[bc_video video_id=”5750941754001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] HARRISON, N.J. — Here are three things we learned from the New York Red Bulls 3-1 win over Club Tijuana that advanced them to the Concacaf Champions League semifinals 5-1 on aggregate Tuesday night. Adams and Valot provide calming influence Bradley Wright-Phillips sensed […]
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Portland Timbers defender Zarek Valentin has had plenty of ups and downs in his seven years as a professional soccer player. But he said that Portland’s 4-0 loss to the New York Red Bulls Saturday was one of the worst defeats that he has experienced in his career. “It’s embarrassing,” Valentin said. “It was probably one of my worst losses as a […]
HARRISON, N.J. — The last thing the New York Red Bulls needed Tuesday night was to concede early, to give Club Tijuana a glimmer of hope with an all-important away goal. Yet, there they were trailing in the second leg of the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinals after Luis Mendoza scored for Xolos, cutting the Red […]
There is one big reason Toronto FC likes its chances in these tight knockout games. They will, more often than not, win a few free kicks within 30 yards of the goal. And when they do, their odds of scoring might be better than any team in the world thanks to Sebastian Giovinco. Giovinco netted […]
Bertrand Owundi Eko’o wasn’t hard to pick out at Minnesota United practice Tuesday at the National Sports Center. The Cameroonian center back, at 6-2. 190 pounds, is easily one of the biggest guys on the team. After some paperwork hold ups delayed the defender’s announcement and arrival, Owundi Eko’o is here and ready to add […]
Any time a struggling sports team is threatened with relocation over off-the-field issues, fans of other struggling teams look around and wonder whether their franchise could be next. In Major League Soccer right now, the threatened team is the Columbus Crew. Their owner has been making very public and very loud overtures to Austin, Texas, […]
FC Dallas’ newcomers continued to get acclimated this week as the club prepares for its next Major League Soccer match March 18 against Seattle. Dallas actively signed players during the offseason in an effort to revamp the roster after a poor 2017 campaign. The team added players from Europe, including left back Anton Nedyalkov and […]
[bc_video video_id=”5749157786001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] Orlando City opened its season with two matches at home and came away with just one point. It’s not the start the newly-constructed Lions wanted, but with 32 games and about seven months left in the season, midfielder Will Johnson said no one is […]
[bc_video video_id=”5750712706001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] NEW YORK — The gap is shrinking. The heads of Major League Soccer and Mexico’s Liga MX agreed Tuesday morning, but MLS commissioner Don Garber isn’t quite ready to declare victory. The New York Red Bulls, Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders FC each […]
[bc_video video_id=”5750725387001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] NEW YORK — Inside Major League Soccer’s headquarters on 5th Avenue, commissioner Don Garber and Liga MX president Enrique Bonilla met with a small group of journalists to discuss an agreement years in the making. “What it’s really about is how can we work with […]