COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – On a brisk St. Patrick’s Day evening, the Colorado Rapids and Sporting Kansas City both found a stroke of luck with goals, but nothing separated them in a 1-1 draw at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. After taking a 1-0 lead on a second-half goal from Diego Rubio, Colorado dropped points, going […]
TORONTO — Two games against Eastern Conference rivals. Two wins. Toronto FC (2-0-0, 6 points) is not the team that won the MLS Cup in 2017 quite yet, but it is much, much better than last year. The Reds have their energy and positivity back — and they have Jozy Altidore. Altidore scored a late […]
ATLANTA — The diminutive Ezequiel Barco scored on a header for the first time in his career, but it was not enough to secure three points at home for Atlanta United. Barco’s 70th-minute goal canceled out a 47th-minute strike from Philadelphia Union debutante Brenden Aaronson in a 1-1 draw Sunday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The […]
CINCINNATI — Home openers don’t get much better than FC Cincinnati’s on Sunday, as the expansion club opened their 2019 home slate with a resounding 3-0 win over the Portland Timbers. FC Cincinnati’s first MLS win came in front of a sellout crowd of 32,250 at the University of Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium who were treated […]
Orlando City lost 3-1 to the Montreal Impact in front of an announced crowd of 22,352 at Orlando City Stadium. Here are three takeaways from the match. 1. Mistakes pile up Orlando City’s lapses are costing this team early in the season and it’s not just about the defensive miscues. Orlando City coach James O’Connor […]
BRONX, N.Y. — Alexandru Mitrita scored his first MLS goal for New York City FC, but Carlos Vela struck for a brace as LAFC twice rallied from deficits during a 2-2 draw Sunday afternoon in front of an announced crowd of 20,339 at Yankee Stadium. The teams also played to a 2-2 draw at Banc of […]
It was the 70th minute between Bayern Munich and Mainz when Alphonso Davies wrote both Canadian and Bundesliga history. With Bayern up 5-0 and in complete control of the match, head coach Niko Kovač made good on his statement given to Pro Soccer USA in February: that the 18-year-old former Whitecaps winger would see playing […]
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — The Chicago Fire’s defensive struggles were in the spotlight during the Fire’s 4-2 loss to the Seattle Sounders at home Saturday, but key players aren’t yet producing. Here’s a look at that and other things that stood out. Nemanja Nikolić’s less-than-smooth start to season The 31-year-old is 17 months removed from winning […]
CINCINNATI — Though they’ve been playing soccer there for three years, FC Cincinnati’s 2019 season at historic Nippert Stadium will be a first. This will the first in which Major League Soccer is played in the Queen City. The 104-year-old Nippert Stadium is in the heart of the University of Cincinnati campus in the densely-populated […]
For nearly 75 minutes Thursday, it looked like Major League Soccer’s last remaining hope to advance in the Concacaf Champions League was done. Sporting KC was locked in a 0-0 draw with Club Atletico Independiente until that point. But a three-goal flurry in 12 minutes from the home team shot SKC into the tournament semifinals. […]