[MLS] The rich got richer over the weekend, with the teams on winning streaks continuing to win and the struggling teams unable to reverse the momentum. Hereare six observations from those 450 minutes, plus stoppage time. WHY PICK ON FREDDIE? After enduring another frustrating 90 minutes of numerous chances and no goalsthat sent a rabid […]
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Saturday's Three Stars
[MLS] The teams with the better records won all four of Saturday’s games, and those victories included vital road wins for San Jose and Real Salt Lakeagainst Western Conference foes. Here are Saturday’s Three Stars … Saturday’s Three Stars 1. DOMINIC ODURO (Houston). The Dynamo repeatedly dismantled D.C.’s defense in rolling to a 2-0 win […]
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Big crowds, few goals
[MLS ATTENDANCE] Three of the seven Week 9 games drew announced attendance of more than 20,000. Seattle again disappointed its large loyal following with a 1-0loss — one of the week’s four games that featured only one goal. Houston drew its biggest crowd of the season and downed D.C. United, 2-0. Houston drew 24,471 fans, […]
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MLS this week …
[DATEBOOK] MLS’s Week 8 will consist of eight games — one on Thursday and seven on Saturday — and all 16 teams will be in action. Play begins onThursday when Real Salt Lake hosts Houston in a key Western Conference to be televised live on ESPN2. For the complete schedule, standings and leading scorers as well as […]
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The Challenge of Change: Where it's working, where not
By Ridge Mahoney Replacing a head coach, overhauling a roster, or both, are really the only ways a team can improve, but change in and of itself is no guarantee, asseveral struggling teams are proving this season. In a few places, notably New York, the train is headed down the right track; not so for […]
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RSL wins despite yet another PK
Real Salt Lake won its second game of the season, a 2-1 win over Toronto FC to improve its record to 2-3-1, despite the fourth penalty kick called against defending MLS champ in six games thisseason. Salt Lake was ahead 2-0 with two minutes left when Kyle Beckerman was called for a handball and Dwayne […]
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MLS Goal of the Week – According to Me
By Paul Gardner Nineteen goals in eight games was the MLS harvest over the weekend. Hardly prolific scoring — the average was 2.4 per game, which is about normal inthis low-scoring era. I suppose the good news is that there were no 0-0 ties. San Jose beat Colorado 1-0, but the other seven games all […]
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What we're watching …
[MLS] A full slate of eight Saturday games provides MLS fans with plenty of action, along with some subplots to keep an eye on. TRI-TIPS. To facilitate a two-week break during the group phase of the World Cup in June, MLS is loading up the schedule with four games on Wednesday, the heaviest midweek slate […]
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Movsisyan on fire at Randers
[DENMARK] Too bad forward Yura Movsisyan hasn’t received his U.S. citizenship yet. The USA could sure use the formerReal Salt Lake forward right now. For the second time this spring, the 22-year-old Movsisyan scored twice for Danish club Randers, who hasn’t lost since he arrived. The latest pair of goals, hisfourth and fifth in nine […]
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Few fans in Dallas, New England
[MLS ATTENDANCE] Toronto FC drew the smallest announced crowd in its four-year history, but the crowd of 18,394 for its 2-0 win overSeattle on Sunday was still the largest MLS crowd during a week marked by crowds of less than 10,000 in Dallas and New England. Attendance for the TFC-Seattle game was below the capacityof […]