[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Clubs jumped at the chance to wheel and deal on the first day of the new MLS trading season. Only one deal was a straight player trade. NewPortland coach Caleb Porter completed two moves, one of which could bring Brian Gallego, one of his players at theUniversity of Akron, to the Timbers in […]
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Los Angeles gets scare against 'Caps
[MLS PLAYOFFS: Los Angeles-Vancouver] The defending champion Los Angeles came back after falling behind in the 3rd minute to beat the Vancouver Whitecaps, 2-1,with second-half goals from Mike Magee and Landon Donovan and move into the Western Conference semifinals against theSan Jose Earthquakes. Matt Watson blew past stand-in right back Hector Jimenez and found Jamaican […]
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Vancouver heads to L.A. as heavy underdog
[MLS SCHEDULE: Playoffs] The MLS playoffs continue Thursday when the Los Angeles Galaxy hosts the Vancouver Whitecaps, making their MLS playoff debut. With onlyone win in its last 10 games and a sub-.500 record, Vancouver will be a heavy underdog against the defending MLS champion. For the MLS playoff schedule … WESTERN CONFERENCE Play-in Game […]
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Quakes take Supporters' Shield, playoff field complete
[MLS REWIND: Week 32] The San Jose Earthquakes captured the 2012 Supporters’ Shield by virtue of Sporting Kansas City’s 0-0 tie Saturday against theNew York Red Bulls. — It was the second Supporters’ Shield for Quakes coach Frank Yallop. The original MLS Quakes won the regular-season title in2005, their last season in San Jose before […]
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FC Dallas rallies to win first Development Academy title
[FINALS WEEK] FC Dallas rallied from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits to beat the Vancouver Whitecaps, 3-2, thanks to a pair of goals by sub Jose de la Tejera and win the U-17/18 Development Academy championship on Sunday at Houston’s BBVA Compass Stadium. FC Dallas, the 2011 runner-up, becomes the first MLS-affiliatedchampion at the U-17/18 level […]
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Vancouver kicks off play with big win
[FINALS WEEK] Canada under-20 midfielder Ben Fisk was the star on Day 1 of the 2012 Development Academy Finals Week atHouston Amateur Sports Park with a hat trick for the Vancouver Whitecaps in their 4-1 win over the North Carolina Fusion in Group 1 play of the U-17/18 age group. “It’s thebest possible result,” Fisk […]
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Mattocks and Silva made cases
[MLS ROOKIE WATCH] Vancouver’s Darren Mattocks and Toronto FC’s Luis Silva aremaking cases for 2012 MLS Rookie of the Year consideration. Mattocks showed a stunning display of athleticism on the second of his two goals against Toronto FC, while Silva has put his recent arrestin Houston behind him with goals in back-to-back games. Mattocks, who […]
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Le Toux earns praise from Henry
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] As far as blockbuster deals go, this has the potential to rank with last year’s trade that sent Dwayne ReRosario from the New York Red Bulls to D.C. United. On Saturday, the Red Bulls announced they had acquired French forward Sebastien Le Toux fromVancouver in exchange for midfielder Dane Richards and allocation money. […]
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Whitecaps' Chiumiento returns to Switzerland
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] There is one less member of the Vancouver Whitecaps’ Swiss contingent as 27-year-old midfielder DavideChiumiento, their assist leader, is returning home to play for Swiss Super League club FC Zurich. Chiumiento joined the Caps toward the end of the 2010 USSF D-2 season after spendingthree years with FC Luzern. He had two goals […]
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Cascadia Cup opens expanded schedule
When MLS introduced an unbalanced schedule for the 2012 season, one of its objectives was to add more rivalry games like those in the Northwest. The Cascadia Cup, a mini-competitionbetween Portland, Vancouver, and Seattle, kicks off Saturday when the Sounders play the Whitecaps at B.C. Place Stadium. Under the new format, each team will play […]