For work in helping its community heal and recover from an attack on a local nightclub that left 49 people dead, Orlando City SC has been named winner of the 2017 Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award. The team will be recognized next month at the third annual SportsHumanitarian of the Year Awards, which are sponsored by […]
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The season so far: a quick rundown of all 22 MLS teams
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) In about a month, the domestic transfer window will re-open, all 22 MLS teams will sign theperfect players to fill their needs, and all the fans shall rejoice. In the real world, more teams will fail in their quests to land the ideal midseason additions than will succeed and afew […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Fire stays second behind TFC
The Chicago Fire couldn’t exploit a two-man advantage to get a win in Orlando, and thus stays second in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. A 0-0 tie ended the Fire’sfour-game winning streak and left it just behind leader Toronto FC, which lost, 3-0, to New England to end an eight-game unbeaten run. New York City […]
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Report: T&T drops Quakes' Cato in family dispute
The San Jose Earthquakes’ Cordell Cato, who has started all four Hexagonal matches, was dropped from Trinidad & Tobago’s squad for the Soca Warriors’ World Cup qualifier against the USA onThursday for what a TTFA spokesperson said was disciplinary reasons. Wired868 reported that head coach Dennis Lawrence dropped Cato after hebrought his wife and child […]
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Report: Earthquakes name new club president
More changes are afoot for the San Jose Earthquakes. After bringing in Jesse Fioranelli as general manager from Roma, the Quakes have hired another American working in Europeansoccer. The Mercury-News reported that former Aston Villa executive Tom Foxwill become president, replacing Dave Kaval, now the baseball A’s president. John Fisher and Lew Wolff are the […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Torrid Fire sweeps into second
Toronto FC held the top spot by romping over Columbus, 5-0, to run its unbeaten streak to eight games. Important wins for Chicago and the L.A. Galaxy moved them upSoccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Heading in the other direction are Portland and Orlando City. Their winless streaks were extended to five and six games, respectively, […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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MLS Weekend: Three Games to Watch
Week 13 isn’t being billed as a Rivalry Week, perhaps because the Red Bulls and NYCFC do not play each other and MLS, though a national league, has a definite New York-centric persona. Yet there’s a good slate of traditional tussles on tap, including in-state clashes of the California and Texas teams and another installment […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Fire and Union climb charts
Double-win weeks for the Chicago Fire and Philadelphia Union vaulted them up Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings, and a pair of road losses for Houston dropped it down the ladder. In thetop tier, Toronto FC held first place by earning a 1-1 tie at Red Bull Arena. A first loss of the season — at […]
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MLS Week 12: Hyka's goal ends FC Dallas' unbeaten streak
Albanian Jahmir Hyka‘s golazo gave the San Jose Earthquakes a 1-0 over FC Dallas, ending the defending Supporters’ Shield winner’s unbeaten streak to start the season at nine games. ThePhiladelphia Union rallied for a 2-1 win over Colorado for its club record fourth straight win. MLS STREAKS:UNBEATEN 7 Toronto FC (6 wins, 1 tie) 6 […]