[GOLD CUP COUNTDOWN] With eight days to go before the opener against Belize, injuries to two U.S. players put their participation in the Gold Cup in doubt. Andboth Joshua Gatt and Corey Ashe have a history of bad luck with their U.S. call-ups. Gatt was beingevaluated Sunday by doctors after he injured a knee Saturday […]
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Ashe added by USA for Belgium match
[USA MEN] A shortage of left backs has prompted U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann to add Dynamo defender Corey Ashe to the U.S. roster for its game Wednesday against Belgium in Cleveland.
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League increases suspension, fines Boswell
[MLS DISCIPLINE] A vicious head-butt to New England forward Dimitry Imbongo has prompted the MLS Disciplinary Committeeto suspend Houston defender Bobby Boswell an additional game and fine him an unspecified amount. Boswell committed the foul, for which he was sentoff, in the 39th minute of the Dynamo’s loss to the Revs Saturday. The committee ruled […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Texas teams on top after Galaxy loss
By Ridge Mahoney Texas takes the first two places in the power rankings with both FC Dallas and Houston posting important home wins. Other than the Galaxydropping off the top perch there wasn’t much movement in the top tier, but movement elsewhere dropped several teams and moved others out of the bottom sector. How tight […]
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Shades of Maradona and Messi
[VIDEO PICK] The Houston Dynamo’s Bryan Salazar is a special player. He signed a homegrown contract with the MLS clubafter impressing in pre-season scrimmages between the first team and academy team. He played for the Dynamo academy team in the under-19 division at the Dallas Cup, where he scored a goal in the finalagainst eventual […]
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Thorny issue forces fast action by NWSL club
By Paul Kennedy Remember when the Tampa Bay Rowdies orchestrated an entire marketing campaign around — and introduced soccer as — a “kick inthe grass,” helping turn Tampa into a soccer hotbed before the NFL or MLB or NHL came to town. That was the mid-1970s, different times perhaps. The Portland Thorns of the newNWSL […]
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LA Galaxy rallies to beat Eintracht Frankfurt
[DALLAS CUP] The Los Angeles Galaxy’s academy team came back from a goal down to beat Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany, 2-1, in their opening game at the DrPepper Dallas Cup’s Gordon Jago Super Group. The Galaxy dominated the run of play from the outset, but went down in the 41st minute when a Frankfurt corner […]
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Academy players Gonzalez and Navarro score
[MLS RESERVE LEAGUE] Academy players Christian Gonzalez and Coco Navarro cameoff the bench to score goals for Houston and Real Salt Lake, respectively, in MLS Reserve League wins over the weekend. MLS clubs are allowed to use up to five academy players — futurehomegrown-eligible players — per game. For those academy players in action over […]
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Kinnear: 'Sometimes the cheaters win'
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Houston Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear seemingly ignored the apparent handball that contributed to FCDallas forward Kenny Cooper‘s winning goal in the home team’s 3-2 win in Sunday’s Battle for El Capitan. What he couldn’t let pass was what he felt was a Cooperdive that led to a free kick and the first of […]
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Teenagers lead LA Galaxy into semifinals
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] For the first time since the launch of the Concacaf Champions League, two MLS teams will be in the semifinals. Justlike the Seattle Sounders, who got a key goal from homegrown rookie DeAndre Yedlin in their comeback win over Tigres on Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Galaxygot goals from teenagers Jose Villarreal […]