Not since the days of best-of-three playoffs have two teams faced off so often as will Houston and Sporting Kansas City when they meet at BBVA Compass Stadium Thursday (9:30 p.m. UniMas, MLS Live). The Knockout-Round match comes on the heels of regular season games Oct. 11 and Oct. 15 that were good results for […]
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MLS Awards: Sporting Kansas City anchor Opara is top defender
The proliferation of three-man back lines by clubs and national teams around the world has not been much copied in MLS, which for most of its existence has featured teams playing four in the back. The reliance of a team on its defenders, and the centerback pairing in particular, remains one of the most important […]
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MLS Awards: Greg Vanney edges strong field as top coach
That the job of MLS head has become more complex and time-intensive is without question. Once the mentor of a single roster, now he oversees an operation with between 28 and 30 first-team players, areserve team or an affiliate in the USL, sports science and performance analysis departments, and academy programs for boys and girls. […]
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MLS Awards: Melia is clear choice as top goalie
The countdown to the end of the regular season — excuse me, proper name Decision Day — also bring forth voting for individual awards as well as the Best XI. There’s no shortage ofcandidates in each category, and starting today will be discussed the men most deserving to be named Goalkeeper of the Year, Defender […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Five playoff teams move up, Sporting Kansas City slips
The penultimate weekend of the 2017 MLS regular season produced strong moves for teams such as Seattle, Columbus, Portland, Houston and Chicago, and a steep drop for Sporting Kansas City. Crew SC ran its winning streak to three games by beating Orlando City, 1-0, and Houston took four of six points in a pair of […]
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What They're Saying: Matt Besler
“Those people I saw made me feel like a normal person again. At the end of the day, I realized I think that’s what we all want as people. No matter who you are or how big your name is orhow big of a star you are or how badly you fail at something, you […]
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MLS Closeup: Sporting KC makes quick turnaround for Houston rematch
Playing the same team twice won’t be a case of deja vu for Sporting Kansas City. In lost in Houston, 2-1, Wednesday in a game postponed by Hurricane Harvey, and Sunday hosts theDynamo with the dynamics dramatically different. Veterans Graham Zusi and Matt Besler return from international duty, as do Houston’s Honduran internationals RomellQuito and […]
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What They're Saying: Peter Vermes
“I thought the performance on the field, for a final game like that and everything that you were going for, that game was not representative of a U.S. team on the field — not the way theyplayed. It didn’t have the intensity, didn’t have the desire, the hunger, the fight. It was not good enough. […]
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Mike Jacobs joins USL expansion team Nashville SC from Sporting KC
Mike Jacobs, the former NSCAA president, has left Sporting Kansas City to become USL expansion team Nashville SC’s technical director and vice president of soccer operations. Jacobs, Sporting KC’s assistant technical directorsince 2015, will manage negotiations, recruitment and finances related to players, training facilities and other team business and work with technical staff from the […]
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Benny Feilhaber on his 'shock' call-up, what he adds to USMNT, what's at stake
It’s been seven years since he has represented the USA in an official match, eight years since he played in World Cup qualifying and 10 years since his golazo — yes, it was a Needless to say, Benny Feilhaber wassurprised when he got called up for the USA’s World Cup 2018 qualifiers against Panama and […]