[MLS] MLS preseason action concluded Sunday when the Los Angeles Galaxy had to settle for a 0-0 tie with Salvadoran club Aguila. The Galaxy outshot Aguila,19-2, but was stymied by Salvadoran national team keeper Miguel Montes. Its best chance came when Brazilian midfielder Juninho hit the crossbar. For all the weekend results … PRESEASON RESULTS:March 19 […]
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What They're Saying
“It was a sign that we were playing well. Hopefully, they all come back.” — New York Red Bulls midfielder Dane Richards on Brazilian fans chanting “Ole” to the RedBulls’ passes during their 3-1 victory over Brazilian club Santos in the grand opening of the Red Bulls’ new stadium on Saturday.
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A Splendid Night for the Red Bulls
By Paul Gardner When you consider the dozens of things that could go wrong with the opening night of a brand new stadium — I mean, I can think of plenty, starting withme not being able to claim my accreditation (didn’t happen, all was smooth efficiency) — then surely the opening of Red Bull Arena […]
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What They're Saying
“Thirty or 40 years ago, almost no one in the country played the game, and it takes time. Also, it’s a question of tradition. So it takes time to get used to, to compete with the best teams inworld, which you are doing now.” — Former German great Franz Beckenbauer, who arrived at the New […]
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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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Labor peace: who's the winner?
[MLS] Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Union reached an agreement in principle Saturday on a new five-year collective bargaining agreement, averting astrike scheduled for the start of the 2010 season. Among the terms of the deal which still needs to be approved and then announced: — are-entry draft for players of a certain […]
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Promising start lost on the screen
[TELEVISION WATCH] On a day that offered so much promise about soccer’s future — the announcement of a new five-year collective bargaining agreement and theopening of Red Bull Arena — viewers tuning into the Red Bulls’ game against Santos on Fox Soccer Channel were reminded of soccer’s sorrowful past with some horrendous production work. On […]
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Preseason Scoreboard
[MLS] FC Dallas beat the Columbus Crew, 2-1, on goals by Atiba Harris and DavidFerreira to win the Pioneer Cup played in a rare snowstorm at Pizza Hut Park. In the another preseason match involving MLS teams, the Houston Dynamo beat Chivas USA, 3-1, in Santa Barbara,Calif., on goals by Dominic Oduro, Brad Davis and […]
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Moreno leads D.C. United to Carolina Cup title
[MLS] Jaime Moreno, MLS’s all-time leading goal scorer, scored two more goals to give him all five goals in threevictories and lead D.C. United to a 2-0 win over host Charleston Battery that gave it the Carolina Challenge Cup championship for the first time in five appearances on Saturday night before a crowd of5,036. The […]
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Red Bulls romp in stadium opener
[MLS] These weren’t the hapless Red Bulls of years past. New York celebrated the opening of Red Bull Arena with a thoroughly deserved 3-1 win over Santos ofBrazil Saturday night before a sellout crowd of 25,000 fans and finished undefeated in preseason with a 7-0-3 record. One new Red Bull Joel Lindpereand two returning Red Bulls, Mike […]