Five teams remain unbeaten at this early stage in the MLS season and though the Crew failed to win it stayed atop Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings by tying 0-0 at Philadelphia. New York City FC held second with an efficient 2-0 defeat of Orlando City in a match that exemplified the different directions taken by […]
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MLS Focus: FC Dallas must exploit situations like visit of Seattle
In what has turned out to be an historic week for MLS teams and their performances against Mexican foes in the Concacaf Champions League, all the players and coaches and fans of FC Dallas can do issimmer in their disappointment and wait. Favored itself to advance, FCD instead stumbled in the CCL round of 16 […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Crew SC stays on top
Road teams did well in the second week of MLS play but by holding serve at home – in front of a small crowd – Columbus held first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Both New York teams won at home to take the next two spots and a spectacular road victory by Los […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Crew SC's Berhalter Brigade goes top
The top three teams in Soccer America’s Preseason Power Rankings all lost, so teams jumped up and dropped down the ladder in the first weekend of MLS play. Previous No. 1 Toronto FC and Seattle (No. 3) both lost at home, and ex-No. 2 Atlanta was pummeled, 4-0, at Houston. Debuting head coaches Brad Friedel […]
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MLS 2018: Western Conference preview
The 23rd MLS season kicks off this weekend with 23 teams and of the 12 members of the Western sector, six are embarking with head coaches who were not in charge at the start of 2017. That’s a bit of a trick number, since Los Angeles Football Club is the expansion entrant for 2018 under […]
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MLS 2018: FC Dallas starts climb out of the 2017 rubble in Panama
For FC Dallas, the mysterious collapse of 2017 is consigned to the past, yet it did cast a few dark clouds over its future. Its plummet from conference champion to also-ran opened up apath for a team as mediocre as San Jose to sneak into playoffs with the same number of points (46) and a […]
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MLS 2018: Seattle's immediate focus is getting through preseason healthy and CCL
Seattle Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer isn’tso much concerned about the start of competitive play as he is about the relatively short interval that preceded it. For the second straight year, Seattle and Toronto FC reached the MLSCup final last December, but unlike the 2017 season, this year both teams get underway early with quarterfinal […]
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FC Dallas reaches development agreement with Bayern Munich
Left to right: Rudolf Vidal, Clark Hunt, Uli Hoeness, DanHunt, Joerg Wacker at Bayern campus stadium. FC Dallas and German champion Bayern Munich and FC Dallas reached an agreement to offer youth players from both clubs a chance to playat the other club. FC Dallas players and coaches will be welcomed at the Bayern campus, […]
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Young DP Mosquera will give FC Dallas additional creative option
A heavy reliance on playmaker Mauro Diaz has prompted FC Dallas to sign midfielder Santiago Mosquera as a viable alternative. Mosquera, 23, has joined FC Dallas as aYoung Designated Player in a transfer from Millonarios of the Colombian first division. The native of Buenaventura, Colombia, led the Millonarios U-20 team in scoring before breaking into […]
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MLS Moves: 2018 Young Designated Player signings
Ezekiel Barco, Argentina (Atlanta United)Josue Colman, Paraguay (Orlando City) Jesus Medina, Paraguay (New York City FC)Santiago Mosquera, Colombia (FC Dallas) Diego Rossi, Uruguay (Los Angeles FC) Milton Valenzuela, Argentina (Columbus Crew SC)