By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Voting closed Monday for the MLS individual awards andwithout knowing who the three finalists will be in each category, here’s how we see the races shaping up: Most ValuablePlayer 1. Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC) 2. Sacha Kljestan (NY Red Bulls) 3. David Villa (New York City FC) 4. Bradley Wright-Phillips […]
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MLS Countdown: Donovan, Gordon are Galaxy wild cards
His first start since returning from retirement pleased his coach more than it did Landon Donovan. After going 60 minutes in 90-degree heat Sunday against Houston, Donovanresorted – as he often does –- to honesty. “It might be my last start,” he said to the team’s Web site. “I almost died a few times.” Head […]
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Mexico: Gio is back for October friendlies
LA Galaxy forward Giovani dos Santos was picked by Mexico national team coach Juan Carlos Osorio for El Tri’s October friendlies against New Zealand and Panama, marking the firsttime he has been called up since Osorio took over late last year. The friendlies give Osorio a chance to look at players on the fringe of […]
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MLS Talking Points: Donovan has long way to go
Landon Donovan returned to MLS on Sunday, making a cameo appearance in the LA Galaxy’s 4-2 win over Orlando City. He entered in the 83rd minute with the game already won. Afterward, Galaxycoach Bruce Arena said that was the only circumstances he’d have played Donovan. “You see he has a long way to go,” said […]
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MLS Week 25: Results & Standings
Toronto FC moved into the lead in MLS’s Eastern Conference when it won, 2-1, at Orlando City. Sebastian Giovinco recorded his 12th and 13th assists of the season, setting up TosaintRicketts and Jozy Altidore, who has scored in five of the last six games. TFC opened up a two-point lead on New York City FC […]
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MLS All-Star Game: Red rules the day
The team that calls Avaya Stadium home usually wears blue, but red turned out to be the color of the MLS All-Star Game. Arsenal fans turned out in droves, cheered lustily for everyslick move and solid tackle by one of their players, and went home buzzing that Chubka Akpom had tapped home a winning goal […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Colorado stays on top
The Colorado Rapids kept their place on top of Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings, and two of the Northwest teams maintained recent good form to move up the rankings. Portland andVancouver notched 3-2 victories as Western Conference rivals San Jose and LA Galaxy played to a tie. Philly suffered its first home loss of the […]
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MLS: Top fives in Fan XI voting remain steady
The MLS All-Star Game will be played July 28 in San Jose and every few days the league releases lists of the top vote-getters. The league does not release the number of votes for each player,but the ranking gives an idea of which players are commanding the most support. Dubbed the Fan XI, the team […]
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What They're Saying: Giovani dos Santos
“I’m very focused on my team, and I’m very happy here. I have the support of my team and my club. I just want to be focused on my team, be 100 percent and show the people that I came toMLS not to retire, but I came here to improve my game, to be happy. […]
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MLS Talking Points: Top rookie not named Jordan Morris
The Philadelphia Union showed it will be a serious contender in MLS when it recovered from going down to the LA Galaxy on great goals by Robbie Rogers and Mike Magee and grabbed a 2-2tie thanks to Keegan Rosenberry‘s first MLS goal. The right back out of Georgetown is making a case for MLS Rookie […]