The opening of Livestrong Sporting Park marks a new era for professional soccer in Kansas City, which dates back more than three decades. The Kansas City Spurs were NASL champions in 1969, aturning point in the history of American pro soccer. The NASL was down to five teams — Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Kansas City and […]
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Hall of Famer Gansler got to chase his dream
Charles F. Gardner talked with Hall of Fame inductee Bob Gansler, who was born in Hungary during World War II andarrived in Milwaukee from Germany at the age of 10 and went on to become one of the most influential American coaches of the modern era. He led the USA to the 1990 World Cup, […]
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MLS this weekend …
[DATEBOOK] Sporting Kansas City plays it first game Thursday at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, but it would sure have wishedfor better circumstances. SKC hosts the Chicago Fire in a battle of Eastern Conference cellar-dwellers who have won two games between them this season. For all the action … WEEK 13 SCHEDULE: June 8 9 pm ET […]
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Heartbreak in Seattle, again, for Sporting KC
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] If the players, coaches and fans of Sporting Kansas City thought nothing could be worse than starting the season with an unprecedented 10straight road games, they should have known better. A 1-0 loss to Seattle in stoppage time Saturday night at Qwest Field repeated the scenario of last year, when youngster MichaelFucito ran […]
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Donovan and Montero end droughts
[MLS GOLEADORES] Landon Donovan‘s two goals in the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 3-0 win over the Portland Timbers ended ascoring of 11-plus league matches and 1,002 minutes. * Fredy Montero ended a scoring drought that covered his past 16 games and 1,290 minutes inall competitions for the Seattle Sounders when he scored to give the Sounders […]
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White shines in D.C. debut
[HOMEGROWN WATCH] One of the pleasant surprises for D.C. United in Saturday’s 1-1 tie with Los Angeles was the play of homegrown signing Ethan White, who debuted in the middle of the backline in place of the ailing Perry Kitchen. Academy players to make appearances included U-18s Abe Matamoros, Nono and ChanceBergen (Houston) and U-16s […]
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MLS Goals of the Week: Folan's fast feet fool defender
[VIDEO PICK] Standing out among the five nominees for MLS Goal of the Week is the footwork employed by Colorado’s Caleb Folan and KansasCity’s Teal Bunbury before striking home. Folan froze D.C. United defender Rodrigo Brasesco with a step-over and some jukes before stroking the ball inside the farpost. Bunbury evaded Vancouver defender Greg Janicki […]
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Jones, Pope and Stewart head 2011 class
[HALL OF FAME] Three three-time World Cup veterans Cobi Jones (1994-2002), EddiePope (1998-2006) and Earnie Stewart (1994-2002) were elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2011 on the Player ballot. Former U.S. nationalteam forward Bruce Murray and former U.S. national team coach Bob Gansler were elected on the Veteran and Builderballots, respectively. […]
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Two new stars reverse fortunes in second week
[MLS RED CARDS] They were two-goal heroes in the first week of play and sent off in the second, so in Week 3 Vancouver and Sporting Kansas City, respectively,will have to make do without Designated Players Eric Hassli and Omar Bravo when they meet Saturday at Empire Field. Seldom have two DPs debuted sodramatically in […]
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Out of the gate: Who's hot, who's not
[MLS POWER RANKINGS] Here’s a rundown as to where the 18 MLS teams stand after 10 games (two apiece for Seattle and Los Angeles), based on last season’s recordsand what they’ve shown to date in 2011: 1. REAL SALT LAKE. Normally, outside competitions don’t factor into the MLS rankings, but this early in the season, […]