For the second year in a row, Columbus Crew SC went on the road in the first round of the MLS playoffs as underdogs against a trendy team in a new stadium. And for the second year in a row, they emerged victorious. Crew SC advanced 3-2 on a penalty kick shootout after tying D.C. […]
Orlando City SC on Thursday announced its long-awaited training facility, though it has pivoted from its previous site at Lake Nona. The complex will be at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee and will open in July of 2019. The park is the former spring training complex for the Houston Astros and it will be fully […]
VANCOUVER — RIP 2018 Vancouver Whitecaps season. If the season had a gravestone it would read, “Born on March 4, 2018. Died Oct. 29, 2018. A season of few ups and many downs, in which a fragmented squad was never able to completely get its act together under a coach who was pretty much out the […]
With matchday 3 in the books in the UEFA Champions League, we are halfway through the group stage of the world’s premier club competition. Time to take stock on how the three North Americans — Milan Borjan, Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie — have performed in the competition thus far. Milan Borjan, Crvena zvezda During […]
MARIETTA, Ga. — Although Atlanta United FC lost the Supporters’ Shield on Sunday with a 4-1 defeat in Toronto, there were still two positives the Five Stripes could take away from the match. One moment came in the 77th minute, when MLS Golden Boot winner Josef Martinez converted a penalty kick to end a scoring […]
The stage is set for the first-ever playoff game at Banc of California stadium. LAFC will host Real Salt Lake in the knockout round of the MLS Cup playoffs at 10:30 p.m. ET Thursday. Real Salt Lake is a team living on borrowed time in the postseason. The club should’ve been out of the playoffs […]
The New England Revolution defeated the Montreal Impact 1-0 in the season finale Sunday evening. The victory means the Revolution end the season with a 10-13-11 record and eighth in the Eastern Conference. Here are three takeaways from New England’s performance: Fagundez finishes season – maybe Revs career – with bang No one saw the news […]
Sporting Kansas City won the West, and clinched home field advantage on that side of the MLS playoffs, with its 2-1 win over Los Angeles FC Sunday. Here are three things we learned from the Decision Day match: “Playing for a tie” might as well be a string of curse words Had Kansas City’s 1-1 […]
Orlando City coach James O’Connor started planning for the 2019 season six weeks ago. He has no interest in dwelling on his first half-season with Orlando City. He went 2-12-3 at the helm and – because he hasn’t already been fired – is ready to hit the ground running preparing for next season. O’Connor said […]
Playing more than 30 minutes down a man during a road trip in the MLS playoffs is not ideal. That’s exactly what the Portland Timbers had to do when defender Larrys Mabiala was ejected in the 58th minute for denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. Fortunately, the Timbers advanced anyway with a 2-1 win over FC […]