For years, MLS has yearned for Concacaf respect. Not that MLS clubs haven’t won the regional championship before. In the early days of MLS, D.C. United (1998) and the LA Galaxy (2002)captured the old Concacaf Champions Cup. But the Concacaf Champions Cup, first organized in 1962 when Chivas Guadalajara won the eight-team tournament, was often […]
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CCL: Don't blame Michael Bradley for why Toronto FC lost
In the minutes after Michael Bradley skied the final penalty kick into the Guadalajara night and fans at the Estadio Akron serenaded Chivas for its first international championship in 56 years,Soccer Twitter was harsh — brutal, in fact — on the Toronto FC captain. Bradley has taken a lot of grief throughout his career and […]
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Reaction: TFC keeper Alex Bono takes blame for Chivas' winning goal
Toronto FC head coach Greg Vanney says conceding two bad goals, the first in the second minute, were the Reds’ undoing in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions League final, which it lost athome to Guadalajara, 2-1. “It was a bad goal to give up,” he said of the goal Rodolfo Pizarro scored on […]
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What They're Saying: Robin Fraser
“We had two people pass the beep test on the very first day, and they were both 16-year-old academy players. You go in and you have these plans, and literally after the first training session you goback into the office and the coaches sit around and say, ‘Let’s scratch everything we just did and now […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Top teams hold their spots with ties
New York City FC followed up a 4-0 smashing of Real Salt Lake to register a 2-2 tie in Atlanta, with that result keeping those teams in the top two slots in Soccer America’sMLS Power Rankings.Sporting Kansas City held third by tying Seattle, 2-2, at home, and FC Dallas stayed unbeaten while rising to fourth […]
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Preview: Toronto FC enters CCL final with 'favorites' tag — Vanney isn't buying
In the last two rounds of the Concacaf Champions League, Toronto FC knocked off Tigres and Club America, two of Mexico’s biggest clubs. The Reds used the same formula both times: Win atBMO Field and score first in Mexico. In the two series, they scored nine goals combined and never trailed on aggregate in Mexico. […]
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CCL: Toronto FC shows its class in knocking off storied Club America
For a third time, an MLS team has earned the right to lay claim to the Concacaf Champions League title. Leading by two goals but with a Club America away goal hanging over its head,Toronto FC held its nerve Tuesday in a rainy Estadio Azteca to emerge with a 1-1 tie and a 4-2 aggregate […]
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“Congratulations @torontofc .. you beat the best team on the continent in Tigres and put on an absolute clinic vs a Mexican giant (America). No doubt in my mind you are the best team in MLShistory. @MLS #TFCLive.” — ESPN analyst Herculez Gomez, who played on Concacaf Champions League runner-up teams at Santos in 2012 […]
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CCL: What Toronto FC needs to do to make history at Azteca
Toronto FC has a chance to do what no MLS team has done and that’s knock off a Liga MX team in the semifinals of the Concacaf Champions League. But the Reds will have to do it at AztecaStadium, which should be at near capacity as Club America has adopted a number of promotions to […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Idle NYCFC stays on top as pursuers keep winning
During a week jumbled by games postponed to assist MLS survivors in the Concacaf Champions League, idle New York City FC held first against a surge of the two teams right behind it. Atlanta United’s pulverizing of Los Angeles FC and a solid Sporting Kansas City victory in the home of LAFC’s archrival preserved their […]