Seattle and Montreal are the hottest teams in MLS and another week of wins has pushed both teams into the top five in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. The Sounders are third, winnersof three in a row and unbeaten in their last nine games. The Impact swept a pair of games to run its streak […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Red Bulls, Dynamo, Sounders climb
Another solid week for the top teams in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings didn’t cause much change in those slots, but the second tier is another story. Seattle moved into fifthplace by edging Sporting Kansas City, and Houston and the Red Bulls also moved up. Their success caused the Fire and SKC to tumble a […]
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What They're Saying: Tata Martino
“I said Kansas City was a really good team and Atlanta was a really good team.” — Atlanta United Tata Martino, asked what he said to Sporting KC coach PeterVermes after their incident-filled game (1-1 tie) ended with the two coaches appearing to get into an argument. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Lalas: MLS is starting to win the hearts and minds
Two years after the introduction of Targeted Allocation Money, MLS has changed. The depth of talent is evident in the many players passed over for selection to the MLS All-Star Game. FoxSports 1’s Alexi Lalas talked with Soccer America about what accounts for the change. “Simple answer is: money,” he says. “Not ridiculous amounts of money, […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Toronto takes back top spot
One week atop the Power Rankings was it for New York City FC, which fell back into the pack by losing, 4-0, to Toronto FC at BMO Field. Chicago’smini-slide continued with a 3-2 loss at Western Conference leader Sporting Kansas City. Vancouver and the Red Bulls continued their moves up the standings by also posting […]
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MLS Power Rankings: NYCFC jumps two spots to top
In one of the wackiest as well as busiest weeks of the season so far, another shuffle of the top three moved New York City FC atop the heap after it beat previous leader Chicago, 2-1. After getting agood point at Yankee Stadium, Toronto FC was held at home by Colorado, 1-1, to stay second. […]
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What They're Saying: Gerardo "Tata" Martino
“I think we will have to wait another 50 years to find out. I appreciate the enthusiasm you guys [media] have about it, but it is far from being a rivalry. We need another 100 games between thetwo teams before we can call it that. Atlanta has only played 20 games in the league so […]
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One man's Midseason MLS Best XI
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) The list of All-Stars was released by MLS on Tuesday and amid the controversy of who got picked and whodidn’t, here’s a personal selection of the 11 most deserving players of the 2017 season to date. This is my Best XI, many obvious choices with a few personal favorites thrown in […]
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Arena goes with experience — and a few question marks in Gold Cup knockout phase.
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) If a team’s play can be as memorable as it is forgettable, the U.S. did just that in winning –barely — Group B of the 2017 Gold Cup. As usual, much of the criticism directed at the streaky, choppy displays against Panama, Martinique and Nicaragua is justified, but some of it […]