Houston — The Houston Dash home opener had a bittersweet ending. The home team opened the scoring, then conceded goal in the second half, then made a huge penalty save during stoppage time to close the night 1-1 against Reign FC. ” I am actually a bitterly disappointed that we didn’t win. I felt that we […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Marc Skinner minced no words, either in the halftime locker room or in front of the media afterward. Get used to it. “It wasn’t good enough from us,” the Orlando Pride coach said after his debut Sunday went down to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Portland Thorns. “All those […]
HARRISON, N.J. — The practice of downsizing NFL or major college football stadia for MLS purposes has now hit one stadium specifically built to avoid that problem. The New York Red Bulls have covered a wide swath of seats within the southeast and northeast corners of their upper deck at Red Bull Arena, as seen during […]
The Vancouver Whitecaps will once again feel aggrieved. After being gifted a goal by former Caps’ keeper David Ousted in the 53rd minute, the Chicago Fire managed to equalize thanks to a penalty scored by Nemanja Nikolics in the 84th minute. Once again, the Whitecaps were hit by a controversial decision after the official consulted […]
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, […]
SANFORD, Fla. — A Women’s World Cup year is a double-edged sword for the Orlando Pride and the National Women’s Soccer League. On one hand, the Pride’s national-team stars want to be there for their club. On the other, they want to give full attention to an elite international soccer competition that comes around only […]
CARY, N.C. — The beginning of Saturday night’s game between the North Carolina Courage and the Chicago Red Stars was a celebration of sorts, not just for the Courage, but for the National Women’s Soccer League. Championship rings were presented to the players and staff of the Courage, who won the treble of women’s pro soccer […]
Atlanta United (1-2-2, 5 points) secured its first Major League Soccer win of the season Saturday night. The Five Stripes cruised past the New England Revolution, 2-0, on two Ezequiel Barco goals at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Here are three things learned from Atlanta’s best performance of 2019: Atlanta finally looks like Atlanta This […]
LOS ANGELES — A goal and an assist from Carlos Vela saw Los Angeles Football Club defeat FC Cincinnati 2-0 on Saturday night at Banc of California Stadium. LAFC unleashed a flurry of early chances, but FCC managed to turn them away and seemed like they might produce another impressive result on the road. Cincinnati […]
LOS ANGELES — In the 26th minute of Saturday night’s match, Mark-Anthony Kaye could do nothing but hang his head. He had done everything perfect — slid between two defenders in the box, then cut left to suddenly take several steps into a wide open swath of grass in front of the yawning mouth of […]