[AMERICANS ABROAD] Goalie Jacole Turner, who began the fall season playing for the Sporting Kansas City U-17-18s in theDevelopment Academy, had quite a trip to Europe. The keeper flew to Croatia to try out at Dinamo Zagreb and while there was informed that a tryout had been set up for him at Real Madrid. The […]
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Sporting KC looks to DP Bieler to boost attack
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Eastern Conference champion Sporting Kansas City continued its aggressive pursuit of talent by signing 28-year-old Argentine Claudio Bieler, who becomes the first Designated Player signed by an MLS club in the offseason. Sporting KC is banking on Bieler sticking around longer than theclub’s previous three DP signings.
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Feilhaber 'hyped' about new home
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] After one season in MLS, Benny Feilhaber is on the move, joining Eastern Conference champion SportingKansas City from the New England Revolution, which finished ninth in the Eastern Conference. With a chance to start in place of the soon-to-be-departed RogerEspinoza in the SKC midfield, Feilhaber was certainly pleased with the change in scenery. […]
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Nielsen named the top goalie
[MLS AWARDS] Sporting Kansas City captain Jimmy Nielsen was named 2012 MLS Allstate Goalkeeper of the Year after acampaign for SKC that included a league-best 15 shutouts — just one behind Tony Meola‘s all-time record — and a 0.79 goals-against average — best in clubhistory. Nielsen, who succeeded popular Kevin Hartman as Kansas City’s starting […]
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Sporting Kansas City's Besler claims Defender of the Year
[AWARDS: MLS] Sporting Kansas City defender Matt Besler was named the 2012 Defender of the Year,, beating out Frenchteammate Aurelien Collin and San Jose Earthquakes defender Victor Bernardez for the award. MLS also announced that Silviu Petrescu was voted Referee of the Year and Ian Anderson was voted the Assistant Referee of the Year. MLS […]
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Ranking the MLS award finalists
MLS has announced its end-of-the year finalists, with the winners to be gradually rolled out starting early next week. Here is how I rank the three finalists in the major categories along withthose individuals who also deserved serious consideration but didn’t make the cut in voting conducted among players, coaches, MLS executives, and members of […]
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Dynamo takes out Kansas City again
[MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: Sporting KC-Houston] For the second year in a row, Sporting Kansas City won the Eastern Conference regular-season championship but couldn’tget past the Houston Dynamo in the playoffs. Last year, it was in the conference final. This year, Sporting KC’s 1-0 win at home was not enough to make up for its 2-0 […]
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MLS playoffs — a good idea that needs more pizazz
By Paul Gardner Again, yet again, we are being reminded from all sides that this is playoff time. Which means playoff soccer. Which means … well, what the heck doesit mean? I know what it ought to mean. In a word, excitement. And everything that, in a sports sense, that word encompasses — drama, suspense, […]
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Dynamo continues dominance over Eastern champs
[MLS PLAYOFFS: Houston-Sporting KC] The Houston Dynamo knocked off the Eastern Conference regular-season champion Sporting Kansas City in the 2011 playoffs,winning, 2-0, in the conference final. Well, the Dynamo, the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference, took a long step toward returning to the conference final with a convincing 2-0 win over top seedSporting […]
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Sporting KC clinches Eastern Conference crown
[MLS REWIND: Week 33] Sporting Kansas City clinched the Eastern Conference regular-season title for the second year in a row with a 2-1 win over thePhiladelphia Union in its season finale. Kei Kamara set up Jacob Peterson and C.J.Sapong for the Sporting KC goals. For all the action … — The win came not without […]