If a fun factor was tabulated into the MLS standings, Atlanta United would be challenging for the Supporters’ Shield. No other team is averaging more than two goals per game (2.05to be precise) and drawing more than 46,000 fans per game (46,482, which if maintained will be a league record). No other team has three […]
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SA Midseason Awards: Nikolic, Paunovic head list of Chicago candidates
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) There are clear frontrunners for a few of the major individual awards presented annually by MajorLeague Soccer, and other categories are wide-open. The official voting for such awards is split between three groups: current MLS players; MLS staff members, including coaches, technicaldirectors, PR directors, and business officers; and media members with […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Chicago stays on top
Chicago held the top spot and the teams in second and third switched places during the holiday midweek action. The Fire posted a 2-2 tie in Portland to stretch its unbeaten streak to 11games, the longest such run in MLS this season. Toronto FC beat Orlando City, 3-1, and moved into second past New York […]
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MLS: Fire duo heads All-Stars' Fan XI
German World Cup Bastian Schweinsteiger and Nemanja Nikolic give local representation to the 2017 MLS All-Star Game as the Chicago Fire stars are among four first-year MLS playersnamed to the MLS All-Stars’ Fan XI. The all-stars will face Spanish club Real Madrid in the 2017 MLS All-Star Game Aug. 2 at Soldier Field. The other two […]
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Midseason kudos to Atlanta, questions for PRO
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Thanks to the FIFA international break, this week is a good time to assess MLS and praise the good andlament the bad. It’s about the only time as well, for the return of league play dovetails with the heavy schedule of summer international friendlies as well as the All-Star GameAug. 2 […]
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What They're Saying: Sarah Kate Noftsinger
“People used say, ‘Ah, you don’t know what it’s like, you got to go experience a match in Europe. Or you need to go to South America to experience a match. The reality is weactually have the experience here, in Atlanta. You don’t have to go overseas. It’s something this city has embraced. I wouldn’t […]
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MLS Today: Plenty of July 4 fireworks
There were plenty of fireworks in MLS on July 4 as the five games produced 25 goals. The stunner: last-place Real Salt Lake’s 6-2 win at LA Galaxy, depleted by injuries (six players), call-ups(Giovani dos Santos and Gyasi Zardes) and the suspension to captain Jelle Van Damme. Young first-year players Jefferson Savarino and AlbertRusnak, both […]
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MLS: RSL defense gets boost with Uruguayan vet Silva
Real Salt Lake, which went into July 4 action with the worst defense of any returning MLS team, got some help at center back with the signing of 28-year-old Uruguayan Marcelo Silva. “We have been looking to improve our defense,” Real Salt Lake general manager Craig Waibel said, “but wanted to find the right fit. […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Red-hot Fire takes over at the top
The Chicago Fire took advantage of Toronto FC’s second loss in the last four games to take over first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. A 4-0 rout of Vancouver coupledwith a 3-1 FC Dallas defeat of TFC moved Chicago on top, and New York City FC rose to second by downing Minnesota United, […]
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Open Cup: Miami FC's Kwadwo Poku adds to his legend
Two weeks after Miami FC beat Orlando City, 3-1, the NASL leader put three goals past Atlanta United to defeat a second MLS team, 3-2. The late winner came from 25-year-old Kwadwo Poku, whomoved to Atlanta from Ghana as a teenager and achieved Open Cup heroics with the Georgia Revolution and Atlanta Silverbacks. In 2013, […]