In a clash of conference bottom dwellers Saturday evening, Atlanta United hosted the Colorado Rapids. After going scoreless for the first half, the hosts finally broke through, with Darlington Nagbe dribbling and setting up the cross for Julian Gressel, who put Atlanta on the board in the 74th minute. Atlanta doubled their lead in extra […]
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A new tactical setup did not change the game for the Vancouver Whitecaps. Once again, Vancouver struggled with possession and passing, and the Caps lost to Orlando City thanks to an 88th-minute winner by Portuguese superstar Nani. Tactical changes do not pay off The Vancouver Whitecaps entered the match against Orlando City with a brand […]
Atlanta United lost to FC Dallas, 2-1, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Saturday afternoon. The defeat leaves the Five Stripes with five points after six Major League Soccer games in 2019. Here are three takeaways: How can Josef Martínez get involved? Martínez is the reigning MLS Most Valuable Player. He scored 38 goals in the regular season […]
Fans of the Portland Timbers have the right to be enraged. In a hard-fought loss to FC Dallas on Saturday, the Timbers sat excruciatingly close to equalizing after rallying late and ending the worst downward spiral the club has ever seen. But referee Marcos de Oliveira waved off not one, but two PK-worthy fouls in […]
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Saturday night’s match saw the Colorado Rapids jump out to an early 1-0 lead on a Benny Feilhaber goal, but visiting D.C. United stormed back with three unanswered goals to take a 3-1 lead into halftime. Colorado pulled back a goal with a Kei Kamara strike (66’) in the second half, […]
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MLS clubs’ badges illustrate league’s evolving identity
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The New England Revolution fell to Columbus Crew SC 1-0 Saturday night. The result brings the Revolution to 1-4-1 on the young season. Here are three takeaways on New England’s performance: There’s more to a game than a offside non-call The lone breakthrough in this game involved some controversy. Referee Rubiel Vazquez called a generous […]
CHESTER, Pa. — If Saturday night’s game between the Philadelphia Union and FC Dallas occurred in any other year of the Union’s existence, the club likely would have left the field with a loss or draw. But this is a different Union team than ever seen before. This is a team that works hard for […]
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – With an announced 17,264 in attendance for Thursday’s friendly match between the U.S. Women’s National Team and Australia, Colorado showed there is a passion for the highest level of women’s soccer in the Centennial State. But as the National Women’s Soccer League dabbles with talk of expansion, could Colorado prove to […]
TORONTO — Greg Vanney enjoyed the chip. He would have liked the Panenka, too, given Toronto FC’s abysmal 64% conversion rate from the penalty spot since the start of the 2015 season. But what the Reds coach liked most about Alejandro Pozuelo’s stunning MLS debut Friday night was that the magic happened, as he put […]