The home opener for Toronto FC and perhaps the MLS debut of Bastian Schweinsteiger are among the main storylines for the fifth weekend of play. A coaching change at Real Salt Lakewas announced Wednesday, though Mike Petke will be in the stands and not on the sideline at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Interim head […]
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USL Rewind: Ex-Sounder Ochoa sparks Sac comeback
Sammy Ochoa left the Seattle Sounders four years ago but he still has a feel for Starfire Stadium. Ochoa, who scored 20 goals in the past two seasons for Tulsa prior to signingwith Sacramento last month, equalized in the 65th minute and then set up the winning goal for halftime substitution Emrah Klimenta in a […]
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Video Pick: How Lodeiro sparkled on his path to MLS
Uruguayan playmaker Nicolas Lodeiro took MLS by storm when he arrived last year, leading the Seattle Sounders to their first MLS title. This mini-doc takes you to throughhis previous exploits, in the Netherlands, Brazil, with famed Argentine club Boca Juniors, and playing alongside Luis Suarezwith Uruguay.
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MLS Power Rankings: FC Dallas replaces Red Bulls at top
A 3-1 loss to Seattle knocked the Red Bulls off the top perch, and FC Dallas, Portland and Toronto FC took advantage to surge past them in the Power Rankings. Defending champion Seattle was one offive teams to post their first victories of the season. Seven teams, including four that made the playoffs last year, […]
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What They're Saying: Jordan Morris
“He’s always in there trying to figure things out. But it’s great. We were saying, ‘Let’s go out there for 10 minutes and see’ but it felt fine.” —Jordan Morris on his father Michael, the Seattle Sounders’ team doctor, who wanted the U.S. national team forward to come out at halftime of the Sounders’ 3-1 […]
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MLS Talking Points: Praise for Dempsey
The Seattle Sounders celebrated their improbable 2016 MLS Cup championship one more time on Sunday. The MLS trophy was paraded through downtown Seattle before the match and championship bannerwas unveiled in the south stands of CenturyLink Field. And then the Sounders went out and beat the New York Red Bulls, 3-1, showing that even with a […]
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MLS: Disciplinary Committee suspends Roman Torres
After video review of incidents occurring in MLS games last week, the MLS Disciplinary Committee has suspended one player and fined two others. Seattle centerback Roman Torres has been suspended one game for violent conduct after Houston Dynamo midfielder Alex and
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MLS Power Rankings: Red Bulls hold top spot
The New York Red Bulls edged past Colorado, 1-0, in their home opener, one of several played in sub-freezing temperatures. Forecasts of severe weather prompted MLS to postpone the New England-OrlandoCity game. Portland knocked off the LA Galaxy, 1-0 at StubHub Center, and San Jose and Houston leaped into the top 10 by doubling up […]
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Sneak Peek: Rejuvenated Sounders ready for title defense
The Seattle Sounders won their first MLS championship with a furious second-half run and a sweep of Sporting KC, FC Dallas, Colorado and Toronto FC in the playoffs. But management wasn’t content torest on its laurels and unloaded 16 players, including three MLS Cup starters. The Sounders will be much younger in 2017, a necessary […]
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MLS 1-22: Ranking the teams on the eve of a new season
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) By design and luck, MLS will field 22 teams in its 22nd season. That’s also the number ofplayers on the field at kickoff, and so if numerology means anything in professional soccer, this is destined to be an amazing season for the Division I league in North America. By next year,there […]