Top-ranked FC Dallas shook off the disappointment of elimination from the Concacaf Champions League by beating Minnesota United, 2-0, and big wins for Portland, Sporting Kansas City, and Orlando Citymoved them into the top four of Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Losses sent New York City FC, Columbus, and Colorado tumbling in the other direction. […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Crew SC and Dynamo move up
With FC Dallas idle because of its Concacaf Champions League commitments, Columbus and Houston continued their winning ways to ascend the Power Rankings into second and fifth, respectively. At the other end of the rankings, three teams — D.C. United, Vancouver, and Minnesota United — won their first games of the season to rise of […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Crew SC jumps up 11 spots
A Saturday of just three games produced interesting results, as Columbus knocked Portland from the unbeaten ranks with a 3-2 victory and New England rolled over Minnesota United, 5-2, for its firstvictory of the season. Daryl Shore debuted as RSL’s interim head coach in a 0-0 tie with the New York Red Bulls. Week 4 […]
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MLS Week 4: Short-handed Loons seek first win
The Portland Timbers will look to improve to 4-0-0 when they play at Columbus Crew SC in one of three MLS games during FIFA’s international fixture window. They will be without two starters away oninternational duty: Costa Rican David Guzman and American Darlington Nagbe. WEEK 4, SCHEDULESaturday, March 25 New England vs. Minn. United 2 […]
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Next move for Real Salt Lake is the most crucial in a decade
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) So many major changes have been wrought at Real Salt Lake it may seem a long time ago whenDell Loy Hansen bought out the remaining ownership interest of team founder Dave Checketts. Let the record show that Hansen, whose first investment in the club dovetailedwith its winning the MLS Cup […]
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MLS Power Rankings: FC Dallas replaces Red Bulls at top
A 3-1 loss to Seattle knocked the Red Bulls off the top perch, and FC Dallas, Portland and Toronto FC took advantage to surge past them in the Power Rankings. Defending champion Seattle was one offive teams to post their first victories of the season. Seven teams, including four that made the playoffs last year, […]
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MLS Weekend: Three Games to Watch
After just two rounds of the 2017 season, three teams are already looking a lot better than they did last year, and all three face road tests this weekend that can validate their apparentupgrades. The Fire plays at Atlanta after posting a win and tie in its first two games, and the Dynamo and Quakes take […]
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MLS: Disciplinary Committee suspends Roman Torres
After video review of incidents occurring in MLS games last week, the MLS Disciplinary Committee has suspended one player and fined two others. Seattle centerback Roman Torres has been suspended one game for violent conduct after Houston Dynamo midfielder Alex and
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MLS Weekend: Three Games to Watch
The first meeting of expansion entrants Atlanta United and Minnesota United is among the notable games on the schedule for the second week of MLS play. For the second weekend of MLS 2017,the league has arranged three intriguing games for its national telecasts. The Timbers and Galaxy always put on a good show, and though […]
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MLS Week 1: Results & Highlights
Only one of the 2016 four conference finalists — Colorado — won on MLS’s opening weekend. Defending champion Seattle fell at Houston, 2-1, on goals by Erick Torres — his first with theDynamo — and Romell Quioto. Eastern Conference champion Toronto FC played to a 0-0 tie at Real Salt Lake while Montreal lost at […]