[bc_video video_id=”5854586566001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”B1k1OQNeX” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” mute=”” width=”100%” height=”100%”] VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps’ final game of the season was all about Alphonso Davies. The 17-year-old played his last game for the Caps in Vancouver’s 2-1 win over Portland on MLS Decision Day. With Vancouver having crashed out of the playoffs and […]
Category: Commentary
Philadelphia Union midfielder Borek Dockal must be included in the Major League Soccer Most Valuable Player discussion. The Czech Republic international may not be the sexiest name in the MVP conversation, but he’s made as much of an impact for the Union as Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Wayne Rooney have for the LA Galaxy and D.C. […]
Some say it all started with a tweet. Last week, Kendall Waston posted a cryptic message on social media. The tweet shows Waston together with his son overlooking Vancouver. “Sometimes a change is good, but sometimes it can be wonderful. #PursueYourHappiness,” it read. Just one day later, the Vancouver Whitecaps were eliminated from Major League […]
After a decent performance against LAFC, the Vancouver Whitecaps somewhat atoned for their midweek 4-1 defeat against Sporting Kansas. But, the Canadian team was officially eliminated from the 2018 Major League Soccer Cup nonetheless. Real Salt Lake City’s midweek 4-1 victory over the New England Revolution meant the Whitecaps only had a slim mathematical chance to […]
[bc_video video_id=”5850217921001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”B1k1OQNeX” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” mute=”” width=”100%” height=”100%”] VANCOUVER — The Whitecaps’ chances of making the playoffs are dire. It all started well against Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday night. For 62 minutes the Caps held their own, and even took the lead in the 42nd minute. But Felipe’s goal was […]
Much like the previous two seasons, the New England Revolution back line in 2018 is woefully inconsistent and mediocre. So, when the club asked media members last week to submit votes for the team’s defender of the year award, I had some pause. Of the five players on the ballot – Andrew Farrell, Jalil Anibaba, […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”421″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] The Colorado Rapids suffered their seventh-straight loss Saturday night, falling 3-0 at home to visiting LAFC. The visitors opened the scoring early with a header from defender Walker Zimmerman in the 15th minute and midfielder Adama Diomande doubled the lead to 2-0 with another […]
FC Dallas drew the Portland Timbers 0-0 Saturday at Providence Park. The result clinched a playoff berth for Dallas, which missed the playoffs last season. The game plan Dallas had for the match was simple: frustrate Portland with its shape and look to not concede on the road. In Major League Soccer, a draw on […]
The New England Revolution lost to Toronto FC 4-1 last Saturday evening at BMO Field. The result snapped the Revs’ four-game unbeaten run and pushed their fleeting playoff hopes further out of reach. Here are three takeaways from the game: Toronto puts another nail in the Revs coffin The Revolution aren’t yet mathematically eliminated from […]
HOUSTON — Forgetting the dreadful performance produced in Wednesday’s U.S. Open Cup final won’t be easy for the Philadelphia Union, but they’re going to have to make it look that way. Seventy-two hours after falling 3-0 to the Houston Dynamo, the Union have to go to Columbus to face the Crew in an Eastern Conference […]