Double-win weeks for the Chicago Fire and Philadelphia Union vaulted them up Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings, and a pair of road losses for Houston dropped it down the ladder. In thetop tier, Toronto FC held first place by earning a 1-1 tie at Red Bull Arena. A first loss of the season — at […]
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MLS Injuries: Pomykal sidelined by knee injury
Surgery to repair a torn meniscus will keep FC Dallas midfielder Paxton Pomykal out of competitive play for at least a month.
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MLS: Gerso blossoms in new role for Sporting KC
The question surrounding Sporting Kansas City has been, can anyone besides Dom Dwyer score goals? With Dwyer suspended on Saturday, 20-year-old Latif Blessing bagged a brace in a 2-2 tieat Orlando City. On Wednesday, another offseason signing, Gerso, had all three goals — the first SKC hat trick in seven years — in a 3-0 […]
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Surprise and euphoria give way to the long, hard slog for Seattle Sounders
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) A storybook ending of surprise and euphoria has given way to the long, hard slog of a full campaign asdefending champion. Ten games into the 2017 season, the Seattle Sounders have won just twice. They have scored 15 goals and conceded 16, a remarkably similar balance to their totals of 44goals […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Toronto FC rolls to the top
Two more wins for Toronto FC ran its win streak to six and vaulted it atop the MLS Power Rankings. Previous leader FC Dallas slipped a couple of notches by tying New York City, which tookover second place after their 1-1 tie in Frisco. Sporting Kansas City and Houston round out the top five. The […]
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MLS Power Rankings: FC Dallas back on top
After winning six of its first seven games of the 2017 season to claim the top slot, Orlando City fell victim to its road woes. The Lions lost at Toronto and Houston to plummet down thelistings, and FC Dallas regained first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings by defeating Real Salt Lake, 3-0, to […]
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MLS Week 10: Three Games to Watch
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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MLS Week 10: Stars give TFC and SKC statement wins
Sebastian Giovinco and Dom Dwyer both had two goals to lead Toronto FC and Sporting Kansas City to statement wins on Wednesday. Giovinco scored his fourth and fifth goals ofthe season in the first 38 minutes of Orlando City’s 2-1 win. In his first start of the season, Kaka had the lone goal for the […]
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FC Dallas is adding to the tasks of Kellyn Acosta in Diaz's absence
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Six months into life without midfield maestro Mauro Diaz, FC Dallas is decidedly less elegantyet still undefeated. When Diaz suffered a ruptured Achilles’ tendon near the end of the 2016 regular season, FCD’s title chances essentially went out the window and not manyobservers looked beyond that stark forecast. Yet FCD needed […]
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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 […]