The Swede Gustav Svensson, who made three appearances at the 2018 World Cup, scored from 27 yards as the Sounders extended their unbeaten streak to six games with a 3-1 win over theNYCFC.
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Sounders FC 2's John Hutchinson on promoting American teen talent and the USL bridge from academy ball to MLS
One of biggest issues in American soccer is whether MLS clubs are providing young American players enough opportunities. The Seattle Sounders boast one of MLS’s most ambitious youth programs andare using their USL team, Sounders FC 2, as a bridge to the first team. Nine teenagers saw action in S2’s USL seasonopener
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Large Panama contingent heads MLS representation
A fleet of MLS players were on the field Sunday and Monday as Costa Rica and Panama, respectively, kicked off their World Cup campaigns. Costa Rica has five current MLS players as well asthree other players with MLS experience. Panama head coach Hernan Dario Gomez named 13 current or former MLS players to his 23-man […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Ties at the top yield scant change
The last weekend of MLS play before the start of the World Cup produced ties in games between top teams in the Power Rankings and thus little change. Of teams in the top one-third, onlyFC Dallas won, and that victory edged FCD up a notch into fourth place. Retaining the top three spots in order […]
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Herculez Gomez: 'I knew I couldn't play forever'
A year and a half ago, Herculez Gomez ended a long playing career to work full-time as an analyst for ESPN. Gomez works game telecasts, appears in studio segments, and co-hosts the “Hercand Max Podcast” with Max Bretos. Gomez, 36, is of Mexican-American heritage. He grew up in Las Vegas and after unsuccessful trials with […]
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MLS Injury Report: Sounders' Will Bruin out with partial heel tear
The Seattle Sounders, who have been struggling for goals and already lost Jordan Morris for the season, have lost forward Will Bruin with a partial tear in his plantarfascia. “We’re not talking about days, we’re talking about weeks,” Seattle head coachBrian Schmetzer said on Thursday. “That was a massive blow to the squad, but he […]
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What They're Saying: Brian Schmetzer
“This club is always a proud a club. We always fight, we never give up. Results like this come from that mentality, that type of mindset. It is within our club. It’s been like that sinceKasey Keller has been here in ’09 and that will always be there.” — Seattle head coach Brian Schmetzer after […]
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Watch: A Portland Timbers' mockumentary about their rivalry with Seattle
With apologies to Ken Burns, Portland has a go at the city that revels “in the chucking of dead fish.”
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MLS Power Rankings: Atlanta stays top, New York City FC tumbles
Surging Atlanta United won another road game, 2-1 at Chicago, to hold first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. A 4-0 Red Bull romp in the Hudson River derby knocked New YorkCity FC out of second and all the way to sixth, dropping it behind Los Angeles FC, Orlando City and Sporting Kansas City […]
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Sounders' Schmetzer: 'Players haven't quit on the fans'
After MLS’s Week 9, the last-place teams in both conferences — both with four points — are last year’s MLS Cup finalists: Toronto FC and Seattle. Both are 1-4-1 and have played thefewest games of any team in MLS. Both were involved in the Concacaf Champions League, TFC two rounds longer than the Sounders. In […]