[MLS] A prolific run of scoring in MLS slammed to a halt Saturday; in seven games only nine goals were scored. Two games ended goalless and there were three 1-0results. Not surprisingly, the back-line players get most of the kudos this week. 1. KEI KAMARA (Kansas City). Thanks to his embarrassingmiss from just a few […]
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Beleaguered Barrett finally finds net
Toronto FC striker Chad Barrett, who hadn’t scored an MLS goal since the fourth-to-last match of 2009, scored twice in last weekend’s 4-1 win over Chicago. “I need to score goals. I’ve said that from the get-go,” said the 25-year-old who scored five goals last season. I still have a lot of goals to give. […]
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The West is best in MLS
[MLS] A crowded eight days of play concluded Saturday with seven games. The Red Bulls fell but the Galaxy is still unbeaten, and FC Dallas – winless aweek ago – is on a two-game winning streak. Here are six items of note from the eight matches played in Week 7, when Landon Donovan reminded us […]
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Donovan puts on show in Seattle
[MLS] Landon Donovan showed he’s still the main man with Los Angeles, scoring one goal and assisting on the other threegoals to lead the unbeaten Galaxy to a 4-0 win at Seattle. Donovan earned Soccer America’s top honors in its Saturday’s Three Stars awards, ahead of San Jose’s BobbyConvey and Toronto FC’s O’Brian White. 1. […]
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What We're Watching … Survival of the fittest
[MLS] There will be plenty of tired legs this weekend in MLS; six teams play their third game in eight days following a slate of four midweek matches.Colorado and Kansas City sit out this Saturday. There are two tasty Western Conference matchups; in Seattle, the Sounders play the unbeaten Galaxy, and with LA out of […]
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The Challenge of Change: Where it's working, where not
By Ridge Mahoney Replacing a head coach, overhauling a roster, or both, are really the only ways a team can improve, but change in and of itself is no guarantee, asseveral struggling teams are proving this season. In a few places, notably New York, the train is headed down the right track; not so for […]
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MLS Goal of the Week – According to Me
By Paul Gardner Nineteen goals in eight games was the MLS harvest over the weekend. Hardly prolific scoring — the average was 2.4 per game, which is about normal inthis low-scoring era. I suppose the good news is that there were no 0-0 ties. San Jose beat Colorado 1-0, but the other seven games all […]
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De Rosario paces Toronto past Montreal
[CANADA] Toronto FC has apparently found a winning formula: De Ro plus a goal and an assist equals victory, no matter what the competition. The Canadianinternational attacker Dwayne De Rosario, who scored the first goal and assisted on the second Sunday when TFC downed Seattle, 2-0, in league play, did the same and got the […]
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Three stories we're following
[MLS] Saturday starts a crowded week of league play in MLS, with all 16 teams playing this weekend, eight of them scheduled for midweek action a week fromWednesday, and all but two set to play a week from Saturday. In the U.S. Open Cup on Tuesday, New York replicated its 2-1 league defeat of Philadelphia […]
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Former Toronto coach takes aim at Mo
Toronto FC general Mo Johnston told the National Post “There will be legal action taken” — without specifying the action — in response to formerinterim head coach Chris Cummins‘ criticisms of Johnston and the club. Cummins was most irked about what he perceived to be interference with the club on Johnston’s part. Cummins said Johnston […]