Didier Drogba didn’t travel with his teammates to Washington, but he did make it to RFK Stadium, despite traffic delays, and watched the Montreal Impact stun D.C. United, 4-2, in theirKnockout Game. The game wasn’t close as Matteo Mancosu, the playerwho took Drogba’s spot in the starting lineup, scored twice and Laurent Ciman and Ignacio Piatti […]
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MLS Playoffs: Teams at familiar stage
MLS’s Knockout Round concludes Thursday with two games: D.C. United-Montreal and Seattle-Sporting KC. All four teams played in the Knockout Round a year ago and all but Sporting KC, loser of an epicshootout to eventual champion Portland, advanced. Knockout Round: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 D.C. United vs. Montreal,7:30 pm ET, UniMas Seattle vs. Sporting KC, 10 […]
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MLS Awards: Giovinco leads list of MVP candidates
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Voting closed Monday for the MLS individual awards andwithout knowing who the three finalists will be in each category, here’s how we see the races shaping up: Most ValuablePlayer 1. Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC) 2. Sacha Kljestan (NY Red Bulls) 3. David Villa (New York City FC) 4. Bradley Wright-Phillips […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Red Bulls finish on top
They started their late-season push too late to contend for the Supporters’ Shield they won last year, yet by closing out the regular season by winning a fourth straight game the New York RedBulls held onto first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. FC Dallas, the Supporters’ Shield winner, finished second in the rankings. […]
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TV Report: Networks made picks for MLS Decision Day
Seattle-Real Salt Lake made the cut. New England-Montreal did not. Broadcast partners ESPN and Fox have chosen the games they will air on Sunday, the final day of the MLS regular season.All 10 games will kick off at 4 p.m. Eastern and with three Western Conference playoff spots still to be claimed, both networks decided […]
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MLS Playoffs: Surging United sails into the postseason
After weeks and weeks becalmed and lost, followed by days and nights of roiling waters, the good ship D.C. United glided smoothly into a playoff berth on a perfect day for sailing. RFK’s biggest MLS crowd (30,943) since the early MLS days of David Beckham – 2007 and 2008, to be precise – basked in […]
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MLS Week 32: Results & Standings
MLS will head into its final week with six teams competing for the final two playoff spots and the Supporters’ Shield still up for grabs between Western Conference rivals FC Dallas and Colorado. TheNew York Red Bulls all but mathematically clinched first place in the Eastern Conference. Eastern Conference: D.C. United, a 3-1winner over New […]
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MLS: Levien and Thohir buy out Chang's D.C. interest
The William Chang era in MLS has officially ended. On Monday, D.C. United announced that majority investors Jason Levien and Erick Thohir had bought out the remaining sharesthat Chang had retained when they took over ownership in 2012. Bloomberg News reported Chang’s shares were worth 40 percent of the controlling interestpermitted by MLS single-entity rules.
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MLS Power Rankings: Red Bulls hold strong on top
The New York teams keep winning, and Seattle and D.C. United continue their late-season surges as the MLS season heads into its final month. Toronto FC and the LA Galaxy, on the otherhand, slipped down the rankings as their struggles persist. United, the Sounders and the Montreal Impact all came away with six points from […]
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MLS Week 30: Results & Standings
Montreal and D.C. United put themselves in line to claim playoff berths in the Eastern Conference with wins over San Jose and Columbus. Chicago became the first team to be eliminated from the playoffswith its 1-0 loss at Seattle. WEEK 30: Wednesday, September 28 Montreal 3 San Jose 1. MTL: Dominic Oduro 22 MTL: Ignacio […]