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It was back on June 14 that we first brought you a report that rising San Lorenzo star Hector Villalba had received an offer from Atlanta United. #VillalbaWatch has taken quite a few different turns in the last 37 days, are we nearing a conclusion soon?
Hector Tito Villalba finalmente viajará mañana a los EEUU y luego de la revisión medica, pasara al #Tijuana hasta Diciembre.#ExitosTito
— Diego Castagnolo (@DiegoCastagnolo) July 21, 2016
It appears that Tito is on his way to the US soon and will then be headed to Tijuana through December on loan. Talk had recently popped up about a loan to an Argentine club, but it appears that Villalba said that he would only play for San Lorenzo in Argentina.
Existio la posibilidad de jugar en un equipo argentino, pero Tito Villalba dijo que en Argentina juega solo en #SanLorenzo...
— Diego Castagnolo (@DiegoCastagnolo) July 21, 2016
While we wait for Villalba, we also celebrate the birthday of Atlanta United midfielder Chris McCann.
Happy birthday to @BeswicksSports & @ATLUTD's @cjmccann7 #ATLUTD #TeamBeswicks pic.twitter.com/ZOuXu4uMAx
— Jon Hassall (@JonHassall75) July 21, 2016
McCann will be joining Coventry City on loan on August 1.
Domestic
Brad Knighton followed up key saves through the game with two more in the penalty shootout, New England defeats Philadelphia in the Open Cup quarterfinals (The Bent Musket)
Ft. Lauderdale’s fairy tale comes to an end, Chicago advances to the Open Cup semifinals with a 3-0 win (Hot Time in Old Town)
WATCH: From a bit earlier, @ChicagoFire's @IamDavidAccam with some magic to set up Michael de Leeuw #cf97 #USOC2016https://t.co/c4YcnLMRPt
— U.S. Open Cup (@opencup) July 21, 2016
Fabian Castillo’s 90th minute winner keeps Dallas’ Open Cup dreams alive as they win in Houston (Big D Soccer)
WATCH: On the stroke of stoppage time, Fabian Castillo sends @FCDallas to the #USOC2016 Semifinals! #DTIDhttps://t.co/ZDXBn957Cb
— U.S. Open Cup (@opencup) July 21, 2016
The Galaxy fell behind twice, but come back to win 4-2 over Seattle to advance to the Open Cup semifinals (LAG Confidential)
"If Villa, Pirlo or Lampard ever get touched they go down. They draw fouls, they draw yellow cards. It’s epidemic.” - @jessemarsch #NYvNYC
— Alexi Lalas (@AlexiLalas) July 20, 2016
DC United was active yesterday in the trade market, sending Fabian Espindola to Vancouver for GAM and acquiring Patrick Mullins from NYCFC for GAM, TAM, and an international slot through 2017 (Black and Red United)
Jason Kreis and Phil Rawlins spoke to The Mane Land after Kreis’ introduction to the Orlando media (The Mane Land)
#IMFC rejected the opportunity to have a #WoSo franchise. Most disappointing news I saw today. #NWSL https://t.co/B61dSn6FLQ
— Tristan D'Amours (@tristandamours) July 21, 2016
Bournemouth defeated Minnesota United 4-0 in a friendly, one of the goals was this beauty:
This is the own goal in the MN United game... the likes of which you'll never see again. pic.twitter.com/FEzt3jewTW
— Seth Kaplan (@Seth_Kaplan) July 21, 2016
International
Paul Pogba looks likely to be headed to Manchester United soon (Black & White & Read All Over)
England settle on Sam Allardyce as their new manager (SB Nation)
And Sunderland might replace him with David Moyes (Sky Sports)
Five-time Bundesliga champion: will @MarioGoetze's success story continue at @BVB in 2016/17? #Goetze pic.twitter.com/MxpwIAyKXL
— Bundesliga (@Bundesliga_EN) July 21, 2016
Wolves bought by a Chinese conglomerate for £45M (BBC)
Juventus and Everton battling over Moussa Sissoko of Newcastle? (The Guardian)
A guide to confusing transfer window language (FourFourTwo)
Local
A look at the Braves’ potential deadline day trade partners (Talking Chop)
The Locked on Hawks daily podcast looks at some of the less heralded additions to the roster this summer (Peachtree Hoops)
David Pollack expands role with ESPN in new contract (Dawg Sports)