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 […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Crew SC stays on top
Road teams did well in the second week of MLS play but by holding serve at home – in front of a small crowd – Columbus held first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Both New York teams won at home to take the next two spots and a spectacular road victory by Los […]
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MLS Focus: Newcomers debut under yet another new coach in Montreal
In just its seventh MLS season, the Montreal Impact is on its fifth head coach. Remi Garde led the club for the first time Sunday at Vancouver, which built up a 2-0 lead and heldon to win, 2-1. Four offseason additions were in the starting lineup, though it was holdover Matteo Mancosu who scored the […]
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MLS 2018: Western Conference preview
The 23rd MLS season kicks off this weekend with 23 teams and of the 12 members of the Western sector, six are embarking with head coaches who were not in charge at the start of 2017. That’s a bit of a trick number, since Los Angeles Football Club is the expansion entrant for 2018 under […]
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MLS offseason process continues with Waiver Draft
Nearly five dozen players will be available to MLS teams when the league conducts its offseason Waiver Draft Wednesday. The players are those not eligible for Free Agencyor the Re-Entry Drafts and are either out of contract or their 2018 contract options were not picked up. Stage 1 of the Re-Entry Draft will be held […]
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Kei Kamara moves again, this time to the Whitecaps
One of the most prolific strikers among current MLS players, Kei Kamara, has been acquired by Vancouver. New England traded a 2019 first-round SuperDraft pick and conditional 2020second-round SuperDraft for the rights to Kamara, 33, who has scored 103 goals and logged 39 assists in 298 appearances over 11 MLS seasons, including playoffs. He is 10th on […]
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MLS Moves: 'Caps bring back Russell Teibert on three-year deal
The longest-serving player in the MLS history of Vancouver has signed a new contract with the club. Midfielder Russell Teibert, 24, has agreed toa new, three-year contract at undisclosed terms, the team announced Wednesday. Since signing a Homegrown Player contract in 2011 at the start of Vancouver’s first MLS season, Teibert has scoredtwo goals and […]
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Vancouver Whitecaps fold second team, affiliate with new Fresno FC
The Vancouver Whitecaps confirmed a partnership with USL expansion team Fresno FC to become its USL affiliate, signaling the end of Whitecaps FC 2, their home-based USL second team after threeseasons. The ‘Caps are the second MLS team to fold their second team after the Montreal Impact, who dropped its “B” team after its second […]
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Cascadia clash: Deuce delivers for defending champion Sounders
Clint Dempsey, who missed the 2016 playoffs when the Seattle Sounders won their first MLS Cup and was suspended for the first leg of the 2017 Western Conference semifinals, scored both goals togive the Sounders a 2-0 win over Vancouver and send them into the finals with an aggregate win by the same score. 1. […]
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Return: Sounders will have Clint Dempsey back for second leg against Vancouver
As bad as was the first leg between Seattle and Vancouver in terms of entertainment, it did offer some promise for the return match Thursday at CenturyLink Field (Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes, MLS Live,10:30 p.m. ET). Photo:courtesy of Seattle Sounders FC A dreary 0-0 tie featured the returns to action of Seattle midfielders Ozzie […]