Real Salt Lake clinched the first leg of the Western Conference final, defeating Portland Timbers by 4-2 at Rio Tinto Stadium on Sunday. Chris Schuler, Robbie Findley, Devon Sandoval and Javier Morales registered for the home side, while Will Johnson and Frederic Piquionne scored for the Timbers. Real Salt Lake probably had the psychological edge […]
RSL knocked out reigning MLS Cup Champions LA GAlaxy at home (2-0 in 2nd leg, 2-1 aggregate) and progressed to Western Conference Finals. Sebastian Velasquez scored in the first half to level the aggregate score, followed by Chris Schuler’s winner in extra-time. The host did have a formidable task at hand from the get-go, looking […]
RSL closed their regular season with a comfortably with a 2-1 win over Chivas USA at Rio Tinto and in the process securing at least a second seed in the playoffs. All the goals came in the second half, with Alvaro Saborio and Joao Plata scoring for the hosts and Having secured a playoff position […]
DC United clinched the Third Lamar Hunt US Open Championship after they defeated Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium on October 1. The only goal of the game came at stroke of half time from united midfielder Lewis Neal. Ben Olsen’s team were the overwhelming underdogs going into the tie, at the bottom of […]
San Jose Earthquakes (11-11-8) shocked Real Salt Lake (14-10-6) with a 2-1 win at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday. All three goals came in a frantic three-minute period in the first half with Steven Lenhart scoring a brace and Javier Morales on the score-sheet for the home side. The night started promisingly for RSL as […]
Posted on 31 January 2012
Anyone else dizzy yet? Yesterday, the Union released 2011 captain and MLS All-Star Faryd Mondragon in order to allow him the opportunity to close out his career with his hometown club (Deportivo Cali) in Colombia. That change in and of itself should have been enough news for the day, right? Plus, when it’s all said and […] Continue Reading
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Posted on 18 January 2012
It looks like Sebastien Le Toux may be on his way to join young New York defender Tim Ream and current American international Stuart Holden in a Bolton uniform. Ives Galarcep dropped the news an hour or so ago that the Frenchman may be on his way to Bolton, a team desperately in need of injections to […] Continue Reading
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Posted on 12 January 2012
Greg Jordan (at left, taken at #32), a 6’2″ defensive midfielder out of Creighton, and Raymon Gaddis (at right, taken at #35), a right back from West Virginia, joined the Union as the 2012 MLS SuperDraft came to a relatively underwhelming close. There were no big trades aside from the Kenny Cooper dealing announced thirty […] Continue Reading
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Posted on 12 January 2012
They’re Mock Drafts of course but they still represent the view of relatively knowledgeable individuals, those that took the MLS Combine in first hand. With that said, the Union drafted UCLA forward Chandler Hoffman (leading goalscorer in the PAC-12) at #13 and were probably surprised to do so. There was no known reason (as of yet) […] Continue Reading
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Posted on 12 January 2012
The 2012 MLS SuperDraft is upon us and as we did last year (and the year before that), we have taken the Mock Drafts floating around the internet and aggregated them all in order to see who winds up with who. Please remember that this does not take into account team needs and obviously means […] Continue Reading
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Posted on 11 January 2012
The Philadelphia Union will add another crop of young studs into the family tomorrow as the 2012 MLS SuperDraft takes place in Kansas City. With only two drafts under their belt, you’d have to say that Nowak and Hackworth have one of the best track records (though short as it is) in Major League Soccer […] Continue Reading
Posted on 05 January 2012
Bring on 2012! See the Union’s schedule below or head here. A couple notes: The Union will feature on national television 14 times, ending the season on NBC proper at PPL Park as they host the New York Red Bulls. Some former players will come on back to Philly. Justin Mapp and Montreal will visit […] Continue Reading
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Posted on 28 December 2011
Following Zac MacMath (Everton FC), Zach Pfeffer (1899 Hoffenheim), Amobi Okugo (SC Freiburg), Freddy Adu heads to Spain today to start a two week stint with a former club of Kasey Keller’s – Rayo Vallecano based in the capital of Madrid. Newly promoted to La Liga and sitting near the relegation zone, Rayo has been […] Continue Reading
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Posted on 22 December 2011
The signings are happening fast and furiously as the Union wrapped up an early Christmas present, 26-year old Costa Rican left back Porfirio Lopez. Lopez arrives after finishing up a whirlwind year that saw Alajuelense crowned the Verano and Invierno Champions of Costa Rica. Before his success with Alajuelense, however, he had a quick stint […] Continue Reading
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Posted on 22 December 2011
The Union front office continues to impress in the offseason as they retool the roster heading into the 2012 Major League Soccer season. Though Gomez looks to be a journeyman with his impressive travel log (stints in Cyprus, Mexico), he has put in some good time at pretty decent-sized clubs like Belenenses in Portugal (over […] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 September 2010
The Los Angeles Galaxy head into Saturday’s match looking to build off a big win last week against the Columbus Crew and reestablish itself atop the top of MLS while DC United appears to be counting down week by week until the end of the season. Continue Reading
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Posted on 11 November 2013
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Posted on 08 November 2013
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Posted on 04 November 2013
Opening the first leg of its Western Conference semifinal matchup against dangerous Real Salt Lake at home, the Los Angeles Galaxy made the most of its opportunity on Sunday evening. The Galaxy dominated the possession and scoring chances in the match, but it wasn’t until early in the second half that LA put the ball […] Continue Reading
Posted on 03 November 2013
Sounders have not been able to advance in a two-legged playoff series in MLS Cup. After beating Colorado Rapids last week in the 4th and 5th place play-in It looked like Sounders had gotten over being snake-bit in the MLS Regular Season, not having won a match since September 13th. Seattle earned a shot at […] Continue Reading
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Posted on 31 October 2013
Seattle Sounders found a way to win against Colorado Rapids. A most unusual way. The MLS Playoffs got off to a memorable start in Seattle as the Sounders knocked out the Colorado Rapids. Although the most talked about subject will be the referee and some of the unusual decisions that Silviu Petrescu made. But for […] Continue Reading
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Posted on 28 October 2013
MLS 2013 is officially in the books. It’s been a playoff run to remember, and the Sounders have finally cemented their position in the MLS Cup playoff. When Sounders last won a match (September 13th) they were in control of their playoff destiny. Seven straight fixtures without a win have left Sounders matched up against […] Continue Reading
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