Robert Hay

The game was called the biggest matchup of the early season by ESPN's Adrian Healey in the pregame. While this may have been an overstatement, yesterday's match featured two teams that during the preseason many had as the best in their respective conferences. After 90 minutes, only one looked like an MLS Cup contender. Sporting […]

Over 15,000 vocal fans packed RFK Stadium yesterday to see an inter-coastal rivalry renewed for the only time this year, and both sets of supporters walked away satisfied as on the pitch the two teams battled to a 0-0 draw. Despite the lack of scoring, the game was an up-tempo one that either team could have taken […]

Serie A could be in danger of exploding in scandal once again, and this time the damage could be even more lasting. To recap, earlier this week Atalanta defender Andrea Masiello was arrested on charges of match-fixing while playing for A.S. Bari in 2011. While Masiello was the only once arrested, police are also investigating eight […]

Welcome to this week's Monday Morning Sweeper, the new name for our weekly Monday column rehashing all of the action from this weekend in MLS. If you remember last week's column, we are trying to make this feature different and entertaining while still getting you caught up on all of the action that occurred on […]

The atmosphere was charged in historic RFK Stadium as two teams on opposite sides of the standings faced off in front of a national TV audience. DC United was winless in their first three matches and had scored one goal; the Black and Red were looking for an elusive home win to set their season […]

You may have noticed when you visited the site today a new tab on the top of your page called "Summer Friendlies Schedule". With the recent announcements of a number of high-profile friendlies, the summer exhibition schedule is quickly coming together for many MLS and European teams. One of my biggest frustrations as a […]

Tonight the U.S. was dumped out of the 2012 Olympics in heart breaking fashion, giving up a very late goal in stoppage time that knotted the score at 3-3. The U.S. finished third in Group A and, as a result, does not advance to the semifinals. Earl Reed,Chris Webb, and I chatted about the result […]

[NB 1 This is the first of what we hope will become a popular weekly column about MLS. There are many places you can go to get a rote review of the weekend, along with who won and lost. Our goal for this column is to put the entire weekend in perspective, as well as […]

(Note: we were unable to do a post-game chat for this game at the last minute; however, please join us Monday for the critical last group stage match and post-game analysis) All of the warm fuzzies after Thursday's thrashing of Cuba have vanished. The Yanks suffered a major upset this evening, falling to their rivals […]

Be here at 11 PM EDT on Thursday, March 22 to join our post-match analysis of the USA v. Cuba U-23 Olympic qualifier.

We here at MLS Talk are guilty of one thing: we like to try new things. We've had some successes and failures over the years, but we are trying new ways to not only provide important information about the matches that occur (like strategy and analysis) but new ways to bring the U.S. soccer community […]

Watching the video of the Timbers Army sing the National Anthem again and how much attention that gets in mainstream sports media made me think about what an opportunity MLS has to wedge into the American sports mainstream. People flinch at the stereotypical soccer hooligans but one of the things that I have heard from colleagues that […]

For the first seventy minutes of yesterday's First Kick match-up between the Galaxy and RSL, the predictions about the amazing 2012 Galaxy season looked like they were more than just hype. Only the crossbar and some timely RSL defending denied the Galaxy a multi-goal lead and the defense looked shaky but solid. When Edson Buddle converted a […]

Who says you can't go home? Manassas, VA native C.J. Sapong headed a corner kick into the net in the 93rd minute to help Sporting Kansas City notch a 1-0 road victory over DC United. While KC had a majority of the possession and at times looked ready to take the lead throughout, this game […]

The greatest time of the year has finally come. After weeks of previewing the teams, we are a day away from the beginning of the MLS season. Looking ahead to 2012, some things have stayed the same (star-powered LA Galaxy, new playoff format again, ESPN games of the week) and some things have changes (new […]