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/ 3257 days agoThe more FIFA changes, the more it stays the same
Over a span of four months, from October 2015 to January 2016, the FIFA Ethics Committee removed the three most powerful men in football – Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke, and Michel Platini – from office, and banned them from the game. It was an extremely hopeful stretch in the dark history of the world’s governing […]
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/ 3267 days ago10 things we learned from MLS gameweek 9 of the 2017 season
Here are the ten things we learned from Week 9 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. Dax McCarty Returns To New York Dax McCarty made his first trip back to Red Bull Arena as a member of the Chicago Fire on Saturday afternoon, and a fantastic Red Bulls crowd of almost 23,000 gave him a […]
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/ 3274 days ago10 things we learned from MLS gameweek 8 of the 2017 season
Here are the ten things we learned from Week 8 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. A Triumphant Return to NYC For Kreis Orlando City is top of the Eastern Conference, and their manager Jason Kreis couldn’t be sitting prettier. The Lions beat New York City 2-1 on Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium in Kreis’ […]
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/ 3281 days ago10 things we learned from MLS gameweek 7 of the 2017 season
Here are the ten things we learned from Week 7 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. Orlando Puts On A Show There’s something pretty special going on in Orlando. The Lions have turned heads from the moment they entered MLS with Kaka and a sellout crowd of more than 60,000 at the Citrus Bowl, but […]
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/ 3288 days ago10 things we learned from MLS gameweek 6 of the 2017 season
Here are the ten things we learned from Week 6 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. Changed Calculus For Orlando Orlando City was plenty entertaining during their first two years in MLS, but their inability to do two things – play defense and win home games – meant that they were never a legitimate contender. […]
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/ 3295 days ago10 things we learned from MLS gameweek 5 of the 2017 season
Here are the ten things we learned from Week 5 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. An Unusually Busy March Week There is more pressure to win in MLS in 2017 than we’ve ever seen before, and that’s how – just four weeks into the season – you get a week like the one we […]
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/ 3309 days ago10 things we learned from MLS gameweek 3 of the 2017 season
Here are the ten things we learned from Week 3 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. Timbers Continue To Fly High The best game of the weekend was at Providence Park on Saturday night, and, though 45 minutes, the Houston Dynamo were stealing the show. At halftime, they deservedly led 2-1 behind goals from Cubo […]
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/ 3316 days ago10 things we learned from gameweek 2 of the 2017 MLS season
Here are the ten things we learned from Week 2 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. Nightmare Pt. 2 For Minnesota Minnesota United made their MLS home debut in a blizzard on Sunday afternoon in front of more than 35,000 fans at TCF Bank Stadium, and, somehow, managed to get beat worse than they did […]
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/ 3323 days ago10 things we learned from MLS gameweek 1 of the 2017 season
Here are the ten things we learned from Week 1 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. Plenty To Be Excited About as MLS’ 22nd Season Kicks Off MLS’ 22nd season kicked off on Friday night in Portland, and its opening weekend included the debuts of two new teams, the opening of a gorgeous new stadium […]
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/ 3334 days ago2017 MLS season preview and predictions
The MLS offseason is drawing to a close, with opening day in Portland less than two weeks away. After an exciting 2016 season, MLS sees two new teams join the league for 2017 with Atlanta United and Minnesota United making their debuts. Here is a preview of the season to come as well as predictions […]
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/ 3353 days agoPlayer ratings for USA's victory against Jamaica in international friendly
The United States ended its January camp on a high note, beating Jamaica 1-0 in Chattanooga, Tennessee for Bruce Arena’s first win of his second spell in charge of the national team. Here are the player ratings. Luis Robles, 6 – Wasn’t called upon often in his 45 minutes, but made a good play on […]
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/ 3355 days agoMinnesota United not doing enough to be competitive in MLS
There are two expansion sets readying to enter to MLS this year. Chances are, you’ve heard plenty about one of them. Maybe it has something to do with Donald Trump and John Lewis, but all of the sudden, everything is coming up Atlanta. The Falcons are in the Super Bowl. The TV series bearing the […]
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/ 3358 days agoPlayer ratings for USA vs. Serbia international friendly
At the back end of an unusually upbeat January camp, the first game of Bruce Arena’s spell in charge of the US national team ended in a 0-0 draw against Serbia at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. The US plays again – their last match before a crucial March World Cup qualifier against Honduras – […]
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/ 3369 days agoWill Johnson’s last stand at Orlando City SC
It’s been a tumultuous two years for Will Johnson. On September 27th of 2014, Johnson, then the Portland Timbers’ captain, collided with Toronto FC defender Mark Bloom less than a minute into a game at BMO Field in Johnson’s hometown of Toronto and broke his right leg. Johnson wouldn’t play first-team football again until May […]
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/ 3377 days agoWorld Cup will suffer for FIFA’s misguided expansion
When the small Caribbean country of Trinidad and Tobago qualified for its first World Cup in November of 2005, the nation’s Prime Minister Patrick Manning declared a national holiday. That same year, when the African country of Cote d’Ivoire qualified for its first finals, the country’s Civil War ground to a halt as its President […]