By Ridge Mahoney I have to give some credit to MLS: it has taken a breakthrough element and tweaked it before seeing it implemented for the first time. It’s not been used,much less broken, but MLS has decided to change it anyway. The ballyhooed Decision Day – modeled after the final day of English Premier […]
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Crew and Impact clinch playoff spots
The final weekend of the MLS regular-season won’t be a lame-duck day as far as the playoffs are concerned. At least three spots will be up for grabs Sunday whenall 10 teams wind up their schedules. Montreal and Columbus eased the angst of their fans by securing their slots during the weekend, but failing to […]
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Year of parity marks 20th MLS season
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) The 20th MLS season is a great milestone in the league’shistory, and it could turn out to be the most vivid example of its parity. With three weeks of the regular season remaining, only three teams — the LA Galaxy, Sporting Kansas City, andthe New York Red Bulls — have lost […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Upsets don't change top spots
It was a great week for teams below the playoff zone; they posted four wins, two of them by Houston, against teams higher in the standings. New York City FC won in Vancouver, and Orlando City SCstunned the Red Bulls, who nevertheless retained the top spot in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. The Galaxy topped FC […]
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Latest line on MLS MVP race: Giovinco, Feilhaber, Keane 1-2-3
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) A wave of new signings and other player moves during the summer transferwindow has significantly altered the chase for playoff spots, and a few other developments have altered the landscape for the top individual awards subject to the voting process. The return tohealth of Obafemi Martins, an MVP finalist last year, […]
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MLS: Best of August
A flurry of transactions during the summer transfer windows, both domestic and European, jumbled the MLS mosaic during August. Colorado and San Jose revived their playoff moves throughshrewd additions and the star-laden Galaxy increased its magnitude further by rolling out Giovani Dos Santos. The month started with an astonishing 39 goals scored in eight games […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Galaxy stays on its perch
The LA Galaxy, winner of four games in a row and eight out of its previous 10 games, stayed in the top spot in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings despite their 1-0 loss at San Jose, which extendedits own victory run to four games. Columbus cracked the top five by winning at Yankee Stadium, and […]
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Wednesday Night: MLS stunner in Kansas City
It ranks as one of the most shocking MLS results in recent years: Sporting Kansas City 0-5 San Jose. Sporting KC came into the game with the best points-per-game average in MLS. It had not lost in 16games at home, while the San Jose, eighth in the Western Conference, had not won in Kansas City […]
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New weapons bolster Earthquakes with ground to make up
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) This week, difficult as it is, isn’t the make-or-break stretch of theseason for the San Jose Earthquakes. After road games at Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday and D.C. United Sunday, seven of their last 11 games are at Avaya Stadium. But that run starts a weekfrom Friday against the Galaxy, which […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Amazing SKC rally edges it top spot
Previous leader FC Dallas tumbled off the perch in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings by losing its second straight game, which gave Sporting Kansas City the opening to climb into first place bystunning Vancouver with three goals in the final 10 minutes for a 4-3 win. Though it is third in the Western Conference, Sporting […]