[MLS: Saturday] Three teams used anaggressive formula of scoring early and quickly adding goals to post important victories. A fourth winning team also scored within the first 12 minutes on a night that saw Western Conference leaderSeattle knocked off its perch for at least one day and Philadelphia and Portland move into ties for the […]
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KC's Aurelien Collin — the great escape artist
By Paul Gardner Some seven months ago, writing on the day before the 2013 MLS Cup final between Real Salt Lake and Kansas City, I commented that KC defender Aurelien Collin “… is physical to the point of recklessness and seems tolead a charmed life right on the edge of red-card territory.” Collin’s immunity to […]
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World Cup Today: Saturday
[BRAZIL 2014] James Rodriguez continued his remarkable form at the World Cup with two more goals to lead Colombia pastUruguay, 2-0. He became the first player since Italian Christian Vieri to score in his first four World Cup games and took over the tournament scoring lead withfive goals (and two assists). Colombia-Uruguay June 28 in […]
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Bob Bradley: Michael Not Given Arsenal Chance
In an interview with Slate, former U.S. men’s national team coach Bob Bradley reveals that his son, Michael, had wanted to join Arsenal during the January transferwindow, but that the Gunners instead preferred to sign Sweden international Kim Kallstrom. Bradley points to this as an example of American players not getting the international respect theydeserve. […]
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Three MLS games to watch
[PREVIEW: Week 13] The top two teams in MLS, the Seattle Sounders and unbeaten Real Salt Lake, square off Saturday in Seattle. RSL will set a record for thebest start in MLS history with a win or tie. There’s also an Eastern Conference rematch in Toronto, and the Cascadia Cup series resumes in Portland. SEATTLE-REAL SALT […]
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Red Bulls draw Canadian champion
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The New York Red Bulls drew the winner of Amway Canadian Championship, either Toronto FC or the Montreal Impact, in group play of the2014-15 Concacaf Champions League. For all the results of Wednesday’s draw in Miami. MLS’s four U.S. teams, and the four Mexican clubs, including defending champion Cruz Azul, wereseparated in […]
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Defoe says layoff won't impact England decision
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] MLS Americans aren’t the only players waiting for word whether they’llbe called up to the World Cup. Jermain Defoe, who is set to return to action for Toronto FC on Saturday against New England (live on UDN at 1 p.m. ET), is oneof 14 MLS foreigners with a legitimate case for going to […]
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Toronto passes measure to expand BMO Field
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] BMO Field, the fourth of the MLS soccer-specific stadiums to open, will get a facelift thanks to the passage of funding by the Toronto CityCouncil. Upgrades will push the capacity to 30,000. At a current capacity of 21,859, Toronto FC is selling out the stadium following its massive offseason spending. The votewas 39-3 […]
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Toronto FC rides into Real Salt Lake sleek and shiny
By Ridge Mahoney Things can change quickly in MLS, yet the contrasts between Toronto FC’s last visit to Utah and its Saturday encounter with Real Salt Lake arestark. When RSL pulled out a last-second victory, 3-2, in April 2012, sub Jonny Steele scored in stoppage time to justify the decision of head coach JasonKreis to […]
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Michael Bradley nutmegs and runs over ref
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] As if a ref’s job isn’t tough enough, Silviu Petrescu got nutmegged and bowled over by Michael Bradleyduring Toronto FC’s 1-0 win over D.C. United. The Six Million Dollar man was charging up field when Petrescu got in the way.