The MLS got in six games last Wednesday prior to a short World Cup break, and 13 teams have been or will be playing Open Cup games to fill the gap. Atlanta United posted another impressivevictory — 2-0 at Columbus — but stayed second behind idle (in terms of league play) Sporting Kansas City. The […]
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Large Panama contingent heads MLS representation
A fleet of MLS players were on the field Sunday and Monday as Costa Rica and Panama, respectively, kicked off their World Cup campaigns. Costa Rica has five current MLS players as well asthree other players with MLS experience. Panama head coach Hernan Dario Gomez named 13 current or former MLS players to his 23-man […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Sporting Kansas City rolls on, Eastern teams stay close
A dominant win by leader Sporting Kansas City and six-point weeks for Real Salt Lake and FC Dallas produced significant movement in the Power Rankings. SKC maintained its hold at the topand Atlanta United moved into second place as the Red Bulls tumbled to defeat at New England. Portland stayed third, one place ahead of […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Sporting Kansas City stays top, Portland takes third
The good times rolled on for the top teams, and the bad spells for 2017 MLS Cup finalists Toronto FC and Seattle continued. Leader Sporting Kansas City and the runner-up Red Bulls heldtheir positions by playing 0-0 ties, and Portland surged into third by winning its sixth straight game. Another hot team, Houston, knocked off […]
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Power Rankings Week 12: Atlanta tumble opens top spot for Sporting Kansas City
With the teams above it all losing last weekend, Sporting Kansas City climbed into first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. A 1-1 tie in Minnesota was enough to lift SKC pastprevious leader Atlanta United as well as Los Angeles FC after both of those teams incurred losses. The Red Bulls surged into second […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Atlanta United stays on top with split
A busy week of 16 games scrambled a few places atop the MLS Power Rankings, though many of the top teams stayed put by winning. Previous leader Atlanta United held first place despitelosing to Sporting Kansas City, 2-0. The Five Stripes rebounded from their first home loss by halting Orlando City’s six-game winning streak, 2-1. […]
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MLS Focus: State of the Teams, Part II
Most MLS teams are about one-quarter of the way through their 34-game schedules, and with the exodus of World Cup-bound players about to begin, they are being evaluated as to current status regardlessof where they are in the standings. In Part I released onWednesday, the 10 teams competing that day were assessed. In Part II, […]
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MLS Focus: Part 1 — State of the teams after Week 10
Less than one-quarter of the MLS season has been played, yet it’s already clear into which categories the teams can be cast. Most of what we will call “elite” teams are in theEastern Conference, which means other than Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles FC their Western counterparts will be trapped in the playoff “bubble” […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Another impressive offensive outburst keeps Atlanta on top
Atlanta United racked up four goals in 20 minutes to overpower Montreal, 4-1, and hold first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Several teams, including NYCFC, took advantageof Sporting Kansas City and FC Dallas losses to move up. NYCFC took over second and expansion team Los Angeles FC, which opened its new stadium by […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Idle NYCFC stays on top as pursuers keep winning
During a week jumbled by games postponed to assist MLS survivors in the Concacaf Champions League, idle New York City FC held first against a surge of the two teams right behind it. Atlanta United’s pulverizing of Los Angeles FC and a solid Sporting Kansas City victory in the home of LAFC’s archrival preserved their […]