The New York Red Bulls edged past Colorado, 1-0, in their home opener, one of several played in sub-freezing temperatures. Forecasts of severe weather prompted MLS to postpone the New England-OrlandoCity game. Portland knocked off the LA Galaxy, 1-0 at StubHub Center, and San Jose and Houston leaped into the top 10 by doubling up […]
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MLS Weekend: Three Games to Watch
The first meeting of expansion entrants Atlanta United and Minnesota United is among the notable games on the schedule for the second week of MLS play. For the second weekend of MLS 2017,the league has arranged three intriguing games for its national telecasts. The Timbers and Galaxy always put on a good show, and though […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Red Bulls' rally takes them to top
A spectacular opening weekend to the 22nd MLS season featured a sellout crowd of more than 55,000 in Atlanta, where the Red Bulls came back from a 1-0 deficit to disappoint the huge crowd. FC Dallas moved into second place with a calm, composed defeat of the Galaxy at StubHub Center, and Portland rattled in […]
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MLS 1-22: Ranking the teams on the eve of a new season
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) By design and luck, MLS will field 22 teams in its 22nd season. That’s also the number ofplayers on the field at kickoff, and so if numerology means anything in professional soccer, this is destined to be an amazing season for the Division I league in North America. By next year,there […]
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Sneak Peek: Recent struggles tarnish D.C.'s glorious past
Watching a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for new D.C. Unitedstadium served as a stark reminder of how long it’s been since the four-time champion played in an MLS Cup final. A long time. Freddy Adu was a rookie and PeterNowak was head coach. More than a decade has passed since D.C. beat Kansas City, 3-2, at […]
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MLS: Finally — D.C. United breaks ground on stadium
Many thought it would never happen. Thirteen years after D.C. United first sought to find a new home for run-down RFK Stadium, its home since MLS’s launch in 1996, it broke ground on Monday at BuzzardPoint in Southwest Washington on a new soccer stadium — 20,000-seat Audi Field. United hopes to open the $300 million […]
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MLS Moves: Mullins and D.C. extend their partnership
Not many midseason trades have turned out so well as did the shift of Patrick Mullins to D.C. United from New York City FC, and on Tuesday the club announced his contract has beenextended. After D.C. traded general allocation money and targeted allocation money to get Mullins, he scored eight goals and notched two assists […]
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MLS Focus: Homegrown players face stiff competition
The 2017 season marks the 10th year of MLS’s Homegrown program that began with the LA Galaxy’s signing of Tristan Bowen. D.C. United leads all clubs in Homegrown appearances and isone of three teams along with FC Dallas and the New York Red Bulls whose Homegrown players who played a combined 300 or more MLS […]
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Datebook: D.C. United to hold groundbreaking on Feb. 27
D.C. United will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for 20,000-seat Audi Field on Feb. 27 after it received final approval on Thursday for the $300 million project at Buzzard Point in SouthwestWashington. The final hurdle was cleared when the project received unanimous approval from the D.C. zoning commission. MLS commissioner Don Garber, Washington, D.C. mayorMuriel Bowser […]
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MLS Business: Audi awarded D.C. stadium naming rights
D.C. United doesn’t know when construction will be started much less completed on its stadium but at least the name is known. The team and Audi of America have negotiated a deal by which United will play at AudiField in southwest Washington, D.C., beginning with the 2018 season. The facility will have a capacity of […]