MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact will get their first glimpse of the new, tighter MLS schedule this week. The bleu-blanc-noir are traveling to play D.C. United Tuesday night, four days after drawing New York City FC 0-0. “For me, personally, I like that,” Zakaria Diallo said about the team’s situation. “I love stringing games every […]
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The New England Revolution fell to Columbus Crew SC 1-0 Saturday night. The result brings the Revolution to 1-4-1 on the young season. Here are three takeaways on New England’s performance: There’s more to a game than a offside non-call The lone breakthrough in this game involved some controversy. Referee Rubiel Vazquez called a generous […]
Sporting Kansas City came back from getting thrashed 5-0 in Concacaf Champions League play this week to draw FC Cincinnati 1-1 on the road Sunday. Here are three things we learned from Sunday’s match: That much-talked-about SKC depth can get results Kansas City started against Cincinnati with dramatic lineup changes from Thursday’s CCL match in […]
LOS ANGELES — From the beginning last season, Carlos Vela and Diego Rossi have always been the vital one-two punch for LAFC. Rossi attacks from the left. Vela from the right. They rarely have high-scoring games at once, but when Rossi is hot, Vela is more than happy to dish for him, and vice versa. […]
Los Angeles FC is the clear-cut favorite to win MLS Cup through six weeks of the 2019 season. This isn’t a team overhyped because it started strong. This isn’t a potential contender exceeding expectations. This is a juggernaut built by one of the best American managers ever that is ready to steamroll all of its […]
Orlando City got its first home win of the 2019 season, defeating the Colorado Rapids 4-3 at Orlando City Stadium. Here are three takeaways from the match: Defensive lapses The Lions are still leaking goals at an alarming rate, particularly when in a four-back formation. The Lions were down inside of 10 minutes after Kei […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The World Cup must be getting close, because Carli Lloyd is looking dangerous. The 2015 World Cup star scored her first two goals of the year in the opening 19 minutes of the U.S. women’s national team’s 6-0 thrashing of Belgium in an exhibition on Sunday night. Lindsey Horan and Samantha […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — After a brutal first month of the season, in which they dropped all four games and shipped 14 goals to opponents, the San Jose Earthquakes were looking for any ray of hope on Saturday against the Portland Timbers. In the glow of the setting California sun at Avaya Stadium, they got […]
CINCINNATI — Darren Mattocks’ 19th-minute penalty was canceled out by a second-half defensive mix-up, and FC Cincinnati drew 1-1 with Sporting Kansas City on Sunday afternoon. Looking to rebound from a disappointing loss to Philadelphia at home last weekend, FC Cincinnati started brightly. The Orange and Blue jumped out to an early lead from the […]
CHESTER, Pa. — If Saturday night’s game between the Philadelphia Union and FC Dallas occurred in any other year of the Union’s existence, the club likely would have left the field with a loss or draw. But this is a different Union team than ever seen before. This is a team that works hard for […]