[MLS ATTENDANCE] Toronto FC drew the smallest announced crowd in its four-year history, but the crowd of 18,394 for its 2-0 win overSeattle on Sunday was still the largest MLS crowd during a week marked by crowds of less than 10,000 in Dallas and New England. Attendance for the TFC-Seattle game was below the capacityof […]
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Six thoughts from MLS Week 5
[MLS] Maybe it’s taken a while for the goalkeepers to find their form this season; after numerous gaffes resulted in goals the first four weekends, morethan a few keepers played top-notch stuff. Goalkeeper heroics are one of the six thoughts we take from Week 5. … GOALIE GLORY. Stefan Frei stymied BradEvans and Nathan Sturgis […]
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Strong start at the turnstiles
[MLS ATTENDANCE] Four weeks into the 2010 season, MLS’s average attendance is up by more than 2,000 compared to 2009’s average for the entire season. At thesame stage (29 games), average attendance is 3,000 more in 2010 than last season. The boost is thanks to the fact that the Seattle Sounders have already hosted three […]
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Soccer America ranks Designated Player chase
By Ridge Mahoney Rankings are all the vogue these days regarding all things MLS, yet in this age of power rankings and other opinion-ridden rankings there’s oneglaring omission; that of ambition, of zeal, of commitment to spend. Suffice it to say, the expansion of Designated Player options gives license to those teams willing to pay […]
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Quakes hit milestone; Who's to blame in Toronto?
[MLS] A league fixated on parity has a team at 4-0, and another is 0-4, and it also has a player on a torrid scoring streak. Here’s what the fourth week of MLSplay brought forth … QUAKES ARE … DEEP? In its first two seasons, San Jose hasn’t been able to assemble a consistently competitive […]
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Three thoughts from Toronto's first win
[MLS] Toronto FC put aside its problems long enough to defeat expansion Philadelphia, 2-1, in its home opener and first match on grass at BMO Field Thursdaynight. Goals on a free kick and a penalty kick by Dwayne De Rosario subdued the Union, which played with 10 men following a straight red card to Danny […]
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TFC adds defensive help
[MLS] Defensive reinforcements have arrived for Toronto FC, whose pathetic back line coughed up three balls that New England turned into goals during a 4-1 routon Saturday. Canadian Adrian Cann and Russian Maksim Usanov have joined the ranks, and much more is known about the former than the latter. Cann, 29,comes back to MLS six […]
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TFC era ends with Brennan retirement
[MLS] Upon announcing his retirement Wednesday, former Toronto FC captain Jim Brennan denied reports that a falling-outwith head coach Preki prompted his decision. Everybody here and everybody in that dressing room knows it’s a lie,” Brennan said at anews conference in response to a story in the Toronto Sun. “There was never a bust-up between […]
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Three stories we're following …
[MLS] Two former scoring stars could be headed back to MLS. Preki’s arrival at Toronto may have produced another casualty. For three stories we’re following… 1. Ngwenya sighting in Houston With Brian Ching sidelined from four to six weeks with ahamstring injury, Houston is giving a trial to former Dynamo attacker Joseph Ngwenya. A member […]
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Preki's housecleaning continues
[MLS] Ali Gerba is the latest player to leave Toronto FC after having his contract terminated on Monday. The Cameroonian-born Canadian international was supposed to boost the TFC attack but scored only one goal in 11 games in 2009 and was sent home by new coach Prekiduring the preseason Carolina Challenge Cup, signaling his imminent […]