Portland ran its unbeaten streak to a dozen and retained top spot in the Power Rankings by claiming a 0-0 tie at Banc of California Stadium. Behind the Timbers, FC Dallas held second bywinning its game and New York City FC jumped up to third by bagging two victories. D.C. United opened up Audi Field […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Timbers stay on top, Western rivals move up
A busy week of July 4 games as well as the weekend slate jumbled the rankings moderately, with Portland winning its only game of the week to stay on top. Los Angeles FC continued its impressiveform by tying Houston on the road and thrashing Orlando City at home to move into fourth place. Real Salt […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Sporting KC stays on top with comeback victory
Some teams looked rusty, others got right back into the flow on the first weekend of play following a short World Cup break. Sporting Kansas City, first in Soccer America’s MLS PowerRankings, retained the top spot by rallying from two goals down to beat Houston, 3-2. Top 10 teams swapped places as a result of […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Sporting Kansas City rolls on, Eastern teams stay close
A dominant win by leader Sporting Kansas City and six-point weeks for Real Salt Lake and FC Dallas produced significant movement in the Power Rankings. SKC maintained its hold at the topand Atlanta United moved into second place as the Red Bulls tumbled to defeat at New England. Portland stayed third, one place ahead of […]
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Peter Wilt talks about starting up another soccer team in Madison, independent landscape and his days in Chicago and Indianapolis
Most American soccer fans know the name Peter Wilt. He has worked a soccer executive for the past 30 years though he started out in sports by working for the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team andMilwaukee Admirals hockey team. In 1998, he helped launch an MLS expansion team, the Chicago Fire, that won the MLS Cup […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Sporting Kansas City stays top, Portland takes third
The good times rolled on for the top teams, and the bad spells for 2017 MLS Cup finalists Toronto FC and Seattle continued. Leader Sporting Kansas City and the runner-up Red Bulls heldtheir positions by playing 0-0 ties, and Portland surged into third by winning its sixth straight game. Another hot team, Houston, knocked off […]
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What They're Saying: Nelson Rodriguez
“If a fan wants to see a hockey game, they can go see the Wolves. If they want to see the best in hockey, they go see the Blackhawks. If a fan wants to see a baseball game, he could go see the newChicago Dogs. If he wants to see major-league baseball, he goes and […]
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Power Rankings Week 12: Atlanta tumble opens top spot for Sporting Kansas City
With the teams above it all losing last weekend, Sporting Kansas City climbed into first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. A 1-1 tie in Minnesota was enough to lift SKC pastprevious leader Atlanta United as well as Los Angeles FC after both of those teams incurred losses. The Red Bulls surged into second […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Atlanta United stays on top with split
A busy week of 16 games scrambled a few places atop the MLS Power Rankings, though many of the top teams stayed put by winning. Previous leader Atlanta United held first place despitelosing to Sporting Kansas City, 2-0. The Five Stripes rebounded from their first home loss by halting Orlando City’s six-game winning streak, 2-1. […]
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MLS Focus: Part 1 — State of the teams after Week 10
Less than one-quarter of the MLS season has been played, yet it’s already clear into which categories the teams can be cast. Most of what we will call “elite” teams are in theEastern Conference, which means other than Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles FC their Western counterparts will be trapped in the playoff “bubble” […]