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D.C. United travels to New York Red Bulls for second leg of the Atlantic Cup

WASHINGTON — D.C. United travels north for the second leg of the Atlantic Cup against New York Red Bulls Sunday with a renewed energy. “Everyone is playing up to the level that they need for us to be successful,” coach Ben Olsen said. “That has not been the case earlier in the season.” United is […]

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LA Galaxy Los Angeles FC

Third El Trafico ends in 1-1 draw, Zlatan hits 499 career goals

CARSON, Calif. — The LA Galaxy hosted Los Angeles FC, posting a 1-1 draw in the third and final 2018 iteration of El Trafico Saturday night in front of sellout announced crowd of 27,068 at the StubHub Center.  Heading into the match, the Galaxy knew they would be without their three designated players — Romain […]

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Atlanta United FC Orlando City SC

Watch It: Josef Martinez breaks MLS single-season scoring record

Atlanta United forward Josef Martinez made history Friday night in Orlando, breaking the MLS single-season scoring record. After a relatively slow first half, Martinez weave through a group of Lions and chipped the ball over the head of Orlando City goalkeeper Joe Bendik, delivering the game-winner in the 74th minute and setting the MLS scoring […]

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Atlanta United FC Orlando City SC

Orlando City falls to Atlanta United as Josef Martinez sets MLS scoring record

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Orlando Pride

Orlando Pride hope to avoid another collapse in must-win match against Chicago Red Stars

During most of the 2018 season, Orlando Pride coach Tom Sermanni has watched his team play well in bursts. Sometimes, those bursts have been enough to win matches. The Pride’s past two matches, however, have been examples of opposing clubs pouncing when those bursts aren’t sustained. Problems have snowballed into losses for Orlando this season, […]

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San Jose Earthquakes

Recent results have San Jose Earthquakes confident they can break record winless streak at Avaya Stadium

SAN JOSE, Calif. — It’s been 173 days and counting since the San Jose Earthquakes have earned a win at Avaya Stadium: a shocking, but all too illustrative, statistic that encapsulates the struggles of their 2018 season. However, after earning a comeback draw against Toronto FC last weekend, a game the numbers suggest they should […]

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D.C. United News

D.C. United goalkeeper David Ousted out for minimum six weeks

WASHINGTON–D.C. United goalkeeper David Ousted will miss a minimum six weeks after surgery on his left elbow, a team official told Pro Soccer USA. Ousted was United’s starter for the majority of the 2018 season before the re-acquisition of homegrown goalkeeper Bill Hamid, who is on loan from FC Midtjylland. United acquired Ousted in the offseason […]

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New York City FC

NYCFC shape of things: Dome Torrent’s tactics prevail

[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”366″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Although the result failed to register three points in the Eastern Conference Standings, the 1-1 draw on Wednesday night in the Hudson River Derby was a triumph for New York City FC. “Sometimes you need a game like that when you are in a […]

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Texas Derby between FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo ends in another 1-1 draw

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Bundesliga Preview: North American soccer stars to watch in Germany

The German Bundesliga league will kick off on Friday with the top match between current champions Bayern Munich and title challengers 1899 Hoffenheim.  Bayern Munich, in particular, has been in the spotlight in North America. The record-setting Bundesliga champions not only participated in the International Champions Cup in the United States this summer, but the […]