Photo: Seattle SoundersFC For their first eight seasons, culminating with their first MLS Cup in 2016, the Seattle Sounders set the standard in MLS. The Sounders broke MLS attendance recordsyear after year and signed Designated Players like Clint Dempsey, who was the first big-name American to leave Europe for MLS in 2013. They won Open […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Another impressive offensive outburst keeps Atlanta on top
Atlanta United racked up four goals in 20 minutes to overpower Montreal, 4-1, and hold first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Several teams, including NYCFC, took advantageof Sporting Kansas City and FC Dallas losses to move up. NYCFC took over second and expansion team Los Angeles FC, which opened its new stadium by […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Idle NYCFC stays on top as pursuers keep winning
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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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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CCL: Short-handed Sounders no match for Chivas in Guadalajara
The Concacaf Champions League reverted to form on Wednesday when Guadalajara beat the Seattle Sounders, 3-0, at the Estadio Akron and erased the 1-0 deficit from the first leg to advance to thesemifinals. Chivas will face the New York Red Bulls in the semifinals in April. They are joined in the final four by Toronto […]
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MLS Focus: FC Dallas must exploit situations like visit of Seattle
In what has turned out to be an historic week for MLS teams and their performances against Mexican foes in the Concacaf Champions League, all the players and coaches and fans of FC Dallas can do issimmer in their disappointment and wait. Favored itself to advance, FCD instead stumbled in the CCL round of 16 […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Crew SC stays on top
Road teams did well in the second week of MLS play but by holding serve at home – in front of a small crowd – Columbus held first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Both New York teams won at home to take the next two spots and a spectacular road victory by Los […]
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Seattle Sounders' options in aftermath of Jordan Morris' season-ending injury
The Seattle Sounders have ruled out U.S. international striker Jordan Morris for the 2018 MLS season after he suffered a knee injury in their Concacaf Champions League match in El Salvador onThursday. Very humbled by all the love and support. Thank you all! I’m so sad I won’t be out in front of youguys playing […]
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Chris Henderson on scouting abroad for the Sounders, how his job has changed and why he loves it
The Seattle Sounders are in El Salvador this week to play Santa Tecla in the Concacaf Champions League, but sporting director and vice-president of soccer Chris Henderson will instead be inCosta Rica to scout three other CCL games. The former U.S. international was hired by the Sounders in 2008 as technical director prior to their […]
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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 […]