D.C. United defender Chris Odoi-Atsemis scheduled to undergo four months of chemotherapy after he was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin’s lymphoma. “I feel truly blessed to have caught this disease at any early stage and have a medicalteam that is confident that I will make a full recovery,” Odoi-Atsem, 23, said in a statement. “I […]
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MLS Focus: Unsung D.C. United hero Canouse picks right time for first goal
D.C. United’s inexorable march to the playoffs continued when it beat Western Conference leader FC Dallas, 1-0, on Saturday and for once Wayne Rooney wasn’t the hero.
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MLS Focus: Wayne Rooney lets it all out there for D.C. United
It looks like Wayne Rooney almost single-handedly could carry D.C. United into the playoffs. The English star, who arrived this summer with United in last place, scored both goalsto lead it past the Chicago Fire, 2-1, on Sunday. The win movedUnited to within two points of sixth-place Montreal with two games in hand that it […]
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Watch: D.C. United's five goals in one-minute clip
Goals by Wayne Rooney (two), Paul Arriola (two) and Luciano Acosta, who also had three assists, gave D.C. United a crucial 5-0 win over Montreal. Thevictory edge D.C. United closer to the playoff zone.
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MLS Power Rankings: Timbers' tie retains first place
Portland ran its unbeaten streak to a dozen and retained top spot in the Power Rankings by claiming a 0-0 tie at Banc of California Stadium. Behind the Timbers, FC Dallas held second bywinning its game and New York City FC jumped up to third by bagging two victories. D.C. United opened up Audi Field […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Sporting KC stays on top with comeback victory
Some teams looked rusty, others got right back into the flow on the first weekend of play following a short World Cup break. Sporting Kansas City, first in Soccer America’s MLS PowerRankings, retained the top spot by rallying from two goals down to beat Houston, 3-2. Top 10 teams swapped places as a result of […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Sporting Kansas City stays top, Portland takes third
The good times rolled on for the top teams, and the bad spells for 2017 MLS Cup finalists Toronto FC and Seattle continued. Leader Sporting Kansas City and the runner-up Red Bulls heldtheir positions by playing 0-0 ties, and Portland surged into third by winning its sixth straight game. Another hot team, Houston, knocked off […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Atlanta United stays on top with split
A busy week of 16 games scrambled a few places atop the MLS Power Rankings, though many of the top teams stayed put by winning. Previous leader Atlanta United held first place despitelosing to Sporting Kansas City, 2-0. The Five Stripes rebounded from their first home loss by halting Orlando City’s six-game winning streak, 2-1. […]
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MLS Focus: State of the Teams, Part II
Most MLS teams are about one-quarter of the way through their 34-game schedules, and with the exodus of World Cup-bound players about to begin, they are being evaluated as to current status regardlessof where they are in the standings. In Part I released onWednesday, the 10 teams competing that day were assessed. In Part II, […]
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Report: Rooney in talks to leave Everton for D.C. United
English veteran Wayne Rooney will almost certainly leave hometown club Everton at the end of the English Premier League season. It’s just a question of where he moves to. The Daily Mail reportedthat Rooney’s agent, Paul Stretford, was in Washington on Wednesday to discuss a deal with D.C. United that will run through the 2020 […]