No doubt many players at the lower end of the MLS salary scale greeted the news of more DP slots with more trepidation than excitement. MLS did chop down the salary-budget charges forDPs from $415,000 to $335,000 and will allow teams to “buy down” those cap hits with allocation money, but the modest salary-cap increases […]
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Galaxy exposes Chivas USA flaws
[MLS] Thursday night’s Western Conference doubleheader on ESPN2 Thursday night gave us a chance to see how Los Angeles, Chivas USA, Houston and Real Salt Lake– all of which believe they are serious challengers for the league title — stack up in the early going. Three teams have a lot to feel good about. As […]
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Edson Buddle's promising start
[MLS PLAYER SPOTLIGHT] Forget David Beckham. The biggest question for the Los Angeles Galaxy was which Edson Buddle would showup for the 2010 season. Buddle’s father, who had immigrated to New York from Jamaica, named him after Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento). Edson Buddleplayed one season at State Fair Community College before going pro with […]
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Crowds are up but few goals scored …
[MLS NUMBERS] Opening weekend attendance for MLS’s 15th season averaged 17,921 – more than last season’s first week – andincluded big crowds in back-to-back games at the Home Depot Center. But MLS’s low-scoring trend continued. Last season’s MLS games averaged 2.54 goals per game – itslowest in history. All 16 teams were in action in the […]
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Beckham checks in with Galaxy teammates
David Beckham was spotted on crutches at a Los Angeles Galaxy practice earlier this week. Beckham is recovering from surgery to repair his severed Achilles’ tendon, an injurysuffered while playing on loan with AC Milan. His children remained in school in California while he was in Italy. The Galaxy opens its season at home against […]
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2010 team-by-team rosters
[MLS] Teams continue to make moves as the 2010 MLS season opens. Toronto signed Croatian-Argentine midfielder MartinSaric and goalie Jon Conway and waived Brian Edwards. New England signed former Rev Khano Smith and Serbian midfielder Marko Perovic. For all 2010 numerical rosters, based on the latest information, including career MLS games andgoals … Note: r=rookie. […]
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SA Rankings: Houston D is tops
[MLS] Heading into the 15th MLS season, Soccer America ranks each team at each position. In this installment, Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoneyexplains why the Houston Dynamo has the toughest backline and which teams are the most vulnerable. The defensive units are evaluated by performance and experience, along with depth and suchfactors as whether they can […]
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SA RANKINGS: Chivas USA goalkeeping duo stands out
[MLS] Heading into the 15th MLS season, Soccer America will rank each team at each position. First up, the goalkeepers. The keepers for each teamare ranked for experience, competence, and depth. The backups, of which there may be more than one per team, also figure into the evaluations and are listed if they have MLS […]
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Donovan: 'Both sides of the table are very relieved' [VIDEO]
[MLS] Landon Donovan was one of 25 MLS players representing 16 teams who gathered in Washington, D.C., to attend talkson a new collective bargaining agreement. They spent long hours in talks with league representatives, among themselves and with teammates back home with their clubs. With only the NCAA basketballtournament as a distraction, they finally reached […]
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Donovan set to join 'unified' players at talks
[MLS] Days after returning from English club Everton, Landon Donovan will join Thursday’s talks in Washington, D.C.,where negotiators for Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Union will meet in attempt to reach an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement. He says players are unified in their effort togain free agency and other rights. […]