[FINALS WEEK DAY 2] Cal Odyssey will again play for the Development Academy under-15/16 championship, advancing to the final at the Home Depot Center with a 2-1win over Internationals. Odyssey will play the Chicago Fire, which beat MLS rival D.C. United, 2-0, to clinch Group 1 after only two games. For all the Day 2 […]
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Fire takes Windy City derby
[FINALS WEEK] The Chicago Fire won its Windy City derby with FC Sockers with a 2-1 win on the first day of under-15/16 play at the Development Academy’s FinalsWeek. For all the Day 1 game summaries … DAY 1: De Anza Force 0 D.C. United 0 De Anza Force — Blanchette, Edmonds, Nishizaki (Escobar, 17), […]
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Baltimore Bays Chelsea favored in U/15-16 finals
[FINALS WEEK] Development Academy Finals Week kicks off on Saturday at the Home Depot Center with an under-15/16 match between a pair of Chicago rivals, theFire and Sockers FC. With a 19-game winning streak, Baltimore Bays Chelsea is the favorite. For a look at the eight U-15/16 finalists … Baltimore BaysChelsea — The Bays, top […]
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Revs hand Los Angeles rare defeat
[MLS] The New England Revolution pulled off the biggest upset of the MLS season when it ended a three-game losing streakwith a 2-0 win over Los Angeles. The loss was only the second of the season for the league-leading Galaxy, which was playing without World Cup star LandonDonovan, who was rested. Second-half goals from Marko […]
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Storm delay, dodgy goal end Galaxy's unbeaten run
[MLS] So impressive has the Galaxy been during its unbeaten start to the season that only extraordinary forces could undo what is has accomplished. So it came to be at Rio Tinto Stadium Wednesday night, when an apparently offside goal decided a game delayed by more than half an hour by lightning as Real Salt […]
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Seattle sets new high
[MLS ATTENDANCE] In the final weekend of MLS play before its two-week World Cup break, eight games drew an average of 19,525 fans. League attendance leaderSeattle had its biggest crowd of the season and rewarded the 36,344 fans with a 3-0 win over New England. FC Dallas also a had season-record turnout, which raised its […]
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Kirovski leads Saturday's Three Stars
[MLS] Picking Saturday’s Three Stars out of eight games that featured some incredible goals and numerous heroics isn’t an easy task, but on the lastweekend before MLS takes a two-week World Cup break there were some deserving candidates who stood out. 1. JOVAN KIROVSKI (Los Angeles) It’s really not fair to single out just Kirovski, […]
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Chicago and Dallas tie error-plagued match
[MLS] An offside goal that was allowed, a not-offside goal that was disallowed, a goal correctly disallowed for offside, a goal given away with a terribledefensive error, and a seemingly sure goal fluffed a la Kei Kamara … all of this and more transpired Thursday at Toyota Park. The host Fire tied FC Dallas, 1-1, […]
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Big crowds, few goals
[MLS ATTENDANCE] Three of the seven Week 9 games drew announced attendance of more than 20,000. Seattle again disappointed its large loyal following with a 1-0loss — one of the week’s four games that featured only one goal. Houston drew its biggest crowd of the season and downed D.C. United, 2-0. Houston drew 24,471 fans, […]
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Revs, Fire kick off heavy slate of international games
[MLS] What is shaping up to be a busy summer of foreign teams on tour before and after the World Cup commences Wednesday when New England hosts Benfica ofPortugal at Gillette Stadium, and the Fire hosts a doubleheader at Toyota Park. Chicago plays Paris St. Germain and Red Star Belgrade meets Legia Warsaw in the […]