Robert Hay

In their last seven MLS games, Seattle has lost four matches and drawn three, falling from near the top of the Western Conference to fourth in the conference, a point behind Cascadia rivals Vancouver but with the Galaxy in their rear view mirror. What's the reason for this mess? Is it something more than a […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy's come-from-behind 3-2 win at Rio Tinto Stadium this week sent the MLS crowd into a frenzy, proclaiming "The Galaxy are back!" and "they are who we thought they were!". To be honest, some of this was occurring as early as last Sunday on the heels of LA's win over a struggling […]

For Toronto and Philadelphia, the "international break" was an opportunity for renewal and revival. Both teams had miserable starts to the season but both still were in shouting distance of fifth place in the Eastern Conference. For the Union, the Nowak era was loudly coming to an end as popular players were slowly being shipped […]

To be blunt, the U.S. national team will probably face a stiffer challenge from the weather than from their opponents in their opening match of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. Antigua & Barbuda has a population small enough to fit inside the venue for the match, Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. And when your team […]

Longtime MLS watchers and DC sports fans know that every year a hot rumor about DC United's stadium situation begins to make the rounds, only for that rumor to fall apart and the team move ever closer to leaving the nation's capital. Last year, it was Upper Marlboro and the University of Maryland that seemingly […]

For at least the next three weeks, a new team will be sitting in first place in the Eastern Conference, as DC United took down the New England Revolution 3-2 tonight at RFK Stadium. The win moves DC a point ahead of New York and, with MLS taking a break until June 16, DC fans […]

The MLS Players Union today released their annual list of players' salaries for the current contract year. You can see the team-by-team breakdown here and Steven Goff lists the top 25 base salaried players here. Salaries on the union site are broken down into base salary and compensation, which includes all of the bonuses and […]

Please enjoy a slightly late and abbreviated Monday Morning Sweeper......... Chivas rules SuperClasico The "SuperClasico" has never been a real rivalry, but more of a grudge match where the "younger brother" constantly falls to the older, more successful brother on their shared home field. Home Depot Center feels more like the House that Beckham Built […]

Apologies, folks, but Monday Morning Sweeper has to take another week off. But fear not, because to try and make it up to you, here are the top fives goals of the weekend that was in MLS. 5. David Beckham does what he does best to draw the Galaxy even with Montreal 4. Sebastian Miranda […]

Canadian Teams Setting New Milestones, Both Good and Bad Canada is the center of the MLS world this week after the results by Montreal and Toronto on Saturday. The Impact continued to add to the team's MLS history with their first shutout by defeating the visiting Portland Timbers 2-0. While the game itself was kind […]

New York Defense Reaches New Lows After his team's 4-1 thrashing of the New York Red Bull, Ben Olsen called Chris Pontius' potential as a forward "scary". You can't blame him for his word choice as Pontius, just coming back from a broken leg suffered last season, has now scored 4 goals in eight games […]

There were only two Wednesday MLS games this week and they seemingly had little in common. The results, however, were all about streaks that were on the line in the games. Both streaks are amazing in their own way and both are continuing at least through the weekend. The early game saw the Montreal Impact […]

MLS Review Policy to be Tested this Week Over the past few weeks, MLS players midweek have been issued suspensions or fines by the league for actions that occurred in the past. The league's new policy of reviewing harsh fouls and plays have led to the main office retroactively punishing players for deeds that were […]

All of the hype and eyes of the American soccer community will be on MLS Live Saturday night (yes, someone forgot to negotiate this game into NBC or ESPN's deal) as Sporting Kansas City host Real Salt Lake in the Battle of First Place Teams. With both teams playing so well, the hype is justified […]

Sporting Kansas City is for Real... for Now You can reel off the excuses arguing against the early dominance of Sporting Kansas City. Their opponents so far are only 8-13-3. The Galaxy team they faced on Saturday was missing key midfield clog David Beckham. They've only had two road trips, to DC (poor home record) […]