[MLS ATTENDANCE] The 2011 regular-season attendance of 17,872 marked an all-time high for the 16-year-old league, whose highest attendance average came in itsinaugural season of 1996. For MLS team attendance rankings and attendance history … * MLS’s 17,872 attendance average in 2011 marked a 7 percent increase from 2010’s 16,675 and is theleague’s highest since […]
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Coaches carry their own history into Open Cup final
[U.S. OPEN CUP] With the possible absence of both teams’ playmakers, the personnel and tactics chosen by coaches Sigi Schmid andFrank Klopas are particularly important factors for the U.S. Open Cup final (10 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer.) Though it’s a bit of an injustice to U.S. Open Cup finalists Seattle andChicago to focus on two […]
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What They're Saying
“I told [goalkeeper coach] Tommy Dutra I’d give him 50 bucks if he walks in with his lederhosen to the locker room. That’s about as Oktoberfest as we’llget.” — The Seattle Sounders’ German-born head coach, Sigi Schmid, doesn’t expect any wild celebration if his team wins the U.S. Open Cup for thestraight time on Tuesday. […]
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Rosales rates narrow edge as top Newcomer
[MLS AWARDS FINAL FIVE] MLS did itself a great service by adding the Newcomer of the Year Award in 2007. It properly showcases the best moves made by teamsadding experienced players from sources as diverse as foreign leagues and the lower echelons of the domestic game. Some big-name Americans came to MLS in 2011, most […]
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Alonso goals send Sounders to quarterfinals
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Osvaldo Alonso is known more for his tough tackles and occasional long-range launches than scrappy goals, yet bynetting two of them Tuesday night he helped propel Seattle into the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinals. Alonso’s equalizers, struck in the penultimate minute of each half, earned the Sounders a2-2 tie against Comunicaciones in Guatemala […]
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No Rafa, no problema
[MLS WEEK 28: What we learned … ] Vital wins by Eastern teams marked the 28th week of MLS play, with Houston taking over the conference lead, New York winningwithout suspended Rafael Marquez and a spectacular game by Dwayne De Rosario pushing D.C. United up the wild-card race.In the West, Seattle and RSL remained on […]
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Captain Jack is darkhorse MVP candidate
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] If the Most Valuable Award meant more or less Player of the Year, which is the award given in most countries, the debate wouldn’t be anyless strident, but it would be simpler: Which star had the best season, Landon Donovan or Thierry Henry or Dwayne De Rosario or somebody else? Both are captains, […]
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Seattle remains perfect with win in Costa Rica
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Seattle is the only team in the Concacaf Champions League to take maximum points after beating Herediano, 2-1, in Heredia, CostaRica, Wednesday night. Fredy Montero scored on either side of halftime to lift Seattle (3-0-0) atop Group D. Former Rev Jose Cancela converted a penaltykick for Herediano, which with a 0-3-0 record […]
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Red-hot Sounders eye three-peat
[U.S. OPEN CUP] The Seattle Sounders, winners of the U.S. Open Cup in their first two MLS seasons, moved into the 2011 final with a 1-0 win over FC DallasTuesday at the Starfire Sports Stadium. It was the fifth game — and fifth win — in the last two weeks for the Sounders, who are […]
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Neagle hits hat trick in Sounders' romp
After failing to hold down a regular spot with the Sounders during their first MLS season in 2009, Lamar Neagle spent a season in the second division with CharlestonBattery, then returned home during the winter to give it another go. Handed a rare start Saturday by head coach Sigi Schmid against the coach’s former employer, […]