Toronto FC held the top spot by romping over Columbus, 5-0, to run its unbeaten streak to eight games. Important wins for Chicago and the L.A. Galaxy moved them upSoccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Heading in the other direction are Portland and Orlando City. Their winless streaks were extended to five and six games, respectively, […]
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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 Weekend: Three Games to Watch
Week 13 isn’t being billed as a Rivalry Week, perhaps because the Red Bulls and NYCFC do not play each other and MLS, though a national league, has a definite New York-centric persona. Yet there’s a good slate of traditional tussles on tap, including in-state clashes of the California and Texas teams and another installment […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Fire and Union climb charts
Double-win weeks for the Chicago Fire and Philadelphia Union vaulted them up Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings, and a pair of road losses for Houston dropped it down the ladder. In thetop tier, Toronto FC held first place by earning a 1-1 tie at Red Bull Arena. A first loss of the season — at […]
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MLS Week 12: Three Games to Watch
The games have piled up for many MLS teams, which have been burdened by midweek games and next week, in the case of the three Canadian representatives, will also play in the Canadian Championship. Ten teams played on Wednesday, so rotation of players could present some unusual decisions as to personnel and tactics. The crunch […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Toronto FC rolls to the top
Two more wins for Toronto FC ran its win streak to six and vaulted it atop the MLS Power Rankings. Previous leader FC Dallas slipped a couple of notches by tying New York City, which tookover second place after their 1-1 tie in Frisco. Sporting Kansas City and Houston round out the top five. The […]
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MLS Week 11: Three Games to Watch
With the domestic transfer window closed, MLS teams can only sign out-of-contract players until the secondary window opens in early July. By then, the Gold Cup will be underway and manyteams will have also lost players during the FIFA international fixture interval in early June. For a couple of weeks, teams can go with what […]
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MLS Injuries: Dynamo's Alexander sidelined by MCL sprain
Houston midfielder Eric Alexander, who suffered a knee injury Saturday in a 4-0 victory over Orlando City, has been diagnosed with a Grade 3 sprain of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) inhis right knee. Alexander suffered the injury in the fourth minute and left the match five minutes later. An MRI confirmed the sprain, which […]
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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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MLS Power Rankings: FC Dallas maintains top spot
By knocking off previously unbeaten Sporting Kansas City, FC Dallas held top spot in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Maynor Figueroa scored just his second MLS goal and FCD notched itssecond shutout of the season against SKC. Victories for Orlando City, Portland, and Houston moved those teams into the top five, and just outside that […]