Four-point weeks for two teams helped jostle the rankings at the top, though the top three of Toronto FC, New York City FC and Seattle stayed pat. Atlanta United delighted combined crowdsof more than 115,000 fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium by scoring 10 goals, and Vancouver took over the Western Conference lead by beating Minnesota United […]
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On Thursday, the Europa League starts group play. Among the matches available are Arsenal-FC Cologne and Real Sociedad-Rosenborg. SOCCER AMERICA’s free e-letters (Soccer on TV, SA Daily,and more): sign up (All times Eastern unless noted.) (TV programming is always subject to change. Besides the exclusive streaming programming listed here, many networks make TV programming available on streaming […]
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MLS Power Rankings Top teams hold their spots
Toronto FC and Seattle continued their impressive runs and Atlanta United ran all over FC Dallas in its new home as teams got back to work after the FIFA international break. TFC’sfive-game winning streak is the second-longest in MLS this season. It won six a row from April 21 to May 13. The Sounders’ run […]
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Watch: Diego Valeri scores in seven straight games
Portland’s Diego Valeri tied the MLS record for goals in consecutive games with a sharp shot into the lower corner in a 1-0 win over NYCFC. He joins Carlos Ruiz(2006), Wolde Harris (2000) and Raul Diaz Arce (1997) with seven goals in seven straight games. Valeri’s last seven (of 17 goals this season):
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MLS Power Rankings: Red Bulls move up a spot
Only four games were played last weekend because of the FIFA international break, but several teams made slight moves. The Red Bulls moved up a spot with a 2-2 tie at FC Dallas despitenot closing out a game they twice led by a goal playing against 10 men. The Chicago Fire ended its six-game winless […]
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New Sounder Leerdam is enthused about move to MLS
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Sounders right back Kelvin Leerdam is in good company. One of the mostaggressive MLS teams to use Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) to bolster its attacking options, Seattle signed the Surinamese-Dutch defender in July on a free transfer from Vitesse Arnhem and moved himstraight into a position formerly occupied by DeAndre […]
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USL Rewind: New signing Wiesenfarth gets assist as Republic wins again
Sacramento Republic FC is starting to roll at just the right time. With playoffs not far away, Sacramento extended its unbeaten streak to seven games bybeating Portland Timbers 2, 1-0, at Providence Park. Wilson Kneeshaw scored his fourth goal of the season in the 14th minute, capitalizing on a feed from Matthew Weisenfarth, whocollected a […]
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VAR is a game-changer in Portland-Galaxy match
VAR, the new video review system MLS introduced this weekend, overturned only two calls in the first 11 games, but one was a game-changer. Instead of the LA Galaxy going ahead 2-1 at Portland,Gyasi Zardes‘ goal was overturned for a handball, and the Timbers went onto win 3-1. After the review, referee Drew Fischer disallowed […]