By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) The Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers had played each other four timesin the Open Cup before Tuesday night’s troubles at the Starfire Sports Complex. I recall working late one night in 2007 and needing to track down a late U.S. Open Cup score from Tukwila.Seattle beat Portland, 2-1, in an incident-filled […]
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ICYMI | MLS: Dempsey's streak, Altidore's injury
Filling in for injured Obafemi Martins (tibial contusion), Chad Barrett scored twice to give the Seattle Sounders a 2-0statement win over the Vancover Whitecaps in their Cascadia Cup match on Saturday at B.C. Place. Clint Dempsey assisted on Barrett’s first goal, giving him a goal or assist in 10 consecutive MLS regular-season matches datingback to […]
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Projecting Klinsmann's USA roster for Mexico game
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Projecting a USA roster for an upcoming friendly can be a fool’sexercise for many reasons. Head coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s penchant for springing surprises is just one variable in a complex equation. He sometimes downgrades such elements aslevel of performance and though he always talks of building for the future he’s also […]
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Klinsmann, ever the optimist, refuses to buckle
A worrying trend of conceding late goals continued, yet while tying Switzerland, 1-1, in Zurich on Tuesday, the U.S. national team generated more good play than it has in most of its recent matches. Though outshot, 12-6, the Americans used their possessions effectively and several times were presented clean looks at goal they couldn’t convert. […]
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USA-Denmark: Missing list grows with Dempsey injury
The U.S. national team visits Denmark for the first time since 2009 to play the Danish national team in Aarhus Wednesday (3 p.m. ET, ESPN, UniMas, UDN) in itsthird international of the year. Veterans, young players and a couple of new faces are all in the mix. USA: Big names left out of team for […]
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DPs are not the whole story of Galaxy success
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Gyasi Zardes is a vividexample of how the Galaxy can groom players just as well as spend big money for stars. Another high-priced Designated Player is headed to the Galaxy; cue the criticisms and concerns MLS is on the brink of domination by big-spending teams.
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USA-Panama Player Ratings
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Two of the USA’s most important players scored the goals by which theAmericans regained some momentum by beating Panama, 2-0. Michael Bradley scored his 13th national-team goal from a corner kick and Clint Dempsey joined LandonDonovan in the 40-goal club by tacking on a second goal before halftime. The Americans avoided the second-half collapses […]
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Dempsey: 2014 a 'Good' Year for USA
In an interview with the Seattle Times, Sounders striker Clint Dempsey reflected that 2014 was a positive year for soccer in the U.S. — even though the national team finished theyear with a pair of losses. According to Dempsey, who was not called up for the USA’s final two internationals of the year, a positive […]
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Report: MLS Eyes Permanent Move for Erick Torres
Now that Chivas USA is officially defunct, its players will enter some kind of dispersal draft, the details of which will be available some time next week. However, during a conference call withreporters on Monday, MLS executive VP Todd Durbin said there might be some players whose “situations become so unique that we have to […]
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Report: Dempsey Seeking EPL Loan in January
The Daily Mirror reports that USA captain Clint Dempsey is seeking a move back to the Premier League in January, during the MLS offseason. According to the report, QPR, AstonVilla and Stoke are interested in the 31-year-old.