[MLS ATTENDANCE] Four weeks into the 2010 season, MLS’s average attendance is up by more than 2,000 compared to 2009’s average for the entire season. At thesame stage (29 games), average attendance is 3,000 more in 2010 than last season. The boost is thanks to the fact that the Seattle Sounders have already hosted three […]
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Soccer America ranks Designated Player chase
By Ridge Mahoney Rankings are all the vogue these days regarding all things MLS, yet in this age of power rankings and other opinion-ridden rankings there’s oneglaring omission; that of ambition, of zeal, of commitment to spend. Suffice it to say, the expansion of Designated Player options gives license to those teams willing to pay […]
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Young newcomers get off the mark fast
By Ridge Mahoney In the last two weeks, MLS has announced an ambitious expansion of its Designated Player option as well as more opportunities, to go along with bettersalaries, for young players whom teams have brought through their development programs. In the past year, it has also signed a slew of young foreign players, many […]
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Five things to look for on Super Saturday …
[MLS] On the first eight-game Saturday in league history, there’s another double-dip of Western Conference contenders; home openers for the Fire, Revs anddefending champion Real Salt Lake; and Game 1 of an I-95 rivalry between D.C. United and expansion Philadelphia Union. Here are five things to look for during the Saturday action … WEEK 3: […]
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Three stories we're following …
[MLS] Two former scoring stars could be headed back to MLS. Preki’s arrival at Toronto may have produced another casualty. For three stories we’re following… 1. Ngwenya sighting in Houston With Brian Ching sidelined from four to six weeks with ahamstring injury, Houston is giving a trial to former Dynamo attacker Joseph Ngwenya. A member […]
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Foreign teams dominate on final day of play
[DALLAS CUP] Foreign teams swept the three oldest age groups at Dallas Cup XXXI. Sunday’s only U.S. winner was the Houston Dynamo academy team that beatdefending champion Santa Clara Sporting, 2-1, to win the U-16 title. For the results of all the games in the knockout rounds … Under-19 Semifinals Cruzeiro (Brazil) 3 Tottenham (England) […]
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U.S. U-19s eliminated from Super Group
[DALLAS CUP] The U.S. under-19 national team exited the Dallas Cup XXXI’s Super Group with a 1-0 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt. The two Dallas entrants, FC Dallasand the Texans, played the role of the spoiler, winning their first games of the tournament on Wednesday and knocking their opponents out of contention. German U-19 international Cenk […]
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Kyle Davies out 6-8 weeks
[MLS] FC Dallas defender Kyle Davies is expected to miss 6-8 weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a broken arm anddislocated shoulder suffered Saturday in FCD’s opener against Houston. Davies left the match in the 55th minute after a collision with Dynamo forward Dominic Oduro. Davies was starting in place of the injured Ugo Ihemelu. […]
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FC Dallas attendance an MLS embarrassment
Jason Davis explains that the saying “Everything’s bigger in Texas” doesn’t apply to the crowds at FC Dallas games in Frisco — and the club is becoming anembarrassment to the league. The announced crowd of 8,016 for its season opener last weekend at Pizza Hut Park against in-state rival Houston was nearly half the size […]
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What to look for on Saturday
At a Quakes training session Friday a colleague asked me if it felt like the MLS season started a month ago, and reflecting on all the CBA stuff I’d read and written during that time I feltcompelled to agree, with a caveat. Once games commenced, as occurred Thursday when the expansion teams of 2009 and […]