It ended up making a lot of sense. Atlanta United wheeled and dealt in the aftermath of the Expansion Draft, trading its first pick, outside back Danny Toia, to Orlando City afterclaiming him from Montreal, and using another trade – Clint Irwin back to Toronto FC – to get right back Mark Bloom, a Georgia […]
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MLS Moves: Montreal links up with Ottawa
On the same day that it announced that it was shutting down its USL second team, FC Montreal, and affiliating with the Ottawa Fury, the Montreal Impact exercised options for seven players, putting at21 players the number of players contracted for the 2017 season. The Impact exercised options on goalkeeper Evan Bush, defender Donny Toia, […]
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MLS Cup final worth is celebrating as it turns 21
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Whatever happens in the actual game to be played in Toronto Saturday night, the 2016 MLS Cuphas set new records for storylines and intrigue. It might be the teams and their cities, those lords of lamentable losses from Seattle and the coach-churning, money-burning habitants(zing!) of Toronto, that are driving so […]
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MLS Awards: Giovinco and Hedges repeat Best XI picks
Three teams each landed two players on the MLS Best XI announced by the league on Monday. Supporters Shield winner FC Dallas is represented by defender Matt Hedges andmidfielder Mauro Diaz; Eastern Conference champion New York Red Bulls contribute forward Bradley Wright-Phillips and midfielder Sacha Kljestan, and the L.A.Galaxy lists attacker Giovani Dos Santos and centerback Jelle Van Damme. Rounding out the heavily foreign squad […]
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TV Report: Canadian classic breaks MLS viewing record
An average audience of 1.4 million Canadian viewers watched Toronto FC’s 5-2 overtime victory over the Montreal Impact, breaking the record for Canada’s most-watched MLS game in historyset with the first leg. The audiences on TSN (862,000) and RDS (519,000) marked a 35 percent increase over the previous record. Overall, 4.4 million unique viewers watchedsome […]
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Canada: MLS broadens parameters for players
To better serve the interests of its Canadian teams, MLS will implement several initiatives to aid in player development and form a taskforce with the Canadian Soccer Association. A keycomponent in the new framework is expanding the Generation Adidas program to specifically target Canadian players. Under the heading Generation adidas Canada, MLS will collaborate with […]
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MLS Playoffs: Toronto FC wins game for the ages
Regardless of how it ends, this MLS postseason is evolving into an incredible story. In this tale’s penultimate game on Wednesday, a team wracked by a history of failure rewardedthe largest home crowd in its history by winning its biggest game, and stretching the limits of MLS postseason drama. Goals by five different players powered […]
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Preview: TFC wary of archrival poised to spring upset
Already one team needing only a 1-0 win at home to reach the MLS Cup final has failed to do so, and on Wednesday Toronto FC faces that scenario against archrival Montreal. In the firstleg a week ago, the Impact took a 3-0 lead at the Olympic Stadium, then conceded twice to swing the advantage […]
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Three goals that killed the American dream of Jurgen Klinsmann
Many and varied are the flashpoints that shaped the national team coaching stint of Jurgen Klinsmann, whoas a player victimized many a defense by his relentless energy and nose for goal. Lacking elegance but brimming with confidence, Klinsmann personified the type of striker notespecially fast nor exceptionally skilled yet wonderfully efficient in the attacking third. […]
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TV Report: Canada clasico smashes viewing record
The first leg of MLS’s Eastern Conference final between the Montreal Impact and Toronto FC broke a Canadian viewing record for an MLS game as it drew 595,000 viewers on TSN and 429,000 on RDS for atotal of 1,024,000 viewers. The previous record: 587,000 on TSN and RDS for the TFC-Impact playoff match in 2015. […]