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David Villa made his much anticipated move to Melbourne City this weekend with an eye towards staying fit for New York City's upcoming preseason training camp. Melbourne City opens up their 2014 season away to Sydney FC on Saturday.
Video of David Villa's first training session with Melbourne City:
Andrew Jacobson continued his streak of playing every minute in midfield since arriving at Stabaek in their draw with Bodo/Glimt. Stabaek currently sits in a tie for 7th place in the Norwegian Tippeligaen table.
Frank Lampard came on as a substitute in the second half of both Manchester City games last week.
He came on in the 57th minute and played out a 1-1 draw in Champions League action against AS Roma at the Etihad, where he also shared this reunion with former England and Chelsea teammate Ashley Cole.
Lampard then entered a scoreless match against Aston Villa in the 56th minute and helped City turn the tide and score two goals to win away at Villa Park on Saturday.
Josh Saunders made 8 saves while only giving up 1 goal in San Antonio’s game against Ottawa. San Antonio is currently 12 points above 5th place with 4 games remaining, and are one win (or a Fort Lauderdale loss) away from clinching a playoff birth.
Kwame Watson-Siriboe started and played 90 minutes at center back in Carolina’s loss to Fort Lauderdale.
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