Here are three things we learned from Toronto FC’s 2-1 win over Tigres in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal Wednesday. 1. Toronto is a match for Mexico’s top club As just about everyone on the Toronto side was at pains to say after this game: it’s only halftime. TFC has ticked […]
Clint Dempsey scored a critical late goal for the Seattle Sounders in a tense CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal first leg against CD Guadalajara Wednesday night. The goal and subsequent clean sheet put Seattle on the front foot to advance in the tournament as the Sounders won 1-0 in front of an announced club Champions League-record […]
LA Galaxy midfielder Romain Alessandrini will not be available for this Saturday’s away match against New York City FC due to a right hamstring strain he sustained during the team’s 2-1 win Sunday against the Portland Timbers. “He went back to the doctor today, so we’ll have a better idea what the long-term prognosis is,” […]
It was a great start to the Vancouver Whitecaps season. The Caps defeated the Montreal Impact 2-1 at home with new signing Kei Kamara and teenage sensation Alphonso Davies scoring the goals. While the new signing and the wunderkind received much of the attention after the match, some of the accolades also need to go […]
It wasn’t the perfect result. But for now, Toronto FC is in front. And the Reds have proven they can hang with the best this competition has to offer. Jonathan Osorio continued his outstanding start to the season by netting an 89th-minute winner to secure a 2-1 win over reigning Liga MX champion Tigres in […]
DENVER – Entering their season opening clash with the New England Revolution on Saturday, the Colorado Rapids will be without one of their best defenders. Rapids centerback Kortne Ford will be out eight to 10 weeks with a sprained left medial collateral ligament (MCL), the club announced Wednesday. The injury occurred during a training session […]
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Harrison Afful’s 2018 with Crew SC got off to a stronger start than in 2017. It helped, first of all, that he was present. Afful and teammate Jonathan Mensah missed a significant chunk of preseason last year while playing for Ghana’s national team at the Africa Cup of Nations, missing training camp in Brazil and […]
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Darwin Cerén expected to get plenty of minutes this season with the Dynamo, but he was surprised to be called into action so early in last weekend’s season opener. Cerén played well in relief of the injured midfielder Juan David Cabezas, which was a good sign for the Dynamo because he’s likely to be called […]