Toronto FC’s 4-0 win at LA Galaxy extended its lead over New York City FC in the MLS Supporters’ Shield race to 11 points, and it can clinch its first regular-season league title as soon as Saturday.Toronto’s 11-game unbeaten streak, which includes six wins in a row by a margin of 21-3, is one of […]
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Best ever? Toronto FC chases record haul
Toronto FC became the first team to clinch a berth in the MLS playoffs when it beat the San Jose Earthquakes, 4-0. Now, the runaway Supporters’ Shield leader has six games to break an assortment ofleague records. — Its 59 points are only nine away fromthe MLS single-season record set by the LA Galaxy in […]
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Crowd Count: MLS set to break attendance record again
Boosted by Sunday crowds of 45,314 in Atlanta and 44,679 in Seattle, MLS average attendance climbed to 21,596 for 2017. Atlanta United still has seven home games at its new Mercedes-Benz Stadium– two when it opens the entire stadium — so MLS should again break the league record of 21,692 fans set in 2016 if […]
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Supporters' Shield: NYCFC stalls Toronto FC runaway
Despite the absence of David Villa, injured on national team duty with Spain, New York City FC pulled off a 1-0 win over Sporting Kansas City Wednesday night thanks to Jack Harrison‘slate goal. The win kept NYCFC within six points of Eastern Conference leader Toronto FC in the race for the Supporters’ Shield. Toronto FC […]
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What They're Saying: Michael Bradley
“We feel like there’s still lots of room for improvement. There’s still lots of points left on the table. We haven’t done anything yet. We have to keep going. We have to keepgoing, we have to keep working with humility.” — Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley on the runaway Supporters’ Shield leaders who are on […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Toronto FC doubles up on wins
In a weird week — many teams played twice, and one didn’t play at all — there was no change at the top but some big moves further down the ladder. Columbus, D.C. United, and RealSalt Lake all swept a pair of games to move up a few notches, and four-point weeks for Cascadia Cup […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Seattle and Montreal continue surge
Seattle and Montreal are the hottest teams in MLS and another week of wins has pushed both teams into the top five in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. The Sounders are third, winnersof three in a row and unbeaten in their last nine games. The Impact swept a pair of games to run its streak […]
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Toronto FC closes in on best regular-season record
There’s little doubt Toronto FC is the best team in MLS this season, its 3-1 win at Chicago on Saturday dropping the Fire nine points off the pace in the Eastern Conference.
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MLS Power Rankings: Toronto takes back top spot
One week atop the Power Rankings was it for New York City FC, which fell back into the pack by losing, 4-0, to Toronto FC at BMO Field. Chicago’smini-slide continued with a 3-2 loss at Western Conference leader Sporting Kansas City. Vancouver and the Red Bulls continued their moves up the standings by also posting […]