By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) This isn’t the first time New England, oft-criticized during its history for lack of ambition andfinancial commitment, has rolled the dice since head coach Jay Heaps took over prior to the 2012 season. But by sending a boatload of allocation monies and draft picks to Columbus in exchange for highlyproductive, high-maintenance, […]
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MLS Talking Points: Kamara-Crew marriage ends badly
Through the years, MLS has had its share of disgruntled players, players unhappy with the terms of their contract or inability to move freely within the league at the end of their contract, butnothing like the Kei Kamara situation, which ended on Thursday, upon the close of the primary transfer window, when Columbus dealt him […]
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Heaps: Kamara gives Revs true No. 9
New England Revs coach Jay Heaps addressed the signing of Kei Kamara from Columbus Crew in a last-minute move made before the U.S. primary transfer window closed. He said Kamara willgive the Revs a true No. 9 and create more competition in an already deep forwards corps. “There’s going to be competition,” said Heaps, “and […]
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Busy midweek schedules add to unique travel woes in MLS
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Weeks like this are what makes MLS a very tough league to facilitate. It’s not only the busiestmidweek to date, with five games to be played Wednesday, it presents teams with those daunting travel schedules unheard of in most countries. Many teams around the world double up on games during thesame […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Unlikely duo holds top spots
The Galaxy and Colorado extended their unbeaten streaks and Toronto FC opened the new BMO Field with a victory. Those teams are ranked 1-2-3 in the Soccer America Power Rankings after Week 10 of theMLS season. Seattle took a big jump by winning its fourth game in the last six as many other teams faltered. […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Top three teams hold their spots
Good results for the top three kept them in their places and another puzzling defeat for FC Dallas dropped it a couple of notches. The Galaxy held off SKC while a man down to earn a point thanks toa superb chip by Giovani dos Santos. Defending champion Portland crossed the country to get a midweek […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Galaxy thumps RSL to take top spot
The Galaxy overpowered previous No. 1 Real Salt Lake, 5-2, to end RSL’s last unbeaten start to the 2016 season and also knock it off the top perch in the Soccer America Power Rankings. Colorado moved into third place by adding to Seattle’s woes and Toronto prevailed in Montreal to crack the top five. Sporting […]
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MLS Countdown: No panic at struggling D.C. United
A rough start to the season hasn’t convinced D.C. head coach Ben Olsen that drastic measures are needed. United fell behind in the first minute to Toronto FC at RFK lastweekend and stumbled to its second loss in four home matches. Overall, United is 1-3-3 and tied for eighth in the Eastern Conference. “If you […]
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MLS Countdown: Timbers' Gleeson says he's ready
The next game for Portland isn’t until next Wednesday, but starting keeper Adam Kwarasey will need about a month to recover from the finger injury he suffered last weekend in a 3-1defeat of San Jose. No worries. The backup is raring to go. “You always have to be ready,” Jake Gleeson told The Oregonian on Tuesday. […]
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Recent incidents sharpen focus on how video replay can improve the game
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Comments made this week by PRO boss Peter Walton and Orlando City SC head coach Adrian Heathcould be harbingers of what we can expect when experimentation with video replay moves to the next stage of its development. In recent weeks glaring examples of how replays might improveofficiating occurred during matches in […]