[MLS AWARDS] Forward Eddie Johnson, who scored a club record 14 goals for the Seattle Sounders in his first season backin MLS after four undistinguished seasons in Europe, was voted 2012 MLS Comeback Player of the Year. Johnson finished sixth in the Golden Boot race and helped the Sounders reach theWestern Conference Championship for […]
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OBITUARY: Mike Ryan (1935-2012)
Seattle, where the Sounders set an MLS attendance record with an average of 43,144 fans in 2012 and a new team will play in U.S. Soccer’s women’s league, owes a great debt to Mike Ryan, who passed away at the age of 77 in Seattle on Tuesday morning, the day before the new league was […]
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Galaxy-Dynamo, the unlikely MLS Cup rematch
[MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: Seattle-Los Angeles] For the second year in a row, the Los Angeles Galaxy will host the Houston Dynamo in the MLS Cup, prevailing over theSeattle Sounders 4-2 on aggregate after a 2-1 loss in Seattle. A disputed penalty kick that Robbie Keane converted in the 68th minute sealed the series victoryfor the […]
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Belief in playoff system again sorely tested
By Paul Gardner It looks like a pretty good bet that, when this weekend is over, we shall find ourselves back where we were a year ago … with an MLS Cup finalbetween the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Houston Dynamo. A state of affairs that some will, with reason, find automatically unacceptable. Simply because […]
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Hanauer: 'The games absolutely drive me nuts'
By Ridge Mahoney The part of his job that Seattle general manager Adrian Hanauer utterly dreads is fast approaching, andhe’s powerless to avoid it. When the Sounders set foot on CenturyLink Field Sunday (9 p.m. ET, ESPN, ESPN Deportes) trailing the Los Angeles Galaxy, 3-0, in the Western Conferencefinals, Hanauer will suffer. An imposing deficit […]
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Keane: Galaxy won't sit back
[MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: Seattle-Los Angeles] The Los Angeles Galaxy takes a 3-0 advantage into Sunday’s second leg of their Western Conference final at Seattle (TV:ESPN, 9 pm ET), knowing that no team has ever come back from a three-goal deficit in the MLS Cup playoffs to win. But Irish star Robbie Keane says the Galaxy,who […]
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What They're Saying
“We got an earful, we talked a little about it this morning and how we all have to move forward and move on and forget about what’s happened. Fix the mistakes but also come together so thatwe can do something special here. They could be talking about us for a while if we can pull […]
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Keane is the difference again
[MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: Los Angeles-Seattle] Bruce Arena says Robbie Keane has beenthe best player in MLS since returning from the European Championship, and there was no arguing with the Los Angeles Galaxy coach after the Irish striker’s performance in the last two games. Keane’stwo goals reversed the Western Conference semifinal series with the Supporters Shield […]
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Dynamo's depth superior, Olsen fumes
[MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: Houston-D.C. United] The Houston Dynamo took a huge step toward defending its Eastern Conference crown, scoring three unanswered goals fromAndre Hainault, Will Bruin and Kofi Sarkodie in the second half to secure a 3-1win over D.C. United in the first leg of the Eastern Conference final before a a BBVA Compass Stadium […]
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Martinez ends Sounders' postseason misery
[MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: REAL SALT LAKE-SEATTLE] Through four-plus games in the regular season and playoffs, the Seattle Sounders could not score on Real Salt Lake,and it did not look like they’d ever beat Nick Rimando, as spectacular at home as he was in Seattle in the first leg. But young Honduran Mario Martinez, making his […]