By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) As if the Seattle Sounders — six points out of a playoff spot with seven games to play — didn’t haveenough on their plate heading into a Cascadia Cup match this weekend, fate tossed distractions into the mix this week. Clint Dempsey, sidelined nearly three weeks ago to have an irregularheartbeat […]
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What They're Saying: Mike Morris
“That isn’t the way we look at it, anyway. If any of that happens, great. But we just want him to have a long, successful, healthy professional career. Would that be so bad?” — Mike Morris, father of Seattle Sounders forward Jordan Morris, on whether his son can be the first great American goalscorer, or […]
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MLS Talking Points: Morris' finishing must get better
In five games, the Seattle Sounders have made up nine of the 10-point deficit they had with Portland in sixth place in the Western Conference. A big reason for that is newcomer NicolasLodeiro, who scored the stoppage-time equalizer in the 1-1 tie at Houston. But the Sounders could have had three points and a spot […]
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Soccer America Men's Preseason Top 25
Akron is No. 1 in the Soccer America Men’s Preseason Top 25 ahead of defending champion Stanford, which beat the Zips in the Men’s College Cup semifinals in a shootout. UCLA, Maryland and NorthCarolina complete the top five. Besides North Carolina, four other ACC teams rank in the top 10: Clemson, Wake Forest and Boston […]
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Donovan names roster for Homegrown game
Back for the second time as head coach of the MLS Homegrown team, former USA international Landon Donovan named his squad on Tuesday. The 20players named include U.S. international Jordan Morris, who has scored six goals for Seattle in his first pro season, and FC Dallas goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez, a former member of theMexico U-20 […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Road win moves FC Dallas to top spot
FC Dallas winning a third straight game and the Colorado Rapids tying their third in a row flipped those teams atop Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. A 1-0 victory at San Jose edged FC Dallas into first place and bumped Colorado into second despite a last-second goal that earned the Rapids a 2-2 tie at […]
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MLS Moves: Fire and Gilberto part ways
Put this one in the file folder labeled “Long Overdue.” The Chicago Fire announced Wednesday it has reached an agreement with Brazilian striker Gilberto to terminate hiscontract. He last played for the Fire May 21 and reportedly was held out of team training sessions when it reconvened after a one-week Centenario break. Gilberto, 27, recorded […]
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Projecting U.S. roster for September qualifiers — five changes in 23
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) The aftermath of a fourth-place showing in the Copa America Centenario is a mixed bag for theU.S. national team and head coach Jurgen Klinsmann. Three group matches and three knockout games didn’t transform midfielder Darlington Nagbe into alock-down starter, but they certainly confirmed the credentials of defender John Brooks and […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Colorado stays on top
The Colorado Rapids kept their place on top of Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings, and two of the Northwest teams maintained recent good form to move up the rankings. Portland andVancouver notched 3-2 victories as Western Conference rivals San Jose and LA Galaxy played to a tie. Philly suffered its first home loss of the […]
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MLS Countdown: Sounders play home leg of NYC 'series'
Having been blanked by the Red Bulls on the road, the Sounders return home this weekend to play the other New York team needing goals and points to get back into the playoff chase. Seattleand New York City FC kick off the second weekend of play following a Centenario break Saturday afternoon on national TV […]