The bigger MLS gets, in terms of number of teams and the talent it attracts, the harder it gets to pick an all-star team. But even with 24 players named for the MLS All-Star Game Aug. 2 against RealMadrid in Chicago, there were some very notable omissions. — Tim Melia (Sporting KC). Leads MLS in […]
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Open Cup: Opara released from hospital with concussion
Ike Opara, a leading candidate for MLS’s Defender of the Year honors, wasreleased from the University of Kansas Medical Center early Wednesday morning after suffering a concussion in Sporting KC’s 3-0 overtime win over FC Dallas in the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals onTuesday. Opara, who will undergo concussion protocols in the coming days, was kicked […]
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SA Midseason Awards: Nikolic, Paunovic head list of Chicago candidates
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) There are clear frontrunners for a few of the major individual awards presented annually by MajorLeague Soccer, and other categories are wide-open. The official voting for such awards is split between three groups: current MLS players; MLS staff members, including coaches, technicaldirectors, PR directors, and business officers; and media members with […]
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Open Cup: Sporting KC pays tribute to Neal Patterson
Despite playing the last 105 minutes with 10 men and losing star defender Ike Opara, hospitalized after a kick to the head in overtime, Sporting Kansas City moved into the semifinals of theLamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with an emotional 3-0 win over defending champion FC Dallas on a night it paid tribute to late […]
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What They're Saying: Peter Vermes
“What’s interesting, and I told the guys this, Neal really thought a lot about this tournament. He thought the U.S. Open Cup was a great tournament. You can equate it to Major League Baseball — youhave Major League, Triple-A, Double-A and Single-A. And a Single-A team could play against the Royals. He got it. And […]
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Sporting KC principal owner Neal Patterson dies at 67
Neal Patterson, one of the principal owners of the group that bought the Kansas City Wizards and made Sporting Kansas City one of MLS’s most successful franchises, died Sunday at the age of 67after unexpected complications that arose following a recent recurrence of cancer. Patterson was chairman and CEO of medical software firm Cerner Corporation, […]
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MLS Thursday: Sporting KC back in first at break
Sporting Kansas City reclaimed first place from the FC Dallas (which has two games in hand) in the Western Conference thanks to its 1-1 tie with Philadelphia Union. MLS heads into its summer break forthe next two weekends for the Gold Cup. Six teams will be in action next week in the U.S. Open Cup. […]
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MLS Closeup: Steady Sporting KC stays near the top
The current Western Conference co-leader cannot claim to be as colorful or controversial as its major rivals and that suits Sporting Kansas City just fine. Defending champion Seattle is desperate to rekindle its magic of last season. Portland, the 2015 winner, is laboring to find consistency. In Los Angeles, the Galaxy is riding through a […]
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USL Rewind: Western rivals battle to tie
Sacramento Republic FC scored the first goal at home, but could not tally again and settled for a 1-1 tie with San Antonio FC Saturday viewed by 11,569 fans at Papa Murphy’s Park. Republic centerback Emrah Klimenta surprised SAFC by making a run out of the back in the 19th minute and when captain Danny […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Red-hot Fire takes over at the top
The Chicago Fire took advantage of Toronto FC’s second loss in the last four games to take over first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. A 4-0 rout of Vancouver coupledwith a 3-1 FC Dallas defeat of TFC moved Chicago on top, and New York City FC rose to second by downing Minnesota United, […]