During a week jumbled by games postponed to assist MLS survivors in the Concacaf Champions League, idle New York City FC held first against a surge of the two teams right behind it. Atlanta United’s pulverizing of Los Angeles FC and a solid Sporting Kansas City victory in the home of LAFC’s archrival preserved their […]
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“Welcome to the league Zlatan. I loved to read your book. Can‘t imagine to battle you in the arena now. Just one question is bothering me: Is it bad for my karma when I tackle god?” — San Jose Earthquakes’ Florian Jungwirth to LA Galaxy signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic. (
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MLS Power Rankings: Road point just enough to keep Crew SC on top
Five teams remain unbeaten at this early stage in the MLS season and though the Crew failed to win it stayed atop Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings by tying 0-0 at Philadelphia. New York City FC held second with an efficient 2-0 defeat of Orlando City in a match that exemplified the different directions taken by […]
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MLS Focus: New season, old issues for Loons
The 2018 season started in the same manner for Minnesota United as the 2017 expansion campaign ended: with a defeat in San Jose. The score was the same, 3-2 for the home team, andDanny Hoesen— scorer of one goal last year — netted twice for the Quakes. The dynamics of the games were different yet […]
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MLS 2018: Western Conference preview
The 23rd MLS season kicks off this weekend with 23 teams and of the 12 members of the Western sector, six are embarking with head coaches who were not in charge at the start of 2017. That’s a bit of a trick number, since Los Angeles Football Club is the expansion entrant for 2018 under […]
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MLS 2018: Seattle's immediate focus is getting through preseason healthy and CCL
Seattle Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer isn’tso much concerned about the start of competitive play as he is about the relatively short interval that preceded it. For the second straight year, Seattle and Toronto FC reached the MLSCup final last December, but unlike the 2017 season, this year both teams get underway early with quarterfinal […]
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MLS 2018: Wondo sees a brighter day in San Jose
Not many MLS players have enjoyed as successful a career as Chris Wondolowski in terms of individual accomplishments, but recently his opportunities for a team trophy have been scant. A sixth-place finish last year edged the Quakes into their first playoff match since 2012 and a 5-0 thrashing by Vancouver in the Knockout Round soured […]
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Landon Donovan headed back to San Jose with Leon for exhibition
The top two goalscorers in MLS history could be on the field March 24 in San Jose, and, yes, that means Landon Donovan is headed back to Northern California. Mexican club Leon,which signed Donovan to a contract last month, announced Monday it will play San Jose in an exhibition at Avaya Stadium, which has been […]
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Sigi Schmid: 'If you don't so self-assessments, you're never going to move forward'
No MLS head coach has won more games (254, including playoffs) than Sigi Schmid. After winning three collegiate titles during a long stint (1980-99) at UCLA, he won MLS Cup crowns with theGalaxy (2002) and Crew (2008) prior to joining the expansion Seattle Sounders in 2009 and reeling off seven straight playoff appearances prior to […]
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Tim Hanley, MLS's longest-serving coach, on MLS then and now and his specialty, American goalkeepers
No one has spent more time coaching in MLS than goalkeeper coach Tim Hanley, who left the San Jose Earthquakes after the 2017 season, his 19th season of coaching in the 22-year-oldleague, and is currently with the Philadelphia Union coaching staff at the MLS Combine in Florida. Hanley served as assistant coach to Frank Yallop […]