Week 13 isn’t being billed as a Rivalry Week, perhaps because the Red Bulls and NYCFC do not play each other and MLS, though a national league, has a definite New York-centric persona. Yet there’s a good slate of traditional tussles on tap, including in-state clashes of the California and Texas teams and another installment […]
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What They're Saying: Caleb Porter
“I actually just got off the phone with Timber Joey and I wanted to clarify his experience working in the woods. So, I will have you hear today that he is a legitimate ‘lumberman.’ He has worked inthe woods. To quote him, he has ‘cut, milled and built things out of wood’ and he did […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Fire and Union climb charts
Double-win weeks for the Chicago Fire and Philadelphia Union vaulted them up Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings, and a pair of road losses for Houston dropped it down the ladder. In thetop tier, Toronto FC held first place by earning a 1-1 tie at Red Bull Arena. A first loss of the season — at […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Toronto FC rolls to the top
Two more wins for Toronto FC ran its win streak to six and vaulted it atop the MLS Power Rankings. Previous leader FC Dallas slipped a couple of notches by tying New York City, which tookover second place after their 1-1 tie in Frisco. Sporting Kansas City and Houston round out the top five. The […]
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MLS Week 11: Three Games to Watch
With the domestic transfer window closed, MLS teams can only sign out-of-contract players until the secondary window opens in early July. By then, the Gold Cup will be underway and manyteams will have also lost players during the FIFA international fixture interval in early June. For a couple of weeks, teams can go with what […]
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MLS: Timbers get support for Providence Park expansion
The Portland Timbers moved closer to becoming the first U.S. club in MLS to expand their stadium because of excess demand as the Portland City Council approved a measure supporting plans to add fournew levels and about 4,000 new seats to the east side of Providence Park in downtown Portland. The Timbers plan on privately […]
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MLS Week 10: Three Games to Watch
The 10th week of MLS play features a rematch of the 2016 championship game, another edition of Can Philly Get Off the Schneid? and the latest stop in the FC Dallas unbeaten tour. Fourteams played on Wednesday and go right back at it this weekend. The same pattern will be repeated later in May with […]
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MLS Discipline: Schuler and Asad suspended this weekend
Its weekly review of incidents in MLS games has resulted in the MLS Disciplinary Committee suspending and fining two players and issuing a fine to a third. RSL defender Chris Schuler hasbeen fined and suspended one game for committing serious foul play while wiping out Sporting Kansas CityGerso Fernandes in the 10th minute of their game […]
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What They're Saying: Merritt Paulson
“There’s no question that the impact the LA Galaxy have had on this league has been immense. Marquee signings starting with David Beckham, then you look at the impact he’s had. But I’ll tellyou what: How much ink does the LA Galaxy get in the LA market, on the LA Times and the broader sports […]
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USL Rewind: Brown strike hits No. 1 on SportsCenter
A week after losing to Charleston, the Tampa Bay Rowdies joined the Battery atop the Eastern Conference by beating Richmond Kickers, 1-0, with its fourth shutout at home and a spectacular goal byDeshorn Brown just before halftime. Brown’s strike earned the No. 1 slot in SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays of the day and topped an […]