The Cali Clasico is always good for entertainment, and this year’s Open Cup special edition didn’t disappoint. The resurgent San Jose Earthquakes beat the LA Galaxy, 3-2, to move into the semifinalsfor the first time in their history. It was also NorCal over SoCal for the first time in six Open Cup meetings between the […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Chicago stays on top
Chicago held the top spot and the teams in second and third switched places during the holiday midweek action. The Fire posted a 2-2 tie in Portland to stretch its unbeaten streak to 11games, the longest such run in MLS this season. Toronto FC beat Orlando City, 3-1, and moved into second past New York […]
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Datebook: Open Cup quarterfinals
MLS is off this week, but the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup resumes with the quarterfinals, which will feature one game each day, beginning on Monday night with a Cali Clasico between the San JoseEarthquakes and LA Galaxy. U.S. Open Cup: QUARTERFINALS, SCHEDULE: July 10 in San Jose, Calif. San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) vs. LA […]
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What They're Saying: Curt Onalfo
“No doubt about it, we’re a tired group. We’re without a lot of our veteran players, so we’re relying on a younger group. And we have a lot of injuries. But these younger guyshave shown that they can do it before. We don’t make excuses.” — Head coach Curt Onalfo after the LA Galaxy, forced […]
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MLS Today: Plenty of July 4 fireworks
There were plenty of fireworks in MLS on July 4 as the five games produced 25 goals. The stunner: last-place Real Salt Lake’s 6-2 win at LA Galaxy, depleted by injuries (six players), call-ups(Giovani dos Santos and Gyasi Zardes) and the suspension to captain Jelle Van Damme. Young first-year players Jefferson Savarino and AlbertRusnak, both […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Red-hot Fire takes over at the top
The Chicago Fire took advantage of Toronto FC’s second loss in the last four games to take over first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. A 4-0 rout of Vancouver coupledwith a 3-1 FC Dallas defeat of TFC moved Chicago on top, and New York City FC rose to second by downing Minnesota United, […]
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USL Rewind: Battery's Williams takes scoring lead
Romario Williams took over the league scoring lead by netting twice and teammate Dante Marini matched that output for his first two goals of the season in a 6-1 Charlestondemolition of Toronto FC II at MUSC Health Stadium. The Battery needed some time to charge up its attack but after Williams opened the scoring in […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Busy week yields little movement
In a week of 14 league matches, the top teams prevailed and mixed results for most of the teams that played twice didn’t much reshuffle the positions in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. The top four held their places by winning — collectively, they have lost only one of the last 12 games — and […]
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By the Numbers: Galaxy's upside-down home-away form
Since 2000, only 10 MLS teams have finished the season with a worse record at home than away, but none has come remotely close to the LA Galaxy, which is averaging 1.25 less points per game at homethan on the road. The Galaxy’s 2-1 loss to Sporting KC Saturday at StubHub Center left it with […]
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MLS Closeup: Galaxy gives 'Made in LA' new meaning
The LA Galaxy has been known for its big stars, David Beckham, Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane, but it was also the first MLS team to sign a Homegrown player (Tristan Bowenin 2008) and first MLS team to launch a USL second team (Galaxy II in 2014). But only now is the Galaxy beginning to […]