[MLS] A showdown of conference leaders highlights a seven-game Saturday slate, as a few teams get back their players that didn’t make the U.S. World Cup rosterand they get a chance to take out their disappointment in league play. Here’s what to watch for this weekend … LEADERS OF THE PACK. The Crew is at […]
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QUICK TAKE: Kevin Hartman
[MLS] Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman is the league’s all-time shutout leader but had to sit on the sidelines for most ofthe preseason while Kansas City negotiated with another goalie and finally swung a trade with Dallas for Hartman’s rights. The 35-year-old has taken the starting job from Dario Sala, and in the past three games has […]
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Kamara tops Saturday's Three Stars
[MLS] A prolific run of scoring in MLS slammed to a halt Saturday; in seven games only nine goals were scored. Two games ended goalless and there were three 1-0results. Not surprisingly, the back-line players get most of the kudos this week. 1. KEI KAMARA (Kansas City). Thanks to his embarrassingmiss from just a few […]
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The Challenge of Change: Where it's working, where not
By Ridge Mahoney Replacing a head coach, overhauling a roster, or both, are really the only ways a team can improve, but change in and of itself is no guarantee, asseveral struggling teams are proving this season. In a few places, notably New York, the train is headed down the right track; not so for […]
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Few fans in Dallas, New England
[MLS ATTENDANCE] Toronto FC drew the smallest announced crowd in its four-year history, but the crowd of 18,394 for its 2-0 win overSeattle on Sunday was still the largest MLS crowd during a week marked by crowds of less than 10,000 in Dallas and New England. Attendance for the TFC-Seattle game was below the capacityof […]
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Squanderers of sitters, take heart
By Ridge Mahoney Kei Kamara, you are in good company. His astonishing failure to put a ball over the goal line while sliding across saidline in the Wizards-Galaxy game Saturday isn’t atypical at all of how maddening it can be to score goals in a game fraught with incongruities. A dominant team can easily lose […]
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What They're Saying
“It’s one of those nights.” — Kansas City forward Kai Kamara on one of the most spectacular misses in MLS history. (Click here to view miss.) With the ball sitting on the goal line ready to tapped into an empty netearly in Saturday’s 0-0 tie against Los Angeles, Kamara slipped trying to shoot, missed the […]
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Strong start at the turnstiles
[MLS ATTENDANCE] Four weeks into the 2010 season, MLS’s average attendance is up by more than 2,000 compared to 2009’s average for the entire season. At thesame stage (29 games), average attendance is 3,000 more in 2010 than last season. The boost is thanks to the fact that the Seattle Sounders have already hosted three […]
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Soccer America ranks Designated Player chase
By Ridge Mahoney Rankings are all the vogue these days regarding all things MLS, yet in this age of power rankings and other opinion-ridden rankings there’s oneglaring omission; that of ambition, of zeal, of commitment to spend. Suffice it to say, the expansion of Designated Player options gives license to those teams willing to pay […]
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MLS Saturday …
[SCOREBOARD] Los Angeles won its fourth straight game with a 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake in their MLS Cup 2009 rematch, while D.C. United fell to 0-4 with a 2-0loss at home to Chicago . Juan Pablo Angel‘s second goal of the game, a stoppage-time penalty kick, earnedNew York a 2-1 win over MLS’s only […]