[MLS] The Los Angeles Galaxy and Columbus Crew are still unbeaten but both have two players headed off to the U.S. World Cup training camp. Even without Landon Donovan and Edson Buddle, the Galaxy shouldn’t miss a beat. Chad Marshall andRobbie Rogers won’t be with Crew Thursday when it visits Red Bull Arena with a […]
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What We're Watching … Survival of the fittest
[MLS] There will be plenty of tired legs this weekend in MLS; six teams play their third game in eight days following a slate of four midweek matches.Colorado and Kansas City sit out this Saturday. There are two tasty Western Conference matchups; in Seattle, the Sounders play the unbeaten Galaxy, and with LA out of […]
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The Challenge of Change: Where it's working, where not
By Ridge Mahoney Replacing a head coach, overhauling a roster, or both, are really the only ways a team can improve, but change in and of itself is no guarantee, asseveral struggling teams are proving this season. In a few places, notably New York, the train is headed down the right track; not so for […]
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Speedsters deliver in Week 6
[MLS] There may be parity in MLS, but conference leaders New York and Los Angeles continue to win, while D.C. United and FC Dallas don’t seem capable ofbeating anybody except themselves. Here are six items of note from the eight matches played last Saturday … SPEED WINS. After running into blind alleys anddouble-teams often in […]
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Three stories we're following
[MLS] Saturday starts a crowded week of league play in MLS, with all 16 teams playing this weekend, eight of them scheduled for midweek action a week fromWednesday, and all but two set to play a week from Saturday. In the U.S. Open Cup on Tuesday, New York replicated its 2-1 league defeat of Philadelphia […]
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Few fans in Dallas, New England
[MLS ATTENDANCE] Toronto FC drew the smallest announced crowd in its four-year history, but the crowd of 18,394 for its 2-0 win overSeattle on Sunday was still the largest MLS crowd during a week marked by crowds of less than 10,000 in Dallas and New England. Attendance for the TFC-Seattle game was below the capacityof […]
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Six thoughts from MLS Week 5
[MLS] Maybe it’s taken a while for the goalkeepers to find their form this season; after numerous gaffes resulted in goals the first four weekends, morethan a few keepers played top-notch stuff. Goalkeeper heroics are one of the six thoughts we take from Week 5. … GOALIE GLORY. Stefan Frei stymied BradEvans and Nathan Sturgis […]
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Hesmer's saves earn him Saturday's top star
[MLS] The Galaxy and Crew remained unbeaten and the Red Bulls stayed atop the Eastern Conference after six MLS games played Saturday. The performances of theseplayers earned Saturday’s Three Stars … 1. WILL HESMER (Columbus). The four goalies who earned shutouts Saturday all earned them withsome sparking saves, yet Hesmer gets the nod over his […]
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Can woeful Toronto exploit weary Seattle?
[MLS] The train wreck that is D.C. United takes the week off as Seattle fills out the eight games by playing at Toronto Sunday on just two days’ restafter surrendering a last-second penalty kick to end up tied in Dallas, 2-2. HOMECOMING, SORT OF. Philadelphia Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz did a lot of thespadework, and […]
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Strong start at the turnstiles
[MLS ATTENDANCE] Four weeks into the 2010 season, MLS’s average attendance is up by more than 2,000 compared to 2009’s average for the entire season. At thesame stage (29 games), average attendance is 3,000 more in 2010 than last season. The boost is thanks to the fact that the Seattle Sounders have already hosted three […]