Sunday’s Orlando City-New England drew another huge crowd at the Citrus Bowl as 36,048 fans turned out for the nationally televised game. But they were not happy after the At issue were the calls, or non-calls, or change of calls, on the two goals in stoppage time. Kevin Molino put Orlando City ahead 2-1 in […]
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MLS: De Jong suspended for three games
Galaxy midfielder Nigel de Jong has been suspended three games by the MLS Disciplinary Committee for a hard tackle that injured Portland midfielder Darlington Nagbe in theteams’ 1-1 tie last Sunday at StubHub Center. The committee ruled that the foul, for which de Jong was cautioned, should have been punished by a red card from […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Top teams keep their places
There was no movement among the top five teams – none of which lost – yet Montreal and Philly moved up while the Rapids dropped. Vancouver and Columbus also fell a few notches and theRed Bulls’ fourth loss of season dumped them in the basement. Six teams play midweek games and there’s a full slate […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Big win moves RSL to top spot
Real Salt Lake turned in perhaps the most impressive road performance of the young MLS season to hand Sporting Kansas City its first loss, 2-1. New England, Seattle and Chicago got their firstvictories, but D.C. United, which squandered a 1-0 lead in San Jose, and Columbus stayed winless. Week 5 Results April 1 New England 1, […]
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MLS Countdown: Internationals return from duty
The days immediately following the FIFA fixture dates are anxious ones for club coaches unsure of how fit their players will be when they rejoin their teams. Counting the U.S. U-23 s pickedby head coach Andi Herzog for the Olympic playoff series against Colombia, more than 70 MLS players were summoned by their national teams. […]
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MLS Countdown: Orlando City signs 'the Beast'
Orlando City has added to its Brazilian contingent to take some pressure off its young Canadian starlet. Attacker Julio Baptista, formerly of Arsenal, Real Madrid, Roma, and Sevilla,has joined the Lions as a Discovery Signing. Like teammate Kaka, he is a graduate of the Sao Paulo development program who has scored 163 goals playing 526 […]
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Can Tim Howard deal lift Colorado to prominence?
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) As the Colorado Rapids proceeded to drink from bottles of champagne rather than spray liquid onto each other inthe BMO Field locker room, managing director Jeff Plush pondered a question: Did beating FC Dallas, 2-1, in the 2010 MLS Cup final to claim its first league championship significantlyboost the team’s presence […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Unbeaten SKC moves into top spot
The only unbeaten and untied team after three weeks has climbed atop the Soccer America MLS Power Rankings. Sporting Kansas City needed a controversial goal to preserve its perfect mark and withthat strike by Brad Davis edged Toronto FC, 1-0. Montreal and San Jose lost after winning their first two games and aside from SKC, […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Change at the top
You want parity? MLS has it. After just two rounds of play, only three teams are 2-0-0 and four of last year’s eight quarterfinalists — the Red Bulls, Columbus, Vancouver, and Seattle –are 0-8-0 combined. Montreal followed up with its opening-weekend victory in Vancouver by thrashing the Red Bulls, 3-0, at the Olympic Stadium to […]
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Jermaine Jones brings rough edges to Rapids' makeover
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) The Colorado Rapids have gone through this makeover process before and the results haven’t beenpretty. MLS Cup champions in 2010, the Rapids slipped down the chute until head coach Gary Smith departed, and have struggled to regain the momentum instilled by Oscar Pareja,who left after two seasons — including the Rapids’ […]