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Young Americans: Three MLS stars of the week
Jake Davis scored his first MLS goal, finishing off a nine-pass scoring sequence for Sporting KC with a right-footed blast from 30 yards out
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‘Sour taste’: Blown call costs Sporting KC win
The game-tying goal scored by the Philadelphia Union’s Alejandro Bedoya in a 1-1 tie at Sporting KC came in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
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Benny Feilhaber on bringing a global playing experience to coaching MLS academy kids
In early December, Benny Feilhaber took his U-17 Sporting Kansas City academy team out west to Norco, California, to participate in the MLS Next Fest, which drew over 300 of the top youth teams across the U-15, U-16, U-17 and U-19 age groups in the USA and Canada. “It’s night and day,” he says, comparing […]
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Peter Vermes' journey through American soccer's evolution, his pursuit of excellence, and enjoying the moments
Peter Vermes has been a central figure in the development of American soccer over the past 30-something years, as a player, as a coach and as one of the game’s foremost thinkers. The son of Hungarian immigrants who escaped to the United States as Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest, the Delran, New Jersey, native was […]
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Sporting KC's early work pays dividends with 3-0 win over Liga MX foe
Concacaf’s placement of Sporting Kansas City into Pot 2 for the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League draw forced it to open against a Mexican team, but that was no obstacle as it opened its 2019season with a 3-0 victory over Toluca. The margin of victory tied an MLS record for the biggest win against a Liga […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Timbers stay on top, Western rivals move up
A busy week of July 4 games as well as the weekend slate jumbled the rankings moderately, with Portland winning its only game of the week to stay on top. Los Angeles FC continued its impressiveform by tying Houston on the road and thrashing Orlando City at home to move into fourth place. Real Salt […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Ties at the top yield scant change
The last weekend of MLS play before the start of the World Cup produced ties in games between top teams in the Power Rankings and thus little change. Of teams in the top one-third, onlyFC Dallas won, and that victory edged FCD up a notch into fourth place. Retaining the top three spots in order […]
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Herculez Gomez: 'I knew I couldn't play forever'
A year and a half ago, Herculez Gomez ended a long playing career to work full-time as an analyst for ESPN. Gomez works game telecasts, appears in studio segments, and co-hosts the “Hercand Max Podcast” with Max Bretos. Gomez, 36, is of Mexican-American heritage. He grew up in Las Vegas and after unsuccessful trials with […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Sporting Kansas City rolls on, Eastern teams stay close
A dominant win by leader Sporting Kansas City and six-point weeks for Real Salt Lake and FC Dallas produced significant movement in the Power Rankings. SKC maintained its hold at the topand Atlanta United moved into second place as the Red Bulls tumbled to defeat at New England. Portland stayed third, one place ahead of […]