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Omar Gonzalez transferred by LA Galaxy to Mexico's Pachuca

Defender Omar Gonzalez has been transferred from the Los Angeles Galaxy to Mexico's Pachuca.

The 6-foot-5 center back was viewed as a possible future star for the U.S. national team when he made his international debut in 2009, but his career has stalled since January 2012, when he tore his left anterior cruciate ligament in a collision with fellow American Timmy Chandler. The injury occurred during Gonzalez's first training session with Germany's Nuremberg, where he had been loaned.

Gonzalez reinjured the knee in May 2014 and recovered to start the Americans' last group-stage match and round-of-16 loss to Belgium at the World Cup. He has 30 international appearances but has fallen behind Geoff Cameron, John Brooks, Matt Besler and Michael Orozco on U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann's depth chart.

An American-born son of Mexican parents, Gonzalez has dual citizenship. He helped the Galaxy win three MLS Cup titles, is a four-time pick for the league's MLS Best XI and was voted 2011 Defender of the Year.

Gonzalez had a $1.2 million base salary this year. He became a designated player in 2013, but the Galaxy paid down their commitment to sign Mexican star Giovani Dos Santos in July.

San Antonio seeks MLS team to play at Toyota Field

Officials seeking to attract a Major League Soccer team to San Antonio have a field and a 20-year lease.

Spurs Sports & Entertainment on Tuesday announced an agreement with Bexar (bayr) County and the city to operate a soccer franchise at Toyota Field in 2016.

The $18 million Toyota Field, with a seating capacity for 8,500, is owned by San Antonio and the county.

SS&E agreed to a 20-year lease to run all operations within Toyota Field, while also pursuing an MLS franchise. Spurs Sports & Entertainment plans to operate a minor league USL franchise next year.

Toyota Field has been home of the Scorpions of the North American Soccer League.

SS&E owns the San Antonio Spurs, the San Antonio Rampage, the San Antonio Stars and the Austin Spurs.

Michael Bradley wins USSF Male Player of Year award

American national team captain Michael Bradley has won the U.S. Soccer Federation's Male Player of the Year award.

Bradley, who took over as captain from Clint Dempsey last summer ahead of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, received 43 percent of votes in balloting announced Tuesday. Fabian Johnson was second with 33 percent, followed by Dempsey with 20 percent.

Voters included national team coaches and staff, men's national team players who appeared in 2015, men's national team and youth national team coaches, Major League Soccer and North American Soccer League head coaches, and select former players, administrators and media.

A 28-year-old midfielder who also captains Toronto, Bradley had three goals and six assists in 18 appearances in 2015, the most assists on the team in a calendar year since Landon Donovan's eight in 2013. He became the fourth-youngest American male to make 100 international appearances.

Lines steps down as coach of NWSL's Western New York Flash

Aaron Lines has stepped down as coach of the Western New York Flash, the National Women's Soccer League team has announced.

Lines will remain with the Flash in a management position. The move was announced Tuesday, and follows a season in which the Flash went 6-9-5 and missed the playoffs for a second consecutive year.

The suburban Buffalo-based Flash has finished seventh in the nine-team league in each of the past two seasons.

Lines coached the Flash for seven seasons, dating to when the franchise was a member of the developmental W-League. In 2011, he coached a team that included international stars Carli Lloyd, Christine Sinclair and Marta to win the Women's Professional Soccer league championship.