Montreal Impact left back Ambroise Oyongo, injured Saturday playing for Cameroon in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, will miss the rest of the 2017 MLS season. The Impactannounced Oyongo underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a ruptured patellar tendon in his right knee. The surgery, performed in Barcelona, will require about six months of recovery […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Portland moves up two spots
A Saturday of just three games generated little movement in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Portland jumped up two slots and dropped FC Dallas the same margin with a two-goal game from FanendoAdi. Second-ranked Chicago racked up another victory at home, where it is unbeaten, by downing Atlanta United, 2-0, and No. 4 Sporting Kansas City […]
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USL Rewind: Drogba dazzles in Phoenix Rising debut
The first USL appearance for Didier Drogba is in the books and a memorable occasion it was. He scored a goal and set up one for Shaun Wright-Phillips in a 2-1 PhoenixRising FC defeat of Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2. A sellout crowd of 7,062 witnessed the debut of Drogba at Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex as Phoenix […]
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The season so far: a quick rundown of all 22 MLS teams
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) In about a month, the domestic transfer window will re-open, all 22 MLS teams will sign theperfect players to fill their needs, and all the fans shall rejoice. In the real world, more teams will fail in their quests to land the ideal midseason additions than will succeed and afew […]
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USL Rewind: Rhinos' revival continues
A first professional goal by a first-half substitute earned Rochester Rhinos a 1-0 defeat of FC Cincinnati that extended their unbeaten streak to five games. Bradley Kamdem replaced aninjured Rayane Boukemia in the 22nd minute and though the 22-year-old Frenchman labored through an up-and-down performance, his low shot into the corner with 25 minutes remaining […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Fire stays second behind TFC
The Chicago Fire couldn’t exploit a two-man advantage to get a win in Orlando, and thus stays second in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. A 0-0 tie ended the Fire’sfour-game winning streak and left it just behind leader Toronto FC, which lost, 3-0, to New England to end an eight-game unbeaten run. New York City […]
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MLS Today: Unlikely heroes rally NYCFC for late win
Central defenders Maxime Chanot and Alexander Callens scored in the last 10 minutes to give New York City FC a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Union. Fellow defenders Ike Opara(Sporting KC), Kendall Waston (Vancouver) and Benjamin Angoua (New England) all had game-winning goals on Saturday. MLSSTREAKS: UNBEATEN 6 LA Galaxy (3 wins, 3 ties) 2 Colorado […]
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MLS Focus: Mauro Diaz's return lifts FC Dallas spirits
The vaunted player development program of FC Dallas is about to be severely tested. A strained MCL suffered by centerback Walker Zimmerman in a 0-0 tie with Houston Sunday willsideline him for 4-6 weeks, and put further strain on a roster that has been deprived of midfielder Kellyn Acosta and Zimmerman’s defensive partner Matt Hedges […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Torrid Fire sweeps into second
Toronto FC held the top spot by romping over Columbus, 5-0, to run its unbeaten streak to eight games. Important wins for Chicago and the L.A. Galaxy moved them upSoccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Heading in the other direction are Portland and Orlando City. Their winless streaks were extended to five and six games, respectively, […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]