mortaza’s first delivery and got caught at mid-off, it put Bangladesh in the front foot.”Mashrafe gave us the early breakthrough,” Shakib Al Hasan said. “The fielding was good and the spinners got into the game quickly. It was important to start off with a wicket off the first ball. We played well overall in all three departments.”Mashrafe, Al-Amin Hossain and Shakib strung 24 dot balls between them during the Powerplay, which set up the three wickets that Afghanistan lost in that period. Importantly, Bangladesh’s bowlers kept up the momentum throughout the innings. They bowled 67 dot balls in the 17.1 overs. Noticeably and even statistically, this was the Bangladesh bowlers at their best in the shortest format.”It is always slightly difficult playing against teams like Afghanistan,” Shakib said. “You don’t know what’s coming your way. Someone from No. 7 or 8 can blast the bowlers. Or someone can suddenly bowl well. It will be wrong to make predictions against them, so it is important to look after ourselves, and look to improve in every game.”The two run-outs were vital, both were good batsmen. Though we dropped a catch, our fielding was good overall. [Mahmudullah] Riyad took two good catches. It usually lifts the morale of the team, which is important for a T20 game.”Shakib insisted he was in a good frame of mind before the game, though there had been talk of unease and nerves in the dressing-room. Few days ago, captain Mushfiqur Rahim had called it a “revenge game”.”I think I was more relaxed before this game than any other match previously. I think our whole team knew that we will win and it will be a one-sided game,” Shakib said. “I was about to throw a banana skin in the bin, I said if it falls inside, they will score 40 and if it doesn’t they will make 80. They made 72.”But Shakib did confess to the team being relieved, particularly as the win helped avoid an early exit. “I said before that if we play to our potential, Afghanistan won’t stand a chance,” he said. “It [an upset] can happen once in a while. The pressure has been relieved. It was important to start off well so I am happy and relieved.”What also worked for Bangladesh, and it can easily get lost in all the hype of a big win, is the combination, especially in the spin department. The pitch in Chittagong wouldn’t be too different, so there will remain enough reason to stick to this team, which looked more streamlined and focused for T20s.

Sunil Gavaskar has said both Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh can still force their way back into the Indian team

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Jan-2014

Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh have had difficult domestic seasons after being sidelined from the national team, and with the flourishing of a younger bunch of batsmen, their international future looks shaky. Sunil Gavaskar, though, has said both can still force their way back into the Indian team.In his bid to return, Sehwag has shifted down to the middle order – where he began his career – after a profitable decade as opener. The results, though, have been poor: his fast-bowling team-mate Ashish Nehra has similar batting statistics over the Ranji season.Yuvraj has been through similarly wretched form, troubled by the pace of Mitchell Johnson during the home ODI series against Australia last year, before extending his lean run in the matches against West Indies and South Africa. The runs haven’t returned in three Ranji matches since either.”(In) Cricket, nothing is impossible,” Gavaskar said during the Ranji quarterfinal in Mumbai. “You have one good season, one outstanding season, you can come back. It is up to Yuvraj to show that he has got the burning desire for it. I think he has. And he has just had a bad season. Hopefully he could come back because he adds so much to the Indian team because he is still a top fielder and his spinners does help pick wickets.”Sehwag also, nothing is impossible in cricket. It is up to these guys to come back with not just hundreds but double hundreds and stuff like that.”Gavaskar, India’s greatest Test opener, suggested Sehwag, India’s best Test opener after him, could try rediscovering his touch by moving back to the top of the order. “I think he is more happy with the ball coming on to the bat. If you have opened the batting for such a long time, it is a little bit difficult waiting in the dressing room, waiting for your turn to go to bat. The best move for him would be to go back to opening. The new ball will come on to the bat, he can try and score off it. The other thing is that clever captains will confront him with spin straightaway.”One of the seniors who has made a comeback after a year out of the Indian team is Zaheer Khan. The national selection chief, Sandeep Patil, was watching the Ranji quarterfinals in Mumbai, possibly to track Zaheer’s progress. None of the members of the Indian squad whose teams are in the quarterfinals is playing: Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Stuart Binny and Mohammed Shami are set to leave for New Zealand on the final day of the match. Gavaskar echoed Rahul Dravid’s views that the six players could have played the Ranji knockout match.”It would have been fantastic to have the guys play in the quarter-finals,” Gavaskar said. “If they could have played and left the day the quarter-final finishes, for example the team is leaving on 11th night/12th morning the three-four players could have left on 12th night/13th morning because the first match is on the 19th. I know you lose a day going into New Zealand but it would have still given them enough time.”This is India’s No. 1 tournament. The more competitive it is, the higher the standard and the better the feedback for the selection committee to be able to see when the teams are playing the best and against the best, it is always a good indication for the selectors.”

Daryl Mitchell and Scott Kuggeleijn added 33 in 15 balls to help Northern Districts beat Otago by five wickets and seal the team’s first ever HRV Cup

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Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsBJ Watling’s 30-ball 37 helped Northern Districts recover from a slow start•Getty ImagesDaryl Mitchell and Scott Kuggeleijn added 33 in 15 balls to help Northern Districts win their first ever HRV Twenty20 Cup after beating Otago by five wickets in the final.Before Kuggeleijn joined Mitchell at the crease for their sixth-wicket association, Northern Districts needed 32 off 20 balls, and with Mitchell stable, but not particularly aggressive, Otago would’ve hoped to at least take the chase down to the wire.However, Kuggeleijn, who had held his nerve bowling the final over against Canterbury, slammed Jacob Duffy for a four and six off consecutive deliveries in the 18th over to bring the equation down to 15 off 12. From there on, a Northern Districts victory was never really in question, as Mitchell scooped Jason Holder over short fine leg for four in the penultimate over, before Kuggeleijn took the team home with a six straight over the bowler’s head.Kuggeleijn remained unbeaten on 22 off just seven balls and Mitchell made 46 not out, but it was BJ Watling who had laid the platform for the chase by dropping anchor following a slow start from the team. Northern Districts lost their openers as well as Brad Wilson to slump to 24 for 3, but Watling stopped the slide by hitting a 30-ball 37, and contributing to a 57-run stand with Mitchell. Watling was however fortunate to be given a reprieve, as he was dropped on 8 by Holder at long on. But with the team still needing more than seven an over, Watling went on the attack and miscued a shot straight to Michael Bracewell at deep cover.Scott Styris, coming in at No.6, lasted only 16 deliveries, but his flicked six over backward square leg, off Holder, played a big part in Northern Districts wresting the momentum.Otago had earlier elected to bat, but struggled to come up with the big shots on a slow surface against Northern Districts’ disciplined bowling attack. Hamish Rutherford was fortunate to survive a run-out chance when on 15, but did not enjoy much luck a second time around, and fell short of his crease in the sixth over. With Otago’s run-rate dipping, Neil Broom and Ryan ten Doeschate both counterattacked with quickfire scores of 44 and 36 respectively, to lift the team to a competitive 143 for 5. In the end though, it wasn’t enough.