A busy week of 16 games scrambled a few places atop the MLS Power Rankings, though many of the top teams stayed put by winning. Previous leader Atlanta United held first place despitelosing to Sporting Kansas City, 2-0. The Five Stripes rebounded from their first home loss by halting Orlando City’s six-game winning streak, 2-1. […]
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Watch: A Portland Timbers' mockumentary about their rivalry with Seattle
With apologies to Ken Burns, Portland has a go at the city that revels “in the chucking of dead fish.”
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MLS Power Rankings: Atlanta stays top, New York City FC tumbles
Surging Atlanta United won another road game, 2-1 at Chicago, to hold first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. A 4-0 Red Bull romp in the Hudson River derby knocked New YorkCity FC out of second and all the way to sixth, dropping it behind Los Angeles FC, Orlando City and Sporting Kansas City […]
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Giovanni Savarese talks about his new job in Portland, attending the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, and what can be done about USMNT
A native of Venezuela, Portland Timbers head coach Giovanni Savarese came to the United States to play at Long Island University and started a 20-year pro career in 1994 with the Long Island RoughRiders of the United States Interregional Soccer League. He was an original member of the MetroStars and in addition to playing for […]
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MLS Focus: Shutout win over NYCFC gives Portland big confidence boost
Troy Wayrynen/USA Today Sports Images, courtesy ofNYCFC NYCFC came into Portland with the best record in MLS and a seven-game unbeaten streak to start the season but met its match in the Timbers, whose 3-0 victory was a statementwin for a team that had struggled for the first month under new head coach Giovanni Savarese. […]
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What They're Saying: Giovanni Savarese
“I believe that teams have very important players, but those players need to have accountability and need to play as well and push themselves. And also everyone on the team needs to feel atevery moment their effort in practice and hard work can be rewarded as well. That’s the only thing that will create a […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Crew SC and New York City stay on top
In a week of just six matches, no teams changed places in the top tier of Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Columbus and New York City FC maintained their spots — at No. 1 and No. 2,respectively — as did the idle teams right behind them. So did Sporting Kansas City at No. 6 and […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Crew SC stays on top
Road teams did well in the second week of MLS play but by holding serve at home – in front of a small crowd – Columbus held first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Both New York teams won at home to take the next two spots and a spectacular road victory by Los […]
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MLS 2018: Western Conference preview
The 23rd MLS season kicks off this weekend with 23 teams and of the 12 members of the Western sector, six are embarking with head coaches who were not in charge at the start of 2017. That’s a bit of a trick number, since Los Angeles Football Club is the expansion entrant for 2018 under […]
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MLS 2018: Timbers gear up for first season of 'Gio Ball'
The era of “Porterland” is over. It’s time for “Gio Ball.” In the same year the Rose City says farewell to its quirky TVcounterpart “Portlandia,” it is adjusting to its first coaching change since Caleb Porter took over prior to the 2013 campaign. In his five seasons, Porter won two WesternConference titles (2013, 2017) as […]