The 31-year-old Swiss playmaker Xerdan Shaqiri, who joined the Chicago Fire for the 2022 season, helped set up two goals and scored in the 3-2 win over Serbia that advanced Switzerland (along with Brazil) from Group G. With his opening goal against the Serbs, Shaqiri joins Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as scorers in each […]
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MLS Moves: Impact signs pair of academy products
The Montreal Impact signed defender Daniel Kinumbe and midfielder Clement Bayiha, a pair of academy products who trained with the first team in 2018 before being sent to the Ottawa Fury,where they spent the remainder of the team. “Daniel Kinumbe and Clement Bayiha are two young players with good potential,” said Impact head coach Remi […]
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MLS Focus: Three reasons for the Montreal Impact's turnaround
One of the surprises of the MLS season has been the Montreal Impact, which was overhauled in the offseason and recovered from a horrible start to sit sixth in the Eastern Conference with five games toplay. Under first-year coach Remi Garde, the Impact started off with a 4-11-0 record but is 8-3-3 since then with […]
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MLS Moves: Montreal deal for Jimmy Briand falls through.
On Sunday, French club Guingamp announced that it had an agreement for veteran striker Jimmy Briand to move the MLS’s Montreal Impact. The Impact followed with a statement thatBriand would be in Montreal this week and it was only a matter time before he joined the team. Jimmy Briand seraà Montréal cette semaine. Ce n’est […]
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MLS Focus: Departure of Jesse Marsch turns the spotlight to Chris Armas
First up for head coach Chris Armas: a big derby game Sunday atYankee Stadium against New York City FC. The former MLS All-Star and U.S. midfielder is in the crosshairs following a Red Bulls’ announcement Friday that former headcoach Jesse Marsch is joining sister club Red Bull Leipzig of the German Bundesliga in an unspecified role. RB Leipzig […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Sporting KC stumble opens door for Portland
Sporting Kansas City relinquished top spot in the Power Rankings by losing, 2-0, to Montreal on a weekend all of its closest pursuers won. Portland thus takes over first place and slidinginto second and third, respectively, are Atlanta and the New York Red Bulls. SKC falls to fourth, just ahead of FC Dallas, and New […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Sporting KC stays on top with comeback victory
Some teams looked rusty, others got right back into the flow on the first weekend of play following a short World Cup break. Sporting Kansas City, first in Soccer America’s MLS PowerRankings, retained the top spot by rallying from two goals down to beat Houston, 3-2. Top 10 teams swapped places as a result of […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Light schedule keeps most teams as they were
The MLS got in six games last Wednesday prior to a short World Cup break, and 13 teams have been or will be playing Open Cup games to fill the gap. Atlanta United posted another impressivevictory — 2-0 at Columbus — but stayed second behind idle (in terms of league play) Sporting Kansas City. The […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Atlanta surges to top as NYCFC falters
So successful have been the MLS teams in recent weeks that two of them swept up the standings when previous leader New York City FC fell to its first loss of the season. A 3-0 defeat inPortland opened the door for Atlanta United to grab first place and Sporting Kansas City to move into second. […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Top teams hold their spots with ties
New York City FC followed up a 4-0 smashing of Real Salt Lake to register a 2-2 tie in Atlanta, with that result keeping those teams in the top two slots in Soccer America’sMLS Power Rankings.Sporting Kansas City held third by tying Seattle, 2-2, at home, and FC Dallas stayed unbeaten while rising to fourth […]