The Colorado Rapids snapped a seven-game losing streak on Saturday afternoon as goals from Yannick Boli (61’) and Niki Jackson (90+7’) led the visitors to a 2-0 win over Minnesota United at TCF Bank Stadium. Here are three takeaways from the Rapids’ 2-0 win. Cole to the fire Colorado Rapids homegrown Cole Bassett continued his […]
FRISCO, Texas — The United States women’s national team will look to clinch a spot in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup at 8 p.m. Sunday when it plays Jamaica in a Concacaf Women’s Championship semifinal match. The semifinals also include Canada and Panama in a 5 p.m. match. The winners of each match will […]
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – New England Revolution coach Brad Friedel says the club will undergo sweeping changes in the offseason. Friedel offered brief remarks about his team’s future following a 2-0 victory over Orlando City SC on Saturday night, hours after being eliminated from postseason contention for the third straight year. “Where we’re at, they’ll be […]
Orlando City’s slump into the offseason continued Saturday with a 2-0 loss to the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium. The shorthanded Lions, who were without several key players due to injuries and international duty, were shut out for the fifth consecutive match. Coach James O’Connor deployed a lineup without a true striker with star […]
WASHINGTON — D.C. United and “must-win” have become synonymous through a long final stretch of the MLS regular season. This week’s “must-win” game ended in a 1-0 victory over the Western Conference leader, FC Dallas Saturday at Audi Field. The win pushed United over the playoff line for the 2018 MLS playoffs in front of […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Two goals from the Colorado Rapids, two Minnesota United FC goals correctly overturned by video review, plus an added-time fracas further defined the dreariness of an overcast afternoon for an announced crowd of 19,733 in Minnesota. “It was arguably one of our worst performances of the season,” MNUFC head coach Adrian Heath said […]
Sacramento’s bid to land a Major League Soccer expansion franchise was handed a serious setback Friday, when MLS announced it was making progress with an ownership group that would keep the Columbus Crew in Ohio while also remaining committed to launching a franchise in Austin, Texas. That could mean that one of two expansion spots […]
FRISCO, Texas — For FC Dallas midfielder Jacori Hayes, Saturday’s match against D.C. United is more than a late-season clash in the nation’s capital. It’s a return home. For the first time in his professional career, Hayes will be returning to where it all started. He grew up playing sports in Bowie, Md., at the […]
LOS ANGELES — It started as a downpour in the 30th minute and swiftly became a deluge, filling the front rows with puddles, turning the grass into a marsh. The sky above the stands was white, as light filtered through the sheets of rain that tumbled into Banc of California Stadium. A flash of lightning […]
Orlando City coach James O’Connor is looking for consistency during the last four matches of the season. Throughout his short time as coach of the Lions, he’s seen decent passages of play. During Orlando City’s 2-0 loss to FC Dallas, for example, the Lions were solid through the first half before crumbling in the second […]