The busiest week of the season — 18 games — produced some big scores and a few playoff fates decided. Top-ranked Toronto FC clinched the Supporters’ Shield for best overall recordand amazing expansion club Atlanta United kept rolling to take over second place. RSL moved up another notch, into sixth place, with another gutty result. […]
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MLS Closeup: Impact's season snowballs out of control
In a season of home dominance by many MLS teams, Montreal’s recent failure to prevail at Stade Saputo has turned its season in the wrong direction. A 1-0 loss to New York CityWednesday, coupled with a shocking 3-2 triumph by Minnesota United in its previous home match, has neutralized the momentum and points generated by […]
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Atlanta United, best MLS expansion team ever? Not so fast
Atlanta United is on course to set an attendance record in its first MLS season and is playing some of the best soccer ever seen in the league. But how does it rank among expansion teams? With the additions of Minnesota United and Atlanta United, MLS has grown by 15 teams since the first expansion […]
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MLS's greatest scoring race ever heats up
Recent tears by Diego Valeri (goals in an MLS record eight straight games) and Josef Martinez(back-to-back hat tricks) have tightened what is shaping up as MLS’s greatest scoring race inhistory. David Villa still leads the race with Nemanja Nikolic tied for second, but only two goals separate the top five scorers. The favorite? Atlanta United’s […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Surges continue for 'Caps and Atlanta
Four-point weeks for two teams helped jostle the rankings at the top, though the top three of Toronto FC, New York City FC and Seattle stayed pat. Atlanta United delighted combined crowdsof more than 115,000 fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium by scoring 10 goals, and Vancouver took over the Western Conference lead by beating Minnesota United […]
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MLS Power Rankings Top teams hold their spots
Toronto FC and Seattle continued their impressive runs and Atlanta United ran all over FC Dallas in its new home as teams got back to work after the FIFA international break. TFC’sfive-game winning streak is the second-longest in MLS this season. It won six a row from April 21 to May 13. The Sounders’ run […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Red Bulls move up a spot
Only four games were played last weekend because of the FIFA international break, but several teams made slight moves. The Red Bulls moved up a spot with a 2-2 tie at FC Dallas despitenot closing out a game they twice led by a goal playing against 10 men. The Chicago Fire ended its six-game winless […]
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MLS: Playoff odds shrinking for teams below red line
Montreal’s playoff chances took a big hit when it dropped a 1-0 decision at home to Chicago, which had come into the game with a four-game losing streak.
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Piatti comments cast cloud over surging Montreal Impact
This is the time of year for fans and pundits to stop obsessing over past form and start forecasting the stretch run of the season. Since no regular-season conference winner has reachedthe MLS Cup final since 2014, when the Galaxy won the West as well as the title, handicapping the potential finalists is a study […]
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Pauno awaits reaction after Fire's first major slump
The Chicago Fire’s game at Montreal ended quickly Wednesday when it fell behind 3-0 after just 38 minutes. That was all the scoring in the Fire’s fourth loss in its last five games, more losses thanin its first 20 games. Coach Veljko Paunovic is awaiting a reaction when Chicago hosts league leader Toronto FC in […]