[MLS: Friday] Joe Nasco, the former Georgiapolice officer who made his MLS debut this summer at the age of 30, endured one of the worst evenings an MLS goalkeeper has ever had, giving up one goal straight off a corner kick and allowing twomore goals when he couldn’t handle two other corner kicks. And that […]
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Sounders get separation, Dwyer gets scoring record
[MLS: Friday] If the Seattle Sounders go on to win their first Supporters’ Shield, they may look back on sub Andy Rose‘s stoppage-time winner in their 3-2 victory over Real Salt Lake on Friday night as the difference. Dom Dwyer setSporting Kansas City’s single-season scoring record with his 19th goal of the season in its […]
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Champion Sporting KC and Toronto FC go down again
[MLS: Week 26] The struggles continue for Sporting Kansas City and Toronto FC, which both lost important Eastern Conference games that juggled the playoff slotsyet again. The Red Bulls added to the woes of Sporting KC by inflicting a 2-1 defeat, while TFC fell to Philadelphia for the second time in five days. MLSRESULTS Week […]
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FC Dallas savors its most impressive victory yet
[MLS: Friday] FC Dallas is for real. It lost Panamanian Blas Perez to its league-high ninth red card of the season justbefore halftime, but that did not deter it from coming out in the second half and getting goals from Je-Vaughn Watson and Fabian Castillo. The result extended FCD’s unbeaten streak to 10 games and […]
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RSL takes over West lead, SKC still leads East
[MLS: Saturday] Real Salt Lake took over first place in the Western Conference by beating previous leader Seattle, 2-1, defending champ and Eastern leader SportingKansas City handed Toronto FC a harsh 4-1 lesson, and Columbus strengthened its case for a playoff spot by smacking the Galaxy. Another one of the league’s top defenses fell apart […]
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Western Conference lead at stake in Saturday clash
[MLS WEEK 23: Three Games to Watch] A showdown of the top two teams in the Western Conference — Seattle and Real Salt Lake — and the conclusion of a four-gameroad swing for Toronto FC highlight the MLS weekend action. Several teams are incorporating international players signed in the past few weeks and how others […]
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FC Dallas and RSL consider plans for second teams
[USL PRO] FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake are weighing their options about entering teamsin USL PRO. In the case of Dallas, it could be an affiliation with one of the two teams starting up in 2015 in the Southwest and then its own team in 2016. As for RSL, it might enter its own […]
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Fast starts power teams to big wins
[MLS: Saturday] Three teams used anaggressive formula of scoring early and quickly adding goals to post important victories. A fourth winning team also scored within the first 12 minutes on a night that saw Western Conference leaderSeattle knocked off its perch for at least one day and Philadelphia and Portland move into ties for the […]
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Real Salt Lake adds more Argentine flavor
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] If forward Sebastian Jaime proves to be as successful for Real Salt Lake as a couple of itsprevious Argentine signings, he’ll be a valuable addition. Jaime, 27, comes to MLS from Union Espanola of the Chilean Primera Division, for which he played for scored 39 goals in 124appearances during four seasons. He will help […]
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California Clasico takes on new significance
[MLS WEEK 22: Three games to watch] The California Clasico series between San Jose and Los Angeles is a long andcontentious rivalry, and Landon Donovan is just one of many players who have worn the jerseys of both teams. He’ll be squarely in the spotlight Friday (live at 10:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN)at StubHub Center […]