TRANSFER: South Carolina's Conor Agnew to N.Ireland's Derry City

Conor Agnew (23 y/o) a Mid-Fielder from Fort Mill, South Carolina who's last team was Puerto Rico FC in NASL has joined Derry City in the Republic of Ireland's Premier League. Derry City ended 4th last season. The club has brought in 5 new players, of which Conor is one, following a trial "just prior to the end of the season" saying “He was here on trial and he is a dynamic mid field player who offers a different type of play to what we currently...

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WEEKLY WRAP: 11.20 thru 11.26.2017: Young Guns Still Out-Performing their Elders

Like the weather, cloudy week, with a few bright spots. Let's see, we had Terence Boyd score twice for Darmstadt, Jonathan Amon started and scored his first goal in Denmark, Julian Green back on the scoreboard and Matt Miazga heads home late in the Netherlands. Royal Fennell, who captained Hallescher until his injury, made the bench for the first time since the middle of August, and Kenny Saief got his first minutes after returning from injury,...

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WEEKLY WRAP: 11.13 thru 11.19.2017: American Young Guns Blazing!!

What a memorable week! What started out slowly ended with a thunderclap as young Americans assaulted the top division of Europe. It felt like every other match had a debut of some kind going on, let me explain. First: Young Keaton Parks, who has been scrambling up the pro ladder , got his senior squad debut at Portuguese giant's Benfica, and showed he can hold his own at the highest level. Second: Shaq Moore got his senior squad start for Levante...

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WEEKLY WRAP: 11.6 thru 11.12.2017: International Break, Gives me a Break, but There is still Good Stuff in the Lower Leagues

So here we are in the midst of an "international break". Matches are few and far between and limited to lower leagues and friendlies, so don't expect to much detail here this week. I am starting today with our goal-scoring pair in Slovenia. I have made comment about them before, but it certainly needs repeating. Kyrian Nwabueze at Gorica and Theo (aka Sachem) Wilson at Krka both scored again this week, that's 4 times this season that they both...

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WEEKLY WRAP: 10.30 thru 11.5.2017: 10 Goals, 7 Assists & 4 Clean Sheets

This was a week full of action, so maybe save this report for next week as the international break kicks in again.  A few points from this week,  Andrew Stadler & Alex De John saw their team, Dalkurd promoted, as did Keeper Tim Murray with Honka. Finally Conor O'Brien and Start are promoted in Norway. Congratulations to players & clubs. We had some debut's this week as well. Caleb Stanko made his Bundesliga debut, as did Jonathan...

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