Robert Hay

Wednesday night is quietly becoming a great night for MLS. Over the past few weeks the league has put some very good matches on with some compelling story lines. This week is no different, as tonight we will see two teams with drastically different styles face off as they try to continue their climbs up […]

Another week, another MLS star goes down with broken bones. This time it was Javier Morales who is out for months after Marcos Mondaini made an aggressive challenge on the midfielder in front of the Chivas net. Morales cut back towards the goal from the wing and Mondaini, beaten on the play, went to ground […]

From the pre-game Friday night to the waning minutes of the late Saturday game, MLS provided a number of compelling story lines for the American soccer fan. Soccer Night in America received at least tepid praise from most commentators (see our review here) and the Los Angeles/New York match up was excellent all around, even […]

Ah, the annual rite of spring. Yesterday, the MLS Players Union released the list of MLS players' salaries for the year, a great time for fans to see who is making what. Inevitably, there are surprises that so and so is making a lot less than they are worth while some underachieving star (cough cough […]

One would be tempted to overlook the two matches going on tonight in MLS and focus on an incredible slate of games this weekend, with LA/NY as the headliner. To do so would be to miss some important storylines as the four teams taking the pitch tonight are all in a critical stretch of games […]

Looking to beef up their MLS coverage and stand out from ESPN, Fox Soccer Channel today unveiled their new theme for their weekly MLS game. Calling it "Soccer Night in America", the new program includes enhanced graphics, a new set, and a jazzed up marketing campaign to draw attention to the game of the week. […]

Seven or eight games into the season and teams begin to take a hard look at their position at the table. It's still too early to declare teams out of the race especially with a 34 game schedule, but the table is beginning to shake out and as the next few weeks go by, teams […]

Dorothy Gale gave sage advice to any MLS team: there's no place like home. Every home team in MLS got at least a point this weekend, showing that there is an advantage to playing in front of hometown fans. What that meant for the standings is that when the dust cleared, LA stood atop the […]

Quite possibly this has been one of the darkest weeks in MLS in a long time. David Ferreira is gone for a while, Steve Zakuani's situation is even worse, the league handed out the longest suspension in its history, Seattle is suffering even more with O'Brian White's surgery, and RSL suffered a gut-punch defeat. All […]

MLS has handed down the punishment for last weekend's tackle by Brian Mullan that broke Steve Zakuani's leg, and it's a doosy. The league suspended the veteran midfielder for an additional 9 games on top of his one game red card suspension and fined him $5,000 (plus $250 for the red card). The suspension is […]

This weekend, Tony Tchani became the latest victim of one of the dumbest soccer rules on the books. After scoring his goal for a Toronto franchise that is probably at its lowest point, he ran off the pitch and jumped up to the stands to celebrate with the fans. Already sitting on a yellow card, […]

A great weekend for MLS soccer was overshadowed by some high-profile injuries that may close the door on some struggling teams. Meanwhile, the top of the pack looked stronger: Donovan's return coupled with New York's victory Thursday has two of the big name teams clicking on all cylinders at the moment and threatening to open a divide in […]

It was an underwhelming display last night, but the Seattle Sounders held on to defeat the home-team Colorado Rapids 1-0, despite having a man advantage the entire match. Colorado played an aggressive game, pressing throughout while Seattle was content to use their man advantage and hit on the counter. Obviously the key to this match […]

For your viewing pleasure, above is the video of Juan Agudelo scoring the goal of the year so far in Major League Soccer. Every time there is a story or interview saying Americans should temper their enthusiasm for him and hold off on predicting greatness, he does stuff like this. Enjoy him while you can […]

On March 19, the Columbus Crew dejectedly walked out of RFK Stadium in Washington on the wrong side of a 3-1 game. The team allowed two Charlie Davies goals (one a penalty kick) and looked outclassed, out played, and in for a long season. The result came after they were shown the door from the […]