[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] With two of Toronto FC’s foreign forwards sidelined by injuries, another pair of imports scored the goals by which theCanadian MLS entry beat Mexican club Cruz Azul, 2-1, to open group play in the Concacaf Champions League Tuesday at BMO Field. Martin Saric (anative of Argentina) headed home in the opening minutes […]
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Real Salt Lake on a roll; San Jose moves up
[MLS] The Galaxy got back on track by beating New York, 1-0, at a soldout Red Bull Arena, and Western Conference rival Real Salt Lake kept up the pressure bydowning Columbus, 2-0, to stay within four points of the overall leader. There wasn’t much movement elsewhere in the standings, although San Jose snuck into the […]
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Record number of MLS teams reaches final 16
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Seattle Sounders FC and Toronto FC both moved into group stage of the Concacaf Champions League for the first time when they earnedties in tricky second legs at Central American opponents. The series wins assured MLS of at least four teams in the group stage — its most ever. Uruguayan World Cup […]
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Schmid confident Sounders will get result in San Salvador
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Just how precarious is a 1-0 lead for an away leg in Central America on just a few days rest? Two MLS teams are about to findout. Seattle holds a slim edge over Salvadoran club Isidro Metapan and Toronto FC is a goal up on Honduran foe Motagua in the Concacaf Champions […]
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Angel earns Red Bulls tie at Colorado
[MLS] Juan Pablo Angel‘s ninth goal of the season gave the visiting New York RedBulls a 1-1 tie at the Colorado Rapids, extending their unbeaten streak to four games. For all the summaries, conference standings and holiday weekend schedule … WEEK 14 RESULTS July 4 in Carson, Calif. Los Angeles 3 Seattle 1. Goals: Buddle […]
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Seattle sets new high
[MLS ATTENDANCE] In the final weekend of MLS play before its two-week World Cup break, eight games drew an average of 19,525 fans. League attendance leaderSeattle had its biggest crowd of the season and rewarded the 36,344 fans with a 3-0 win over New England. FC Dallas also a had season-record turnout, which raised its […]
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Drama and danger in Week 10
[MLS] In the penultimate weekend of play prior to the World Cup break, moments of drama and danger highlighted the action. Here are six things we learned fromWeek 10. ENDANGERED SPECIES. Nearly five years ago, Revs goalkeeper Matt Reis lunged for a bouncing ball and crashed into D.C. United forwardAlecko Eskandarian. The incident left Eskandarian […]
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Toronto FC clinches Concacaf berth
[CANADIAN NUTRILITE CHAMPIONSHIP] Philippe Billy‘s goal in the 62nd minute gave the Montreal Impact a 1-1 tie with theVancouver Whitecaps at Stade Saputo and assured MLS’s Toronto FC of defending the Canadian Nutrilite Championship. Ansu Toure scored the lone goal for Vancouver, whichneeded to win in order to advance to keep alive its hopes of […]
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Tie leaves TFC just short of title
[NUTRILITE CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP] MLS’s Toronto FC will have to wait at least one more week to repeat as Nutrilite Canadian Championship winner and clinch aspot in the Concacaf Champions League preliminary round. TFC and Vancouver played a 0-0 tie at Swangard Stadium Wednesday that kept the Whitecaps alive, barely, in the three-team competition.With two wins […]
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Big crowds, few goals
[MLS ATTENDANCE] Three of the seven Week 9 games drew announced attendance of more than 20,000. Seattle again disappointed its large loyal following with a 1-0loss — one of the week’s four games that featured only one goal. Houston drew its biggest crowd of the season and downed D.C. United, 2-0. Houston drew 24,471 fans, […]