[MLS ATTENDANCE] Four weeks into the 2010 season, MLS’s average attendance is up by more than 2,000 compared to 2009’s average for the entire season. At thesame stage (29 games), average attendance is 3,000 more in 2010 than last season. The boost is thanks to the fact that the Seattle Sounders have already hosted three […]
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Soccer America ranks Designated Player chase
By Ridge Mahoney Rankings are all the vogue these days regarding all things MLS, yet in this age of power rankings and other opinion-ridden rankings there’s oneglaring omission; that of ambition, of zeal, of commitment to spend. Suffice it to say, the expansion of Designated Player options gives license to those teams willing to pay […]
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Quakes hit milestone; Who's to blame in Toronto?
[MLS] A league fixated on parity has a team at 4-0, and another is 0-4, and it also has a player on a torrid scoring streak. Here’s what the fourth week of MLSplay brought forth … QUAKES ARE … DEEP? In its first two seasons, San Jose hasn’t been able to assemble a consistently competitive […]
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Salt Lake downs Quakes in thriller
[U.S. OPEN CUP] Just a few days before its toughest back-to-back league matches this season, Real Salt Lake needed overtime and penalty kicks to subdue San Joseon penalty kicks, 5-3, after they finished 120 minutes of play tied at 3-3 in a U.S. Open Cup match Wednesday. RSL drilled home all five of its penalties […]
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MLS's Super Saturday takes its toll
[MAKING A LIST] MLS’s first eight-game day was costly. Eight players are out after being injured in Super Saturday action. EASTERN: Columbus Crew: M Robbie Rogers (L ankle sprain) Replaced by Emmanuel Ekpo early inthe second half of the Crew’s 2-2 tie at FC Dallas. F Steven Lenhart (L quad contusion) Set up Angus Moffat forequalizer, […]
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Luis Gil heads squad called into camp
[U.S. UNDER-18 MEN] Real Salt Lake rookie Luis Gil is among 24 players U.S. under-18 men’s national team coachMike Matkovich will bring will bring into a training camp April 25-May 2 at the Home Depot Center. Like Gil, the majority of players called intothe camp spent time in the U.S. under-17 residency program. U.S. U-18 […]
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Five things to look for on Super Saturday …
[MLS] On the first eight-game Saturday in league history, there’s another double-dip of Western Conference contenders; home openers for the Fire, Revs anddefending champion Real Salt Lake; and Game 1 of an I-95 rivalry between D.C. United and expansion Philadelphia Union. Here are five things to look for during the Saturday action … WEEK 3: […]
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Might more DPs mean less for the rank-and-file?
No doubt many players at the lower end of the MLS salary scale greeted the news of more DP slots with more trepidation than excitement. MLS did chop down the salary-budget charges forDPs from $415,000 to $335,000 and will allow teams to “buy down” those cap hits with allocation money, but the modest salary-cap increases […]
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Stahl's red card and Olave's second penalty were justified
[MLS REF WATCH] Penalty kicks and ejections are usually the most contentious incidents of a competitive soccer match, and the first Ref Watch of 2010 takes alook at incidents from the first two weeks of play. STAHL’S SENDING-OFF. Philadelphia head coach PeterNowak traded barbs with Sounders midfielder Freddie Ljungberg after the Union lost its inaugural […]
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Galaxy exposes Chivas USA flaws
[MLS] Thursday night’s Western Conference doubleheader on ESPN2 Thursday night gave us a chance to see how Los Angeles, Chivas USA, Houston and Real Salt Lake– all of which believe they are serious challengers for the league title — stack up in the early going. Three teams have a lot to feel good about. As […]