No MLS head coach has won more games (254, including playoffs) than Sigi Schmid. After winning three collegiate titles during a long stint (1980-99) at UCLA, he won MLS Cup crowns with theGalaxy (2002) and Crew (2008) prior to joining the expansion Seattle Sounders in 2009 and reeling off seven straight playoff appearances prior to […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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MLS Week 13: Galaxy rolls on in Cali Clasico
The LA Galaxy won its third straight game, all on the road, when it beat the San Jose Earthquakes, 4-2. Giovani dos Santos had two goals to extend his scoring streak to four games. All fiveteams that began the day below the red line in the Western Conference won on Saturday. MLS STREAKS:UNBEATEN 8 Toronto […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Orlando City leaps into first place
Another victory at Orlando City Stadium edged the Lions atop Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings with their league-high sixth win of the season. Previous leader FC Dallas dropped a notchdespite rallying twice to tie Portland, 2-2, at home. The Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City, a 3-0 winner over Real Salt Lake, retained their places […]
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Hex Files: Injured Gio and Tecatito out of Mexico team
Juan Carlos Osorionamed 11-European-based players in his squad of 25 players for Mexico’s World Cup 2018 qualifiers against Costa Rica at Azteca Stadium on March 24 and at Trinidad & Tobagoon March 28. El Tri will be without the LA Galaxy’s Giovani dos Santos and Porto’s Jesus Corona, who are injured. Two former MLS players […]
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Sneak Peek: New approach taken at LA Galaxy
No MLS coach will be under more pressure than Curt Onalfo, who takes over for Bruce Arena, who stepped down as the head coach of the LA Galaxy after nine seasons to return to the U.S.national team. Also gone are Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane, who won nine MLS titles between them, and legendary Englishman […]
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MLS Positional Rankings: Wright-Phillips, Giovinco take top spots up front
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) In classifying players up top, we distinguish between strikers and second forwards even thoughmany teams line up with just one true forward in a 4-2-3-1 formation or variation thereof. We list Giovani Dos Santos as a forward because he often plays close to goal and hispartnership with Robbie Keane, or lack […]
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MLS Awards: Giovinco and Hedges repeat Best XI picks
Three teams each landed two players on the MLS Best XI announced by the league on Monday. Supporters Shield winner FC Dallas is represented by defender Matt Hedges andmidfielder Mauro Diaz; Eastern Conference champion New York Red Bulls contribute forward Bradley Wright-Phillips and midfielder Sacha Kljestan, and the L.A.Galaxy lists attacker Giovani Dos Santos and centerback Jelle Van Damme. Rounding out the heavily foreign squad […]
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Mexico call-ups: All hands on deck
After crashing out of the Copa Centenario — with an historic 7-0 loss to Chile in the quarterfinals — Mexico gave its head coach, Juan Carlos Osorio, a reprieve, but that doesn’t mean he is ashoo-in to survive through the 10-game Hexagonal, the final round of World Cup 2018 qualifying in Concacaf. The Mexican federation […]
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MLS Playoffs: Teams limp into Knockout Round
Between them, the LA Galaxy and Real Salt Lake have made 11 MLS Cup appearances and won six league titles. In 15 combined seasons, Toronto FC and the Philadelphia Union have never won a playoff game.What the teams in Wednesday’s opening MLS playoff games have in common is poor form recently: just two wins in […]