The busiest week of the season — 18 games — produced some big scores and a few playoff fates decided. Top-ranked Toronto FC clinched the Supporters’ Shield for best overall recordand amazing expansion club Atlanta United kept rolling to take over second place. RSL moved up another notch, into sixth place, with another gutty result. […]
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What They're Saying: Benny Feilhaber
“I think my exact words were, ‘If you need me to be a cheerleader, I’ll be a cheerleader. Hopefully, I get more of a role than that, but it’s just exciting to be part of thatgroup. Literally whatever they need me to do, I’m ready to do.” — Benny Feilhaber, who has not played for […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Toronto FC stumbles but stays top
Montreal ended Toronto FC’s home unbeaten record and Sporting Kansas City and Vancouver continued their winning ways to edge closer to the leader. Wins for SKC and the‘Caps moved them into the second and third slots, respectively. Another pair of impressive victories at Mercedes-Benz Stadium lifted Atlanta United into fourth place. Portland rode anotherstrong game […]
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Open Cup champs: Winning culture drives Sporting KC
No MLS team does the U.S. Open Cup like Sporting Kansas City. It made it four-for-four in finals as it beat New York Red Bulls, 2-1, to capture the 2017 title. Twelve other MLS teams have reached thefinal, and all have lost at least once. Goals from Latif Blessing and Blessing’s replacement, Daniel Salloi, staked […]
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Jesse Marsch makes Open Cup priority for Red Bulls, desperate to break trophy drought
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) On the surface, it’s obvious what’s at stake in the U.S. Open Cup final that SportingKansas City will host Wednesday at Children’s Mercy Park against the New York Red Bulls. For both teams it’s a trophy, a slot in the Concacaf Champions League, prize money of$250,000 to the winning team, and […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Surges continue for 'Caps and Atlanta
Four-point weeks for two teams helped jostle the rankings at the top, though the top three of Toronto FC, New York City FC and Seattle stayed pat. Atlanta United delighted combined crowdsof more than 115,000 fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium by scoring 10 goals, and Vancouver took over the Western Conference lead by beating Minnesota United […]
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USMNT 40 Tracker: Dwyer breaks out with pair of goals
With Jordan Morris and now Bobby Wood both injured, Dom Dwyer picked the right time to show off his finishing. He scored twice and assisted on a third goal as Orlando City tiedAtlanta United, 3-3. The goals were Dwyer’s first since his trade from Sporting Kansas City. Wood became the latest U.S. national team starter […]
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Sporting KC's latest teen signing also from North Carolina
Sporting Kansas City has signed 17-year-old defender Jaylin Lindsey to a Homegrown contract. Like 15-year-old Gianluca Busio, whom Sporting KC signed last month,Lindsey grew up playing youth ball in North Carolina before joining the Sporting KC’s Development Academy team. Lindsey played for Charlotte SA when he was called up for the U.S. U-14 national teamin […]
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What They're Saying: Soony Saad
“I never thought I’d say the words, ‘I’m so glad to be in China.’” — Sporting Kansas City forward Soony Saad, on leaving North Korea afterplaying for Lebanon in an Asian Cup qualifier on Sept. 5, the day North Korea conducted a nuclear test, which he learned of when he was awoken at 6 a.m. […]
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MLS Power Rankings Top teams hold their spots
Toronto FC and Seattle continued their impressive runs and Atlanta United ran all over FC Dallas in its new home as teams got back to work after the FIFA international break. TFC’sfive-game winning streak is the second-longest in MLS this season. It won six a row from April 21 to May 13. The Sounders’ run […]