[MLS] Of the 26 goals scored last Saturday in the third week of MLS play, the two mostly hotly contested were those involving a goalkeeper gaffe and amano-a-mano handball. Did the refs get it right? UNSIGHTLY SEITZ. Jaime Moreno briefly tied the Union-D.C. United match when he picked the pocket of Phillygoalkeeper Chris Seitz, who […]
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Luis Gil heads squad called into camp
[U.S. UNDER-18 MEN] Real Salt Lake rookie Luis Gil is among 24 players U.S. under-18 men’s national team coachMike Matkovich will bring will bring into a training camp April 25-May 2 at the Home Depot Center. Like Gil, the majority of players called intothe camp spent time in the U.S. under-17 residency program. U.S. U-18 […]
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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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Landin's first start goes badly
[MLS PLAYER SPOTLIGHT] Mexican forward Luis Angel Landin, the Houston Dynamo’s first Designated Player, finally got his first start ofthe season – but it didn’t go so well. Landin, 24, arrived late in 2009, when he played just seven games, scored once, and was plagued by injuries. He played only 11minutes in Houston’s first game […]
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Biden and huge crowd at Union opener
A crowd of 34,870 and Vice President Joe Biden, who took part in the pregame ceremonies, watched MLS expansion club Philadelphia Union play its first home game, a 3-2 win over D.C.United. The game took place at Lincoln Financial Field, the Union’s temporary home until it moves into 18,500-seat PPL Park. Writes Jeff Gammage,”Judging by […]
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Another Revs rookie hits a hat trick
[MLS NUMBERS] North Carolina product Zack Schilawski, who played his college ball at Wake Forest, became only the third player in MLS historyto hit a hat trick during his rookie season when he helped New England down Toronto FC, 4-1, on Saturday. One of the other rookie hat trick heroes was also a Rev. PatNoonan […]
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Great goals and gaffes mark exciting MLS battles
[MLS] The classy and the calamitous punctuated eight MLS games Saturday. They produced a few ugly goals as well as several of the spectacular variety, andmemorable nights for rookies. LE TROIS TIMES DEUX. By hitting the first two hat tricks of the season, New England’s Zach Schilawski andPhiladelphia’s Sebastien Le Toux answered some questions about […]
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What They're Saying
“Listen, it is the only way when my whole country is in mourning. There is only one way to pay respect to all these people I know, these people who are my friends, and that is to not be on thesideline. I know it is my job to coach these guys, but when there is […]
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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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Reyna needs backing of the pro ranks
There’s lots to like yet much to fear about the hiring of former U.S. international Claudio Reyna as youth technical director by U.S. Soccer. He’s a product, one of the best ever, of a much-maligned system he is tasked with revamping and strengthening. Layers of bureaucracy and petty political squabbling cast across a vast countryof […]