The Chicago Fire extended its winning streak to four games with a 2-1 win over FC Dallas on goals by Nemanja Nikolic (league-leading 11th goal of the season) and David Accam (7th) in thefirst nine games. The Fire’s seven wins in 13 games match their 2016 season total for 34 games. Roland Lamah, one of […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Fire and Union climb charts
Double-win weeks for the Chicago Fire and Philadelphia Union vaulted them up Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings, and a pair of road losses for Houston dropped it down the ladder. In thetop tier, Toronto FC held first place by earning a 1-1 tie at Red Bull Arena. A first loss of the season — at […]
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What They're Saying: Veljko Paunovic
“We were 100-percent sure who we were bringing into our locker room and in our team and his hunger for scoring goals. But also, meantime, he is helping the team, and that’s the attitudeand mentality we want from everyone.” — Chicago Fire coach Veljko Paunovic, on Hungarian international Nemanja Nikolic, who leads MLS with 10 […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Toronto FC rolls to the top
Two more wins for Toronto FC ran its win streak to six and vaulted it atop the MLS Power Rankings. Previous leader FC Dallas slipped a couple of notches by tying New York City, which tookover second place after their 1-1 tie in Frisco. Sporting Kansas City and Houston round out the top five. The […]
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MLS Power Rankings: FC Dallas back on top
After winning six of its first seven games of the 2017 season to claim the top slot, Orlando City fell victim to its road woes. The Lions lost at Toronto and Houston to plummet down thelistings, and FC Dallas regained first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings by defeating Real Salt Lake, 3-0, to […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Orlando City leaps into first place
Another victory at Orlando City Stadium edged the Lions atop Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings with their league-high sixth win of the season. Previous leader FC Dallas dropped a notchdespite rallying twice to tie Portland, 2-2, at home. The Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City, a 3-0 winner over Real Salt Lake, retained their places […]
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MLS Weekend: Three Games to Watch
About one-quarter of the 2017 season has been played, and there are still two weeks remaining until the primary transfer window closes May 8. After that date only players out of contractcan be signed until the secondary window opens in July 10. League rules also require that in-season trades including players be conducted during the […]
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What They're Saying: Bastian Schweinsteiger
“I would say around 70 percent. It’s still in the game you feel like you want to do something and you can’t really do it because of the energy. I tried to, of course, play with my brain. My brain is100 percent so that’s working. I feel as a player if you are in a […]
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What They're Saying: Nelson Rodriguez
“I think it’s first about finding those best people and best professionals, irrespective of gender and ethnicity. If that’s truly the pursuit, then I believe it’s only naturalthat there should be greater diversity just as there is among all professions. Yet soccer [in the United States] continues to be male, white-dominated.” — Chicago Fire generalmanager […]
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Schweinsteiger: Move to Manchester United was 'right one'
Chicago Fire midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger insists he made the right choice in joining Manchester United from Bayern Munich two years ago, even though he ended up being benched by Unitedmanager Jose Mourinho in his second season and moving to MLS. “My move from Bayern to Manchester was the right one,” he told Germany’s Sport1. “I […]