[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 […]
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Midfield duels highlight Dynamo-RSL clash
[MLS] Real Salt Lake’s quest to repeat as MLS champion takes it into the home of the last team to achieve that feat when it plays at Houston Thursday (9 p.m.ET, ESPN2). Home Depot Center rivals Los Angeles and Chivas USA conclude the ESPN2 doubleheader with a 11 p.m. ET kickoff. All four teams have […]
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QUICK TAKE: Nick Rimando
[MLS] Real Salt Lake goalie Nick Rimando helped his team to the 2009 league title with back-to-back shootout wins in the semifinals and MLSCup. RSL travels to Houston on Thursday after opening its 2010 season by winning in San Jose, 3-0. Rimando explains to Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney why last year’s crown was nofluke. Dating […]