By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) One of most intriguing questions that circulated a year and a half ago when Seattle hired GarthLagerwey as president of soccer and general manager was how he and head coach Sigi Schmid would interact and how long the relationship would last The full story has yet to bewritten but in discussing […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Galaxy takes third, Red Bulls fifth
The last weekend of play before the All-Star Game produced some stellar performances. Leader FC Dallas played a 1-1 tie with No. 2 Colorado that kept those teams in the same spots. TheGalaxy jumped past the Timbers into third place by winning 2-1 in Portland and a 5-1 pulverizing of Philly lifted Montreal into fourth. The […]
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MLS Moves: Former U-20 star Steffen joins Crew
Zack Steffen, who starred for the USA at the 2015 Under-20 World Cup, signed with the Columbus Crew as a Discovery Player following his transfer from German club Freiburg. The 21-year-oldgoalkeeper had signed with Freiburg after his second season at Maryland in 2014 but was limited to 14 appearances with Freiburg II in the fourth-level […]
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MLS Moves: Orlando bolsters backline with Aja signing
The first player signed by Orlando City after the hiring of head coach Jason Kreis has actually been with the team for a while. Uruguayan centerback JoséAja, 23, has been signed to a six-month loan with an option to buy his rights from Montevideo powerhouse Nacional, which had already loaned him this year to local […]
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MLS Power Rankings: NYCFC surges into top five
The busiest week of the MLS season so far — 16 games — didn’t generate all that much change in the Soccer America Power Rankings. FC Dallasbounced back from a 5-0 thrashing in Seattle to beat Chicago, 3-1, and retain top spot. The runners-up Colorado Rapids ran their unbeaten streak to 14 games by edging […]
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MLS Midseason Awards: Villa and the other Kamara are among the leaders
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) The six major categories of awards presented each season by MLS runthe gamut of experience, youthful promise, and performance. Steady expansion over the past decade has strengthened as well as expanded the pool of candidates, and perhaps surprisingly,not many U.S. internationals are in the running for the major awards midway through […]
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MLS Countdown: Northwest teams set to double-dip
All three Cascadia Cup rivals will be in action midweek and two of them also square off Sunday during a busy week in MLS. Six Wednesday games are followed by a full slate of 10 weekendmatches that could significantly jumble the tight playoff races in both conferences. In the East, only four points separate third-place […]
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What They're Saying: Gregg Berhalter
“What’s Turkey? A bird?” — Columbus Crew coach Gregg Berhalter, dismissing a report that he was in line for the head coaching job at Gaziantepspor orKayserispor in Turkey. (MLSSoccer.com)
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MLS Power Rankings: Tim Howard brings luck to Rapids
Colorado wasn’t able to mark Tim Howard’s return to MLS with a victory but by battling Portland to a 0-0 tie held top spot by a narrow margin over FC Dallas, which blasted OrlandoCity SC, 4-0. Montreal’s comeback victory over New England moved the Impact into the top five. New York City’s first triumph over […]
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Video Pick: How a coach makes the highlight reels
Columbus Crew coach Gregg Berhalter pulled off a slick scorpion kick when a clearance flew over the sideline during his team’s 3-2 loss to Sporting Kansas City.