[MLS] Surely the Quakes’ back line, in which part-time defender Ike Opara made his MLS debut against defending champion Real Salt Lake,didn’t perform well in a 3-0 loss Saturday night at Buck Shaw Stadium. Opara is bouncing back and forth between learning the ropes as an MLS rookie and finishing up the semester at WakeForest. […]
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Three stories we're following …
[MLS] Two former U.S. national team players let go on the eve of the 2010 MLS season might be back to work shortly. Thursday’s Houston-Real Salt Lake matchcould come too soon for the Dynamo to have the services of a key offseason signing … 1. Busch might return to work Jon Busch might not be […]
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Kyle Davies out 6-8 weeks
[MLS] FC Dallas defender Kyle Davies is expected to miss 6-8 weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a broken arm anddislocated shoulder suffered Saturday in FCD’s opener against Houston. Davies left the match in the 55th minute after a collision with Dynamo forward Dominic Oduro. Davies was starting in place of the injured Ugo Ihemelu. […]
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FC Dallas attendance an MLS embarrassment
Jason Davis explains that the saying “Everything’s bigger in Texas” doesn’t apply to the crowds at FC Dallas games in Frisco — and the club is becoming anembarrassment to the league. The announced crowd of 8,016 for its season opener last weekend at Pizza Hut Park against in-state rival Houston was nearly half the size […]
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QUICK TAKE: Nick Rimando
[MLS] Real Salt Lake goalie Nick Rimando helped his team to the 2009 league title with back-to-back shootout wins in the semifinals and MLSCup. RSL travels to Houston on Thursday after opening its 2010 season by winning in San Jose, 3-0. Rimando explains to Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney why last year’s crown was nofluke. Dating […]
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Man. United could make U.S. summer tour
[ENGLAND] Manchester United could be headed to the United States for its first summer tour since 2004. The deal isn’t final. Several parties are involved in thenegotiations. But if finalized, it could mean United will be the opponent for the MLS all-stars July 29 or Aug. 5 at Houston’s Reliant Stadium. According to several reports, […]
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The keys to making a profit
By Ridge Mahoney During a conference last week, MLS Commissioner Don Garber pounced on a chance provided when asked of his frustration regarding thelack of progress on a stadium project for D.C. United. “I just can’t understand why we can’t make progress in D.C., and what more do we need to do to have the […]
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Internet's most useless web site
Needless to say, the debut of mlssoccer.com, MLS’s new website launched at considerable expense, hasn’t gone over well. Like all web site redesigns,mlssoccer.com has bugs. Problem is, that’s only the beginning of the problems with the site. Bigsoccer.com blogger Bill Archer calls the new site “auseless, clunky, non-intuitive, information-free collection of pages.” It launched for […]
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RSL makes club history
Defending MLS champ Real Salt Lake started its 2010 campaign with a 3-0 win at San Jose — which marked the first time in the club’s six-year history that it won its season opener. Moreover, RSLwas a miserable 0-4-1 and had been outscored 14-1 in road openers. “It is a nice little statistic we can […]
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MLS this week …
[DATEBOOK] Only five games will be played in Week 2 of Major League Soccer. The action is highlighted by a ESPN2 Thursday night doubleheader featuringHouston-Real Salt Lake followed by the Galaxy-Chivas USA Super Clásico. For all this week’s action … WEEK 2: Thursday, April 1 Real Salt Lake at Houston Dynamo 9 p.m. ESPN2/ESPN Deportes/ESPN360.com […]