[MLS] In Saturday’s rematch of teams that have already met, New England gets a chance to atone for a 2-0 loss in San Jose, for which Bobby Convey’s excellent form – five assists – kindled faint hopes he might get a call. He didn’t. When he came back to MLS last spring, Conveydiscussed how his […]
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The West is best in MLS
[MLS] A crowded eight days of play concluded Saturday with seven games. The Red Bulls fell but the Galaxy is still unbeaten, and FC Dallas – winless aweek ago – is on a two-game winning streak. Here are six items of note from the eight matches played in Week 7, when Landon Donovan reminded us […]
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Donovan puts on show in Seattle
[MLS] Landon Donovan showed he’s still the main man with Los Angeles, scoring one goal and assisting on the other threegoals to lead the unbeaten Galaxy to a 4-0 win at Seattle. Donovan earned Soccer America’s top honors in its Saturday’s Three Stars awards, ahead of San Jose’s BobbyConvey and Toronto FC’s O’Brian White. 1. […]
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What we're watching … on Big Wednesday
[MLS] Reeling D.C. United gets a chance on national television to atone for its shocking loss on the opening weekend of the season, and Texas rivals Houstonand FC Dallas meet for the second and last time this season as part of a midweek MLS quadruple-header. Here are some points of interest to follow … D.C. […]
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QUICK TAKE: Chris Wondolowski
[MLS] Striker Chris Wondolowski started just eight of 14 games for the Quakes last year after arriving in a trade with Houston, but pressedinto a starting role by injuries this season has scored a goal in each of the past three games. He’s been paired up top with veteran Ryan Johnson, who set him up […]
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MLS Goal of the Week – According to Me
By Paul Gardner Nineteen goals in eight games was the MLS harvest over the weekend. Hardly prolific scoring — the average was 2.4 per game, which is about normal inthis low-scoring era. I suppose the good news is that there were no 0-0 ties. San Jose beat Colorado 1-0, but the other seven games all […]
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Speedsters deliver in Week 6
[MLS] There may be parity in MLS, but conference leaders New York and Los Angeles continue to win, while D.C. United and FC Dallas don’t seem capable ofbeating anybody except themselves. Here are six items of note from the eight matches played last Saturday … SPEED WINS. After running into blind alleys anddouble-teams often in […]
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Buddle makes World Cup case
[MLS] How can you leave Edson Buddle off the U.S. World Cup team? The Los Angeles striker added two more goals, hiseighth and ninth of the young MLS season, in the Galaxy’s 3-1 with over Philadelphia. But as Bob Bradley alluded to on Thursday, equally impressive about Buddleare “the little things on the field that […]
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Few fans in Dallas, New England
[MLS ATTENDANCE] Toronto FC drew the smallest announced crowd in its four-year history, but the crowd of 18,394 for its 2-0 win overSeattle on Sunday was still the largest MLS crowd during a week marked by crowds of less than 10,000 in Dallas and New England. Attendance for the TFC-Seattle game was below the capacityof […]
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QUICK TAKE: Ike Opara
[MLS] Quakes rookie defender Ike Opara scored his second goal in as many games, heading home a Bobby Convey corner kick toclinch a 2-0 victory against New England Saturday. Paired in central defense with Jason Hernandez, he also helped shut down former college teammate Jack Schilawski,who had scored a hat trick against Toronto but was […]