The Seattle Sounders signed 27-year-old Dutch defender Kelvin Leerdam, using Targeted Allocation Money to sign him as a free agent from Vitesse, filling a big hole on their backline, where ithas been right back by committee. Photo courtesyof Sounders FC The Dutch U-21 international has played nine seasons in the Eredivisie. He’ll be eligible to […]
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MLS Closeup: Seattle ready for another playoff push
Pretty soon the retelling and rewriting of the Sounders’ remarkable surge to their first MLS Cup title will begin. July 26, 2017 will mark the one-year anniversary of SigiSchmid’s firing, which begat the naming of assistant coach Brian Schmetzer to replace him, which begat everything that followed. The Sounders hope by then a few midseason […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Busy week yields little movement
In a week of 14 league matches, the top teams prevailed and mixed results for most of the teams that played twice didn’t much reshuffle the positions in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. The top four held their places by winning — collectively, they have lost only one of the last 12 games — and […]
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MLS Closeup: By dominating at home Dynamo defies critics
So far in this MLS season, several teams are posting remarkable records that are mirror images: tremendous at home, terrible on the road. One such team is the Dynamo, unbeaten at BBVACompass Stadium and winless everywhere else heading into its Friday night rivalry game against FC Dallas. Ordinarily, FCD — as one of the league’s […]
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What They're Saying: Francisco Rios
“The first thing I did this year when the schedule came out was to check to see when the Wednesday matches were. I was hoping there wouldn’t be any, but I knew I wouldn’t be thatlucky.” — Houston Dynamo fan Francisco Rios, who has made the round trip — 200 miles each way — from […]
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Video Pick: Cabrera quest for creativity works for Dynamo
Wilmer Cabrera, who played on the great Colombia team of the 1990s, has since taking the reins of the Houston Dynamo and turned a last-place team into a playoff contender. In this MLSInsider mini-doc that includes highlights of his playing days plus some golazos from Romell Quioto and Erick Torres, Cabrera talks about hisphilosophy — “I love this game […]
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Gold Cup: Cubo Torres disappointed with Mexico omission
Erick Torres, who has resurrected his career with 10 goals for the Houston Dynamo, was disappointed that he’s not included among 25 players on the experimental team Mexico will choose from forthe Gold Cup. “There is no doubt that being called on the 40-man roster there was hope to be there,” “Cubo” told the Houston […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Fire stays second behind TFC
The Chicago Fire couldn’t exploit a two-man advantage to get a win in Orlando, and thus stays second in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. A 0-0 tie ended the Fire’sfour-game winning streak and left it just behind leader Toronto FC, which lost, 3-0, to New England to end an eight-game unbeaten run. New York City […]
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MLS Today: Dynamo climbs into conference lead
0530mls Week 14 The Houston Dynamo clinched into first place in the Western Conference with a 5-1 win over RealSalt Lake. The win was the Dynamo’s seventh of the season, matching its total for the 2016 season. All seven wins have come at BBVA Compass Stadium, where it is 7-0-1 with 24 goals scored in […]
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Hex Files: Honduras calls up five MLS players
Three players from the Houston Dynamo — Boniek Garcia, Alberth Elis and Romell Quioto — are among the 25 players Coach Jorge Luis Pintocalled up for away World Cup 2018qualifiers against Mexico June 8 and Panama June 13. Also called up were FC Dallas defender Maynor Figueroa and Sporting KC midfielder Roger Espinoza. The Catrachos, […]