After starting the 2020 season with four ties and two losses, the Houston Dynamo’s 5-2 win at first-place Sporting Kansas City on Tuesday set a club record for away goals and marked the first victoryof Tab Ramos‘ MLS coaching career. Ramos, after a decadeas U.S. U-20 national team, succeeded Wilmer Cabrera at the Dynamo helm […]
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Texan teen playmaker Marcelo Palomino aims to break through with Tab Ramos-led Houston Dynamo
One of the more intriguing stories of the upcoming MLS season will be the debut of Tab Ramos as coach of the Houston Dynamo. The Hall of Famer earned his MLS head coachingjob after eight years as boss of the U.S. U-20 men’s national team, which he led to the quarterfinals of the last three […]
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What They're Saying: Donald Lee
“I want to see them try. I want to see them try to be competitive. There doesn’t seem to be a strategic vision for success. … Mediocrity seems to be the goal. I’ll alwayssupport the team but I can’t keep putting the sort of money into it. I can’t care more than the owners. If […]
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GM Matt Jordan on the Houston Dynamo coaching change: Results didn't reflect quality of roster
Matt Jordan, the Houston Dynamo’ssenior vice president and general manager, said the decision to fire head coach Wilmer Cabrera came down to the team’s recent slide. Monday’s move came a day after a 2-1 loss atPhiladelphia, the Dynamo’s fourth consecutive defeat and seventh in the last eight MLS games. It opened with its best start […]
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Slumping Houston Dynamo dumps Wilmer Cabrera
Slumping Houston Dynamo became the second MLS teamto fire its head coach in 48 hours when it fired third-year head coach Wilmer Cabrera and replaced him with assistant coach Davy Arnaud, who serve as an interim basis for the remainderof the 2019 season. Real Salt Lake announced the firing of head coach Mike Petke on […]
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SA's MLS Power Rankings: San Jose climbs into Top 10
MLS Week 17,Results: Wednesday, June 26 New England 1 Philadelphia 1 Montreal 2 Portland 1 D.C. United 1Orlando City 0 Toronto FC 3 Atlanta United 2 FC Dallas 2 Vancouver 2 San Jose 1 Houston 0 Friday, June 28 NYRed Bulls 3 Chicago 1 Colorado 1 LAFC 0 Saturday, June 29 Minnesota United 7 FC […]
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Concacaf Champions League: Manotas rescues Houston, Toronto FC exits quietly
There were no surprises on Tuesday for the two MLS teams in the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League. The Houston Dynamo advanced to the quarterfinals when it beat Guatemala’s Guastatoya, 2-1, to sweep the series,3-1, on aggregate, but not before Guastatoya went ahead in the 72nd minute of the second game, whose start was delayed 144 […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Timbers' tie retains first place
Portland ran its unbeaten streak to a dozen and retained top spot in the Power Rankings by claiming a 0-0 tie at Banc of California Stadium. Behind the Timbers, FC Dallas held second bywinning its game and New York City FC jumped up to third by bagging two victories. D.C. United opened up Audi Field […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Sporting KC stumble opens door for Portland
Sporting Kansas City relinquished top spot in the Power Rankings by losing, 2-0, to Montreal on a weekend all of its closest pursuers won. Portland thus takes over first place and slidinginto second and third, respectively, are Atlanta and the New York Red Bulls. SKC falls to fourth, just ahead of FC Dallas, and New […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Sporting KC stays on top with comeback victory
Some teams looked rusty, others got right back into the flow on the first weekend of play following a short World Cup break. Sporting Kansas City, first in Soccer America’s MLS PowerRankings, retained the top spot by rallying from two goals down to beat Houston, 3-2. Top 10 teams swapped places as a result of […]