Alvaro Fernandez Rumors & News

Back in 2011 the Seattle Sounders had a great offense. The star was Fredy Montero, as it was for each of the first four years of the club (debate '12 and EJ if you want), but the offense was really about the midfield stepping up and scoring quite a bit. Alvaro Fernandez was the real symbol of doing something different. He netted nine in league play. Rosales, Evans and Alonso would all put away five goals as well. It was a diverse attack built from the engine room. It lacked a permanent other forward. White, Levesque, Jaqua, Noonan, Fucito, and Ochoa would all get a run up top. No other...

In 2012 the midfield scoring fell off. The previous year, Alvaro Fernandez put in 12 goals and assisted on 5 in all competitions. Prior to that in 2010 Zakauni had 11 and 8. Last year the only midfield offensive threat in measurables (goals and assists) was Mauro Rosales. The Seattle Sounders can expect strong assist numbers from the play-making winger, but what they need in light of the loss of Fredy Montero is more power from the stacked midfield. Designated Player Christian Tiffert will need to be a large part of what pushes the quality midfield even further. "If you come into the l...

Since its move to loan midfielder Alvaro Fernandez to Qatari side Al Rayyan, the Fire has committed itself to adding depth to the outside midfield position that Fernandez vacated. But it hasn’t been clear exactly how the club planned to do so until recently. Fire President of Soccer Operations Javier Leon confirmed early Wednesday morning in a phone interview with the Sun-Times that the club is interested in acquiring Columbus Crew midfielder Dilly Duka, a move that has been rumored since the Jan. 17 MLS SuperDraft. Du...