[U.S. UNDER-14 BOYS] Manny Schellscheidt is conducting a 36-player national team training camp for under-14 boys thatends at the Home Depot Center on Sunday. The majority of the players were with Schellscheidt on the team’s trip to Guadalajara in January. The New York Red Bulls leadall teams with three if their academy players in the […]
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Double strikes from D.C. United & Chivas USA attackers
[MLS] D.C. United’s Australian offseason acquisition scored his MLS goals to give D.C. United its first 2010 win after starting the season with five straightlosses. Also getting its first win was FC Dallas, thanks much to a stellar performance on the backline. The performances of these players earned Wednesday’s Three Stars. … 1. DANNY ALLSOPP […]
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What we're watching … on Big Wednesday
[MLS] Reeling D.C. United gets a chance on national television to atone for its shocking loss on the opening weekend of the season, and Texas rivals Houstonand FC Dallas meet for the second and last time this season as part of a midweek MLS quadruple-header. Here are some points of interest to follow … D.C. […]
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The Challenge of Change: Where it's working, where not
By Ridge Mahoney Replacing a head coach, overhauling a roster, or both, are really the only ways a team can improve, but change in and of itself is no guarantee, asseveral struggling teams are proving this season. In a few places, notably New York, the train is headed down the right track; not so for […]
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Speedsters deliver in Week 6
[MLS] There may be parity in MLS, but conference leaders New York and Los Angeles continue to win, while D.C. United and FC Dallas don’t seem capable ofbeating anybody except themselves. Here are six items of note from the eight matches played last Saturday … SPEED WINS. After running into blind alleys anddouble-teams often in […]
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D.C. punishes Dallas keeper Hartman
[U.S. OPEN CUP] D.C. United won the battle of MLS last-place teams when it beat FC Dallas, 4-2, in the preliminary round of the U.S. Open Cup at RFK Stadium onWednesday night. Adam Cristman led D.C. with two goals, while 17-year-old Andy Najar had a goal and an assist. D.C. United Curt Onalfo was red […]
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Three stories we're following
[MLS] Saturday starts a crowded week of league play in MLS, with all 16 teams playing this weekend, eight of them scheduled for midweek action a week fromWednesday, and all but two set to play a week from Saturday. In the U.S. Open Cup on Tuesday, New York replicated its 2-1 league defeat of Philadelphia […]
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Few fans in Dallas, New England
[MLS ATTENDANCE] Toronto FC drew the smallest announced crowd in its four-year history, but the crowd of 18,394 for its 2-0 win overSeattle on Sunday was still the largest MLS crowd during a week marked by crowds of less than 10,000 in Dallas and New England. Attendance for the TFC-Seattle game was below the capacityof […]
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Three thoughts from Dallas drama
[MLS] More last-minute drama livened up a contentious match between FC Dallas and Seattle Thursday night that a national ESPN2 audience and very few spectatorswatched Thursday at Pizza Hut Park. Here are three notable elements of the 2-2 tie … SPOT-ON? The last-minute penalty kick by which FCD tied the match looked to be aquestionable […]
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Barry Gorman named FC Dallas technical director
[MLS] Only eight days after the surprise announcement that he was leaving Penn State, where he had worked for 24 years, BarryGorman has resurfaced as the FC Dallas technical director, where he joins colleague Schellas Hyndman, the FCD head coach. A week ago,Hyndman gave hints that the MLS club’s hiring of a technical director would […]