The D-2 Pro League’s Puerto Rico Islanders, who knocked off the Los Angeles Galaxy in the preliminary round, began their third campaign in the Concacaf Champions League proper with a 1-1 tie athome against Olimpia of Honduras. For Tuesday’s results and this week’s schedule … Tuesday Schedule: Concacaf Champions League Aug. 17 in Toronto Toronto FC […]
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Mista and Saric drive TFC past Cruz Azul
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] With two of Toronto FC’s foreign forwards sidelined by injuries, another pair of imports scored the goals by which theCanadian MLS entry beat Mexican club Cruz Azul, 2-1, to open group play in the Concacaf Champions League Tuesday at BMO Field. Martin Saric (anative of Argentina) headed home in the opening minutes […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Thursday
— FC Nordsjaelland, with American defender Michael Parkhurst, fell, 2-1, at Portugal’s Sporting to exit the Europa League third qualifying round, 3-1, on aggregate. –The Columbus Crew’s win over Philadelphia moves it within three points over overall league leader Los Angeles. — Morelia beat Houston to make the Superliga a Mexico vs. USA final. The […]
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Islanders send Galaxy packing
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] There was no miracle in Bayamon. The Los Angeles Galaxy, crushed, 4-1, in the first leg at home, won, 2-1, in the second leg of itspreliminary-round series against the Puerto Islanders, last in their D-2 Pro League conference, but was eliminated, 5-3, on aggregate. A first-half penalty by Englishman David Foley put […]
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Record number of MLS teams reaches final 16
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Seattle Sounders FC and Toronto FC both moved into group stage of the Concacaf Champions League for the first time when they earnedties in tricky second legs at Central American opponents. The series wins assured MLS of at least four teams in the group stage — its most ever. Uruguayan World Cup […]
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Schmid confident Sounders will get result in San Salvador
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Just how precarious is a 1-0 lead for an away leg in Central America on just a few days rest? Two MLS teams are about to findout. Seattle holds a slim edge over Salvadoran club Isidro Metapan and Toronto FC is a goal up on Honduran foe Motagua in the Concacaf Champions […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Thursday
Americans Michael Parkhurst (Danish club FC Nordsjaelland) and Daniel Antunez (Finnish club FC Inter) both lost athome in their third-round Europa League matches on Thursday. For all Thursday action … Thursday Results: Americans Abroad Europa League (Third Qualifying Round, First Leg) FC Nordsjaelland 0 Sporting1 Michael Parkhurst-FC Nordsjaelland (90 minutes) FC Inter 1 KRC Genk […]
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Sounders scrape out narrow win
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Even soccer-mad Seattle has a hard time taking to the Concacaf Champions League. MLS’s Sounders edged Metapan of El Salvador, 1-0,in their debut in the regional competition before a crowd of only 17,228, the smallest ever to watch the Sounders at Qwest Field and less than half their average attendance in MLS […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Wednesday
Amy Rodriguez, who scored only one goal in her rookie season with Boston, had her 10th and 11th goals of the season and added an assist for the expansionPhiladelphia Independence in a 3-0 win over the Chicago Stars in WPS play on Wednesday. For all Wednesday’s results in the D-2 Pro League, Concacaf Champions League, […]
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Islanders deserved shocking win over Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy suffered one of the worst defeats in its history when it fell to the D-2 Puerto Rico Islanders, 4-1, at the Home Depot Center in what veteran Gregg Berhalter called a “bizarre game.” The Islanders had four shots on goal and scored four goals. With Landon Donovan and Edson Buddle in […]