[U.S. OPEN CUP] Just a few days before its toughest back-to-back league matches this season, Real Salt Lake needed overtime and penalty kicks to subdue San Joseon penalty kicks, 5-3, after they finished 120 minutes of play tied at 3-3 in a U.S. Open Cup match Wednesday. RSL drilled home all five of its penalties […]
mls
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
MLS this weekend …
[DATEBOOK] Saturday action on MLS’s Week 4 is highlighted by an MLS Cup 2009 rematch between Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles. For all the action … WEEK 4 RESULTS: WEEK 4 SCHEDULE: Saturday, April 17 Kansas CityWizards at Seattle Sounders FC 3 p.m. Chivas USA at Houston Dynamo 4 p.m. TeleFutura FC Dallas at […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Spots 21-23 on U.S. team remain up for grabs
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] FIFA’s deadline for World Cup finalists to submit their short list of 30 players is May 11, and the deadline to cut that list down to 23is June 1. That’s good news for U.S. coach Bob Bradley. While 20 spots on the U.S. World Cup team seem to be set, no one […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
MLS's Super Saturday takes its toll
[MAKING A LIST] MLS’s first eight-game day was costly. Eight players are out after being injured in Super Saturday action. EASTERN: Columbus Crew: M Robbie Rogers (L ankle sprain) Replaced by Emmanuel Ekpo early inthe second half of the Crew’s 2-2 tie at FC Dallas. F Steven Lenhart (L quad contusion) Set up Angus Moffat forequalizer, […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
More teens in MLS
Eighteen players in MLS are under the age of 20, and the number of teenagers who appeared in a game before turning 20 has risen significantly — from two in 1996 to a high of 20 in 2007, accordingto the Elias Sports Bureau. Seven have already appeared in games in 2010. After averaging just 3.8 […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Three stories we're following
[MLS] With the U.S. domestic transfer window set to close Thursday, teams are scrambling to complete deals in time. While the restrictions only apply to playerscurrently under contract, several teams are trying to sign free agents and one team is apparently after a French star currently playing in Spain. For three stories we are following […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
QUICK TAKE: Joey Gjertsen
[MLS] In his five USL seasons, Joey Gjertsen, 27, won MVP honors (2006) and two league championships (2006, 2009). The Washington state productsigned with San Jose this past winter as a free agent, played the opener against Real Salt Lake as a sub, and went the full 90 last weekend on the right side of […]
Posted inSoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Story
Referee Vaughn was right on Moreno goal
By Paul Gardner I’ll confess to amazement when referee Terry Vaughn allowed Jaime Moreno’s goal against Philadelphia last Saturday. Not that I saw anything wildly wrongwith what Moreno did, anything that smacked of a foul, like crude body contact. Nothing like that at all. But we’ve become accustomed to the fact that goalkeepers are granted […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
What to do about MLS's bad signings?
[MY VIEW] Major League Soccer has a lot to be thankful for in April of 2010. A player strike was averted. One new stadium was recently opened, another will opensoon, and three more stadium projects are moving forward. On the field? Scoring was up last weekend — an average of 3.25 goals per game — […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Another key boost for Houston stadium project
[HOUSTON] Anybody who watched the second leg of the Western Conference final between Houston and Seattle at Robertson Stadium last fall knows why the Dynamoneeds its own stadium. Sounders midfielder Freddie Ljungberg disdainfully called the field a “sandbox.” When asked if the surface was at its worst on that day, a member ofthe Dynamo organization […]