NYCFC won its fourth game in a row to keep pace with Eastern Conference leaders Toronto FC and Chicago when it beat Minnesota United, 3-1, in a rare Thursday night MLS game. In their last10 games, NYCFC has gone 6-2-2, just behind Toronto FC (8-1-1) and Chicago (7-1-2) as the three teams have opened up […]
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Defoe joins Bournemouth on free transfer
Jermain Defoe, the 34-year-old England international, has re-signed for former club Bournemouth on a free transfer. Defoe, who spend the 2014 season in MLS with Toronto FC, scored15 league goals for Sunderland last season. He scored in 10 successive games during the 2001-01 season on loan at Bournemouth from West Ham. “It’s great to be […]
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Canada: Toronto FC wins sixth Voyageurs Cup
Toronto FC won the 2017 Canadian Championship with a 2-1 win over the Montreal before 26,539 fans thanks to Sebastian Giovinco‘s goal that broke the 2-2 tie on aggregate in the fifth minute ofstoppage time. TFC, which captured the sixth Voyageurs Cup title in the competition’s 10 years, qualifies for the 2018 Concacaf Champions League June […]
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USL Rewind: Battery's Williams takes scoring lead
Romario Williams took over the league scoring lead by netting twice and teammate Dante Marini matched that output for his first two goals of the season in a 6-1 Charlestondemolition of Toronto FC II at MUSC Health Stadium. The Battery needed some time to charge up its attack but after Williams opened the scoring in […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Busy week yields little movement
In a week of 14 league matches, the top teams prevailed and mixed results for most of the teams that played twice didn’t much reshuffle the positions in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. The top four held their places by winning — collectively, they have lost only one of the last 12 games — and […]
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What They're Saying: Michael Bradley
“Total joke. Total joke. What more can you say? You’re trying to grow a league, you’re trying to raise the quality across the board, you’re trying to give the Canadian Championshipthe respect that it deserves because it’s a trophy and we want to win it. How, ultimately, that you get put into a position where […]
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What They're Saying: Justin Morrow
“I was so naive in that moment with [Jurgen] Klinsmann that I stopped listening after he said, ‘You impressed us,’ I thought I’d gotten to the top level.” — Toronto FC defender Justin Morrow, on his drop in form in 2013 after thinking he made it following his first call-up to the U.S. national team. […]
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The season so far: a quick rundown of all 22 MLS teams
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) In about a month, the domestic transfer window will re-open, all 22 MLS teams will sign theperfect players to fill their needs, and all the fans shall rejoice. In the real world, more teams will fail in their quests to land the ideal midseason additions than will succeed and afew […]
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MLS Today: Ricketts sidelined with strained hamstring
Toronto FC head coach Greg Vanney won’t have forward Tosaint Ricketts available for at least the start of a crowded schedule. He will be sidelined for threeto four weeks by a hamstring strain suffered last week in a 4-0 defeat of Ottawa in the Canadian Championship semifinals. He left that game in the 34th minute […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Fire stays second behind TFC
The Chicago Fire couldn’t exploit a two-man advantage to get a win in Orlando, and thus stays second in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. A 0-0 tie ended the Fire’sfour-game winning streak and left it just behind leader Toronto FC, which lost, 3-0, to New England to end an eight-game unbeaten run. New York City […]