The 10th week of MLS play features a rematch of the 2016 championship game, another edition of Can Philly Get Off the Schneid? and the latest stop in the FC Dallas unbeaten tour. Fourteams played on Wednesday and go right back at it this weekend. The same pattern will be repeated later in May with […]
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USL Rewind: Brown strike hits No. 1 on SportsCenter
A week after losing to Charleston, the Tampa Bay Rowdies joined the Battery atop the Eastern Conference by beating Richmond Kickers, 1-0, with its fourth shutout at home and a spectacular goal byDeshorn Brown just before halftime. Brown’s strike earned the No. 1 slot in SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays of the day and topped an […]
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Money Matters: MLS's most-valuable goal producers
With the release of 2017 MLS player salaries by the MLS PlayersUnion, it’s time to look at who have been the most productive players through the first eight weeks of the season. The obvious choice for the most productive player is Orlando City’sCyle Larin, who has scored six goals, all on guaranteed compensation of only […]
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USL Rewind: San Antonio starts Cascadia tour with victory
A 2-1 defeat of Vancouver Whitecaps 2 pushed San Antonio FC atop the Western Conference standings and kicked off its three-game Northwest tour with the right result. USL 2017: Scoreboard | Billy Forbes set up the first goal of the game forAly Hassan midway through the first half, then stunned Whitecaps 2 – which had […]
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MLS Power Rankings: FC Dallas maintains top spot
By knocking off previously unbeaten Sporting Kansas City, FC Dallas held top spot in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Maynor Figueroa scored just his second MLS goal and FCD notched itssecond shutout of the season against SKC. Victories for Orlando City, Portland, and Houston moved those teams into the top five, and just outside that […]
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MLS Talking Points: Once-mighty Galaxy sinks to new low
For years, with Robbie Keane and Landon Donovan roaming the wide expanse of StubHub Center, the Galaxy was almost invincible at home. It won three MLS Cups (2011, 2012 and 2014)in Carson and never lost more than two regular-season games at home in its last four seasons. It lost for the third time in four games […]
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USL Rewind: Louisville celebrates another milestone
Good news off the field often begats success on it. Such was the case for Louisville City, which during the week unveiled plans for a 10,000-capacity stadium in the Butchertown section,and on Saturday knocked Tampa Bay from the unbeaten ranks, 2-1. Goals by George Davis IV and Cameron Lancaster pushed LCFC into first place as […]
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MLS Power Rankings: FC Dallas stays on top
The only two teams still unbeaten, FC Dallas and Sporting Kansas City, occupy the top two spots in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings after getting results on the road. FCD gave up alast-second goal but still came home from San Jose with a 1-1 tie and SKC turned in an impressive performance to prevail against […]
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What They're Saying: Ricardo Salazar
“Thank you to Jordan for being a class act and his honesty.” — MLS referee Ricardo Salazar, awarding a “green card to recognize good sportsmanship” to Seattle’s JordanMorris to whom he went when San Jose players questioned his award of a corner kick to the Sounders in Saturday’s MLS game. Morris responded that it should […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Crew SC and Dynamo move up
With FC Dallas idle because of its Concacaf Champions League commitments, Columbus and Houston continued their winning ways to ascend the Power Rankings into second and fifth, respectively. At the other end of the rankings, three teams — D.C. United, Vancouver, and Minnesota United — won their first games of the season to rise of […]