The Real Monarchs, who lost head coach Mike Petke, promoted to head coach of the Real Salt Lake one game into the USL season, captured the regular-season championship on Saturday. USL regular-season champions: 2011 Orlando City 2012 Orlando City 2013 Richmond 2014Orlando City 2015 Rochester 2016 NY Red Bulls II 2017 Real Monarchs Their 1-1 […]
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MLS Playoff Race: Dynamo hopes ride on home dominance
Many of the 16 teams that play twice this week are in dire need of points in the playoff chase, yet the stakes are probably highest for Houston. The Dynamo (10-10-9, 39 points) is tiedwith sixth-place San Jose in the standings, but the Quakes (11-13-6) have the advantage in the first tiebreaker, which is most […]
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MLS Race: Atlanta loses 'heartbeat,' youth is served at RSL
Atlanta United won again before another huge crowd at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, but the victory could have been costly as Miguel Almiron, arguably the most exciting young player in MLS, exitedearly with a hamstring injury. No team is playing with more young players than Real Salt Lake, which has surged into playoff contention. Atlanta loses its […]
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What They're Saying: Mike Petke
“I love it. I played there for two and a half years. I loved the charm, the raccoons running down there, the rats, the cockroaches the size of raccoons. And I won a championship there, so why wouldn’tI love RFK. It’s a monument.” — Real Salt Lake head coach Mike Petke on Washington’s RFK Stadium, […]
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Epic: Mike Petke gets something off his chest
Real Salt Lake’s Mike Petke was ejected in the 72nd minute of his team’s 1-1 tie with Sporting Kansas City, which was the Western Conference leader at the beginning of the evening. The match followed road wins of 6-2 and 4-1 at the LA Galaxy and Portland that punctuated RSL’s revival after a disastrous start […]
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MLS Today: Plenty of July 4 fireworks
There were plenty of fireworks in MLS on July 4 as the five games produced 25 goals. The stunner: last-place Real Salt Lake’s 6-2 win at LA Galaxy, depleted by injuries (six players), call-ups(Giovani dos Santos and Gyasi Zardes) and the suspension to captain Jelle Van Damme. Young first-year players Jefferson Savarino and AlbertRusnak, both […]
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MLS: RSL defense gets boost with Uruguayan vet Silva
Real Salt Lake, which went into July 4 action with the worst defense of any returning MLS team, got some help at center back with the signing of 28-year-old Uruguayan Marcelo Silva. “We have been looking to improve our defense,” Real Salt Lake general manager Craig Waibel said, “but wanted to find the right fit. […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Red-hot Fire takes over at the top
The Chicago Fire took advantage of Toronto FC’s second loss in the last four games to take over first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. A 4-0 rout of Vancouver coupledwith a 3-1 FC Dallas defeat of TFC moved Chicago on top, and New York City FC rose to second by downing Minnesota United, […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Busy week yields little movement
In a week of 14 league matches, the top teams prevailed and mixed results for most of the teams that played twice didn’t much reshuffle the positions in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. The top four held their places by winning — collectively, they have lost only one of the last 12 games — and […]
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USL Rewind: Real Monarchs own new win record
They were made to work hard for it by expansion team Reno 1868, but the USL record for consecutive wins belongs to Real Monarchs SLC. Andrew Brody and Taylor Peay scored thegoals from Sebastian Velasquez assists and the Monarchs survived a last-minute assault led by the opposing goalkeeper to post the historic 2-1 victory at […]