When his former college coach describes some of Graham Zusi’s deliveries as “Beckham-esque,” Sasho Cirovski is guilty of only moderate hyperbole. Cirovski remembers the 2008 ACC Tournament final when Maryland took on Virginia. The opening kickoff was touched to Zusi, and he promptly lobbed a shot from the center circle that nearly produced astunning goal. […]
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Sporting KC teams off to perfect starts
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY SPOTLIGHT] Sporting Kansas City’s two academy teams are both off to 3-0-0 starts, making it the only Development Academy club to win allsix games since the launch of the 2012-13 season, the first in which all clubs play year-round schedules. Perhaps the top prospect on the U-17/18s is its youngest player, 15-year-oldErik Palmer-Brown. […]
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Bunbury out 6-8 months with torn ACL
[MLS INJURY REPORT] Sporting Kansas City forward Teal Bunbury is out for the season after suffering a torn ACL anddamaged LCL in his left knee during Sunday’s 1-1 draw against the New York Red Bulls. Bunbury will undergo surgery and is expected to miss six to eight months. The injury occurred in thefourth minute of […]
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Sporting KC gets on with business
[U.S. OPEN CUP] Sporting Kansas City ended the Seattle Sounders’ bid for a record fourth straight Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title with a 3-2 shootout win afterthe final ended in a 1-1 tie. Such was the futility in the shootout that more players missed attempts than made them. Paulo Nagamura got a second chance […]
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Seattle Sounders out to make history
[U.S. OPEN CUP] The Seattle Sounders will attempt to make history when they face Sporting Kansas City Wednesday in the final of the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. OpenCup (TV: GolTV, live, 9 p.m. ET). “Having been able to win the past three finals and the opportunity to maybe win a fourth is unique and special,” […]
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Roger Espinoza jumps on Olympic trampoline
Roger Espinoza‘s Olympic moment, exiting Saturday’s quarterfinal against Brazil to a standing ovation at Newcastle’s St. James’ Park, is what Jurgen Klinsmann was talking about about when he bemoaned the USA’s elimination in Concacaf qualifying in late March.
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Fluke goal eludes MacMath, pushes Sporting KC past Union
[U.S. OPEN CUP] Sporting Kansas City will be hosting the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final thanks to a 2-0 win over the the Philadelphia Union in Wednesday’ssemifinals. A goal by Jacob Peterson that sneaked inside the post past Union keeper Zac MacMath broke a scoreless drawin the second half at the Union’s PPL […]
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Honduras picks Najar and Espinoza
[OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN] D.C. United’s Andy Najar, the 2010 MLS Rookie of the Year, and Sporting Kansas City’s Roger Espinoza have been named to the Honduras Olympic team that will compete in the 2012 London Games.
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MLS Power Rankings: San Jose takes over the top
A second straight loss by Sporting Kansas City dropped it out of the top spot and all the way to fourth, behind three Western Conference teams. 1. SANJOSE (7-2-1). After a wild 5-3 home win over D.C. United in which Chris Wondolowski and Steven Lenhart bothnetted twice, the Quakes went north and lost a heartbreaker […]
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Al-Jazeera shakes up television market
By Paul Kennedy Qatar shook up the soccer world when it beat out the United States and two other nations that previously hosted the World Cupand won the right to host the 2022 World Cup. Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera, best known as the CNN of the Middle East, has entered the soccer televisionand gobbled up rights to […]