[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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Can woeful Toronto exploit weary Seattle?
[MLS] The train wreck that is D.C. United takes the week off as Seattle fills out the eight games by playing at Toronto Sunday on just two days’ restafter surrendering a last-second penalty kick to end up tied in Dallas, 2-2. HOMECOMING, SORT OF. Philadelphia Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz did a lot of thespadework, and […]
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Donovan: 'I want to be Messi just for one day'
[MLS] Los Angeles Galaxy star Landon Donovan talks about all things Mexican — including just how close he came tojoining Club America — as well as other topics in this MLS Insider interview. Watch the video here … He reveals his favorite desserts and his favorite FIFA Soccer 10 teams. “I want to be Messi […]
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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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Quakes hit milestone; Who's to blame in Toronto?
[MLS] A league fixated on parity has a team at 4-0, and another is 0-4, and it also has a player on a torrid scoring streak. Here’s what the fourth week of MLSplay brought forth … QUAKES ARE … DEEP? In its first two seasons, San Jose hasn’t been able to assemble a consistently competitive […]
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Buddle claims top star
[MLS] None of the six MLS games played on Saturday ended in ties and only one produced just one goal. Houston’s LovelPalmer scored with an incredible strike from 35 yards in Houston’s 3-0 flattening of Chivas USA, and Quakes rookie defender Ike Opara got hissecond goal in a 2-0 defeat of New England, yet these […]
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Young newcomers get off the mark fast
By Ridge Mahoney In the last two weeks, MLS has announced an ambitious expansion of its Designated Player option as well as more opportunities, to go along with bettersalaries, for young players whom teams have brought through their development programs. In the past year, it has also signed a slew of young foreign players, many […]
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Union's Le Toux claims top star
[MLS] Narrowing down the three most outstanding performances on a full Saturday night schedule of eight games was made somewhat easier with a pair of hattricks, by Philadelphia’s Sebastien Le Toux and New England’s Zack Schilawski (only the third ever scored by a rookie)and two more sharp finishes by Galaxy striker Edson Buddle, who has […]
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Five things to look for on Super Saturday …
[MLS] On the first eight-game Saturday in league history, there’s another double-dip of Western Conference contenders; home openers for the Fire, Revs anddefending champion Real Salt Lake; and Game 1 of an I-95 rivalry between D.C. United and expansion Philadelphia Union. Here are five things to look for during the Saturday action … WEEK 3: […]