LAFC won the U.S. Open Cup for the first time with a 3-1 win over four-time champion Sporting Kansas City in overtime. French star Olivier Giroud ended a five-game scoring drought with the opening goal in regulation while Omar Campos and Kei Kamara scored in overtime for LAFC. Kamara’s insurance goal came against his former […]
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North Carolina FC's Curt Johnson on building a sustainable youth-to-pro club, U.S. Soccer's opportunity and slowing the youth train down
Curt Johnson played at N.C. State in 1987-90 when it was one of the most exciting teams in college soccer before embarking on a career as a soccer executive that has taken him to adidas, theRichmond Kickers, Kansas City Wizards, U.S. Club Soccer, and his current job as president of North Carolina FC. Last year, […]
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Sporting KC principal owner Neal Patterson dies at 67
Neal Patterson, one of the principal owners of the group that bought the Kansas City Wizards and made Sporting Kansas City one of MLS’s most successful franchises, died Sunday at the age of 67after unexpected complications that arose following a recent recurrence of cancer. Patterson was chairman and CEO of medical software firm Cerner Corporation, […]
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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 Moves: SKC's Vermes: 'I'm exactly where I want to be'
Double-duty for Peter Vermes as technical director and manager of Sporting Kansas City has worked out pretty well, and thus the team has extended his contract. Hired as head coachin September 2009, Vermes led SKC to an MLS Cup title in 2013 in between U.S. Open Cup crowns in 2012 and 2015. He had rejoined […]
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Struggles of MLS Cup finalists are to be expected for smaller-market teams
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Heading into the final two months of the regular season,there’s a very real possibility that for the first time in league history both reigning MLS Cup finalists might miss the playoffs. Defending league champion Portland is clinging tosixth place in the Western Conference, ahead of San Jose thanks only to […]
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MLS Countdown: SKC and Rapids stage anniversary match
As was the case last weekend when San Jose and D.C. United re-created the first game ever played in MLS, Sporting Kansas City and Colorado on Wednesday are commemorating their inaugural meeting 20years ago. On April 13, 1996, the Kansas City Wiz beat Colorado, 3-0, at Arrowhead Stadium. On Wednesday at Children’s Mercy Stadium the […]
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Bliss returns to Sporting KC in front-office role
Brian Bliss, who has served as the interim coach at three MLS clubs over the last decade but was passed over for the head coaching job, has moved to Sporting Kansas City as the director ofplayer personnel. He ended his MLS playing career in 1998 with the Wizards and served as an assistant coach under […]
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Video Pick: Nemeth solo golazo leads best of MLS
Kansas City’s Krisztian Nemeth started in the center circle of his own half before slaloming through the Portland defense and scoring our favorite MLS goal of Week 31. The otherAT&T Goal of the Week nominees are Kevin Doyle (Colorado), Seb Hines (Orlando City), Luke Mulholland (Real Salt Lake) and David Texeira(FC Dallas).
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MLS Players Respond to Klinsmann Criticism
It would appear that several of the USA’s MLS-based players disagree with Jurgen Klinsmann’s assessment of the league they play in. On Monday, the day before the USA’s 1-1friendly draw with Honduras, USA coach Klinsmann again criticized Clint Dempsey and Michael Bradley for moving to MLS from Europe, saying it is a weaker competition. He […]