At a risk of stating the obvious, there’s nonetheless great and simple truths in the words of D.C. United veteran defender Bobby Boswell regarding neighbor and nemesisPhiladelphia: “Anytime there’s a team that’s close to you in proximity, you have bragging rights for the cities,” Boswell said to MLSSoccer.com of the teams separated by about 140 […]
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MLS Countdown Altidore injury not the only issue for TFC
Shorthanded offensively in the wake of Jozy Altidore’s strained hamstring, Toronto FC also needs some quick answers at the other end of the field. Shredded efficiently byVancouver in a 4-3 loss at BMO Field last weekend, the Reds get right back to work Wednesday with another home game against New York City FC. The expansion […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Rapids edge into top spot
A home victory over Sporting Kansas City and a road point in Columbus was just enough to edge surging Colorado ahead of the LA Galaxy in the Soccer America MLS Power Rankings. A 2-2 tiein Philadelphia was the Galaxy’s second deadlock in the past three games and ran its unbeaten streak to eight. The Rapids […]
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Busy midweek schedules add to unique travel woes in MLS
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Weeks like this are what makes MLS a very tough league to facilitate. It’s not only the busiestmidweek to date, with five games to be played Wednesday, it presents teams with those daunting travel schedules unheard of in most countries. Many teams around the world double up on games during thesame […]
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MLS Countdown: D.C. signs striker with heart condition
United’s goalscoring woes prompted the signing of Sierra Leone international forward Alhaji Kamara, who comes to MLS from IFK Norrköping of the Swedish league. He scoredseven goals in 13 appearances last fall to help IFK win the Allsvenskan (first division) title, and after joining the club in 2014 collected 21 goals in 48 games (all […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Unlikely duo holds top spots
The Galaxy and Colorado extended their unbeaten streaks and Toronto FC opened the new BMO Field with a victory. Those teams are ranked 1-2-3 in the Soccer America Power Rankings after Week 10 of theMLS season. Seattle took a big jump by winning its fourth game in the last six as many other teams faltered. […]
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MLS: Rolfe and Manneh handed bans
The MLS Disciplinary Committee has suspended D.C. United forward Chris Rolfe and Vancouver’s Kekuta Manneh for one game each and fined them undisclosed amounts for serious foul play inmatches last weekend. Rolfe only received a yellow card for his foul on Chicago’s NickLaBrocca late in the first half of D.C. United’s 1-1 tie with the […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Top three teams hold their spots
Good results for the top three kept them in their places and another puzzling defeat for FC Dallas dropped it a couple of notches. The Galaxy held off SKC while a man down to earn a point thanks toa superb chip by Giovani dos Santos. Defending champion Portland crossed the country to get a midweek […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Galaxy thumps RSL to take top spot
The Galaxy overpowered previous No. 1 Real Salt Lake, 5-2, to end RSL’s last unbeaten start to the 2016 season and also knock it off the top perch in the Soccer America Power Rankings. Colorado moved into third place by adding to Seattle’s woes and Toronto prevailed in Montreal to crack the top five. Sporting […]
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MLS Countdown: Nocerino and Olsen suspended
D.C. United head coach Ben Olsen and Orlando City SC midfielder Antonio Nocerino have been fined and suspended by the MLS Discipinary Committee for entering the field of playillegally. Olsen went onto the field during United’s game against Toronto FC last weekend to retrieve a stray ball thrown onto the field after another ball had […]