[MLS] Joe Cannon is going through what often surprises American players taking employment in Canada; moving and workingnorth of the border isn’t simply a matter of loading up the moving van or hopping on a plane. “It’s really a lot more complicated to go to Canada,” saysCannon, who grew up in the San Jose area […]
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Florida product Somma gets Bafana Bafana call
[SOUTH AFRICA-USA] South Africa called up Davide Somma, who grew up in Florida and attended Tyler Junior College beforeturning pro, for Wednesday’s international friendly against the United States in Cape Town (TV: ESPN2, Galavision, 2 pm ET). Somma is one of three players called up for the first timealong with the Mamelodi Sundowns duo of […]
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Colorado-San Jose Report Card
[MLS] The Colorado Rapids advanced to MLS Cup for the first time since 1997 with a deserved 1-0 win over the San Jose Earthquakes Saturday night on Kosuke Kimura‘s goal in the Eastern Conference final before 17,779 fans at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. For the Colorado and San Jose playerratings …
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Soccer America's Best XI
[MLS] Most teams in MLS play with a four-man back line, yet somehow the league mandates its Best XI be arrayed in a 3-5-2. Whatever the alignment, here are ourselections for the men who did the most in 2010. Goalkeeper: Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake). RSLhead coach Jason Kreis insists that all his players carry […]
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Evenly matched Rapids and Quakes face off
[MLS] One year removed from missing the playoffs entirely, Colorado and San Jose are a game away from going to the final. The Western teams square off in theEastern Conference final Saturday (9:30 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer Channel) with very little to choose between them. They matched each other in the standings with 46 points […]
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Quakes' Convey honored for comeback
[AWARDS] In his second season with the San Jose Earthquakes, Bobby Convey was named the MLS Comeback Player of the Year.After struggling with injuries in his first year back from England, where he spent five seasons with Reading, Convey has led the Quakes to the Eastern Conference final. In 2009, Conveystruggled with a nagging hamstring […]
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Convey vital to Quakes' success
[MLS] The league hands out its Comeback Player of the Year Award Wednesday to the player who has overcome adversity to play at a high level. The grit and guiledisplayed by Bobby Convey of San Jose this season earns our selection. Comeback Player of the Year Finalists ChrisAlbright (New York) Bobby Convey (San Jose) Brek […]
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Not that surprising: Lively San Jose ousts Red Bulls
By Paul Gardner No, frankly, it was not a major surprise that the Red Bulls would screw this one up. Simply because, whatever heights the mounting euphoria about theirpath to MLS Cup may have reached, it was surely pretty obvious that they were not playing well. Apart from an excellent away-game performance against Los Angeles, […]
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Red Bulls' Backe: 'We weren't good enough'
[MLS] Invisible for the first 80 minutes, MLS scoring champion Chris Wondolowski scored the winning goal that gave thevisiting San Jose Earthquakes a 3-1 win over the New York Red Bulls thatsent them through to Eastern Conference final with a 3-2 aggregate win. The star, though, was Bobby Convey with the first two Quakes goals […]
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Najar and Ricketts take awards
[MLS] D.C. United’s Andy Najar paved new ground, becoming the first home-grown player and at the age of 17 the firstteenager to be named MLS Rookie of the Year, while Los Angeles Galaxy goalie Donovan Ricketts is only the second foreigner to be named Goalkeeper of theYear. Najar, signed at age 17 after spending pre-season […]