The All-Canada clasico started late and was well worth the wait. Reeling from a 3-0 deficit, buffeted by deafening crowd, and laboring on the artificialturf at Olympic Stadium, Toronto FC struck back with goals five minutes apart by Jozy Altidore and Michael Bradley to emerge from the Eastern Conference finals first leg down only a […]
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USL Rewind: Comebacks shake up conference races
Blown leads and rallies tightened up the race atop the Western Conference, where five teams are bunched within four points. The craziness started on Wednesday, when leader Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2looked to be in control, holding a 2-0 lead over struggling Arizona United SC at Peoria Sports Complex. But AUSC suddenly awoke, Luke Rooney scored […]
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MLS Countdown: Marsch comments roil waters for derby
A pre-emptive strike by Red Bulls’ head coach Jesse Marsch has put the perfect spin on the third and final regular-season Hudson River Derby. In the buildup to the Sunday showdown (1 p.m. ET, Fox, Fox Deportes) at Red Bull Arena, Marschhas already angered league officials and been duly disciplined. MLS fined Marsch for claiming […]
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Ronaldo to miss UEFA Super Cup
The knee injury Cristiano Ronaldo suffered in the Euro 2016 final will force him to miss Real Madrid’s UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla on Aug. 9. Ronaldo is set to vacation for threeto four weeks while rehabbing from what has been reported to be ligament damage in his left knee.
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USL Rewind: Goodwin goes out in style
Every player wants to leave the game on his own terms and on Saturday Louisville City FC keeper Scott Goodwin enjoyed a memorable send-off. The second-year player announced a whileback he is bound for Harvard Medical School and he started his last game on the bench against FC Montreal. As the second half began, the […]
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USL Rewind: Saint Louis rewards another sellout crowd
Saint Louis FC is in the playoff zone and with the majority of its remaining games at home, results like the 1-0 defeat of Portland Timbers 2 at World Wide Technology Park might be occurring moreoften in the near future. USL: Week 13Results Another full house of 5,513 watched a victory secured by Irvin Herrera’s […]
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USL Rewind: FC Cincinnati draws another big crowd
A seventh straight crowd count in five figures has pushed FC Cincinnati past the 100,000 mark in its inaugural USL season. USL: Week 12 Results
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Cristiano Ronaldo hat trick saves Real Madrid
Down 2-0 to Wolfsburg entering the UEFA Champions League, second leg, Real Madrid advanced to the semifinals thanks to a 3-0 win on a Cristiano Ronaldo hat trick. The Portuguese starnow has 16 goals in this season’s competition — one short of the record he set in 2013-14.
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USL Rewind: Boisterous crowd powers Cincinnati
On the scoreboard and in the stands, FC Cincinnati’s first game at Nippert Stadium delivered the goods. Cincinnati native Austin Berry scored the gamewinner in a 2-1 defeatof Charlotte celebrated by a noisy crowd of 14,658. “Being from here, scoring that goal was very special for me, but more so for the fans,” said Berry, […]
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Decision Day: Several MLS teams have much to lose
Of the myriad postseason possibilities facing many of the MLS teams that play on Sunday, a few teams are in the most dire straits: that of falling so far down the standings they miss the playoffsaltogether. New England lost in last year’s MLS Cup final and Sporting Kansas City captured the title in 2013, yet […]