The last weekend of MLS play before the start of the World Cup produced ties in games between top teams in the Power Rankings and thus little change. Of teams in the top one-third, onlyFC Dallas won, and that victory edged FCD up a notch into fourth place. Retaining the top three spots in order […]
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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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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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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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What They're Saying: Peter Reid
“There’s a lot of people here in Austin that really want a soccer team here and it seems like the city of Austin are wanting to make it happen too, but it’s almost out of their hands because there aremovements happening in Columbus to save the team there. I find it hard to think that […]
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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” […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Another impressive offensive outburst keeps Atlanta on top
Atlanta United racked up four goals in 20 minutes to overpower Montreal, 4-1, and hold first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Several teams, including NYCFC, took advantageof Sporting Kansas City and FC Dallas losses to move up. NYCFC took over second and expansion team Los Angeles FC, which opened its new stadium by […]
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MLS Moves: Crew extends Federico Higuain's contract
Crew SC’s future in Columbus is uncertain, but one player who will be a part of the team in 2019 is Argentine Federico Higuain, the longest-tenured player on its roster. Higuain, 33, had his contract extended through the 2019 season. Earlier in the year, he became the first Crewplayer to reach the 50-50 club and […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Atlanta surges to top as NYCFC falters
So successful have been the MLS teams in recent weeks that two of them swept up the standings when previous leader New York City FC fell to its first loss of the season. A 3-0 defeat inPortland opened the door for Atlanta United to grab first place and Sporting Kansas City to move into second. […]