Major League Soccer Weekend Recap

Posted on August 17, 2008 - Filed Under Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, DC United, Houston, Kansas City Wizards, MLS, NY Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake, Revolution, Toronto FC | Leave a Comment

A look at the scores and match reports from this weekend’s games in Major League Soccer.

Columbus 2 FC Dallas 1
Jeff Cunningham became the fourth player in MLS history to reach 100 goals when he scored in his first game for FC Dallas, but midfielders Brian Carroll and Brad Evans netted second-half goals to give the Crew a 2-1 win Saturday night.

Cunningham’s 35th-minute tally was his first for Dallas since being acquired from Toronto FC Aug. 8. It also was his first goal against the team for which he played eight seasons.

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Revolution Take First Step Towards Triple Crown

Posted on August 6, 2008 - Filed Under Houston, Revolution | Leave a Comment

Sir Alex can talk about winning the double this year but New England Revolution coach Steve Nichol is trying to do him one better by winning the triple. The first leg in the triple was the SuperLiga championship which New England won 3-2 last night in a penalty shoot-out with  the Houston Dynamo.

Houston had beaten the New England Revolution in past two MLS Championship matches so it was not a surprise when Nate Jacqua opened the scoring for the Dynamo in the 18th minute. NE tied the game up might before half-time when Steve Ralston scored.

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Is Real Salt Lake’s Game for Real?

Posted on July 30, 2008 - Filed Under Houston, MLS, Real Salt Lake, Toronto FC | 1 Comment

Toronto FC watched an opportunity for a precious away point dissolve with Robbie Findley’s late strike during Major League Soccer’s recent edition of Monday Night Football.  While this storyline was important, especially when looking at the crowded Eastern Conference, the most amazing part of the evening was the fact that Real Salt Lake now sits in first place in the Western Conference four points above the Houston Dynamo.   With 27 points, RSL has as many points this season in 19 games as the team had from all of last season.  That is awesome.

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Houston Advances into SuperLiga Semi-Finals

Posted on July 20, 2008 - Filed Under Chivas, DC United, Houston, MLS, Revolution | Leave a Comment

The Houston Dynamo cruised to a 3-1 victory over the DC United aided by former United star Bobby Boswell who scored one of the team’s three goals.  Ricardo Clark and Stuart Holden also scored for the two-time MLS champions.  Houston now advances to play the second-place finisher from Group B in the semi-finals.  Out of the four MLS representatives, the Dynamo look like the superior team. 

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Major League Soccer Weekend Review

Posted on June 29, 2008 - Filed Under Chicago Fire, Chivas, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, DC United, FC Dallas, Houston, Kansas City Wizards, LA Galaxy, MLS, NY Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake, Revolution, San Jose, Toronto FC | Leave a Comment

By winning against Toronto, the New England Revolutuon assured thta they will have the best record in the east at the half way point of the season and that Revolutuoiin coach Steve Nicol will coach the MLS All-Stars against West Ham United FC of the English Premier League on July 24

Dynamo, FC Dallas tie 1-1
Kenny Cooper scored in the 62nd minute to help FC Dallas tie the Houston Dynamo 1-1 on Thursday night. It was the third time this season FC Dallas and Houston have played to a tie. Brian Ching’s sixth goal in seven games gave Houston (4-4-7, 19 points) the lead before Cooper tied it up.

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MLS Weekend Roundup

Posted on June 21, 2008 - Filed Under Chicago Fire, Chivas, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, FC Dallas, Houston, Kansas City Wizards, LA Galaxy, MLS, NY Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake, Revolution, San Jose, Toronto FC | Leave a Comment

Recap of this weekends games in major league soccer.

Chivas 2 Chicago 1

Sacha Kljestan and Justin Braun scored first-half goals to lead Chivas to a 2-0 upset victory over the Chicago Fire on Thursday night. The victory snapped a two-game losing streak for Chivas (5-6-2), which had been shut out by identical 1-0 scores and had failed to register a goal for 275 minutes before Kljestan connected. U/S/ goalkeeper Brad Guzan made one save for his third shutout of the season and 23rd of his career.

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MLS Weekend Roundup

Posted on June 15, 2008 - Filed Under Chicago Fire, Chivas, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, DC United, FC Dallas, Houston, Kansas City Wizards, LA Galaxy, MLS, NY Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake, Revolution, San Jose, Toronto FC | Leave a Comment

Review of this weekends games in majoer league soccer. Can someone at MLS league offices tell me why the Wizards were playing their first home game in two months!

Toronto 3, Rapids 1
Rohan Ricketts scored his first two Major League Soccer goals as Toronto FC remained unbeaten at home with a 3-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night. Danny Dichio also scored for Toronto (6-4-2), which improved to 5-0-2 at home and won despite missing five starters to international assignments. The lone goal for Colorado (5-6-0) came in the 81st minute, when Christian Gomez connected on a free kick.

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Ferruzzi Ready for Lonestar State Showdown

Posted on May 28, 2008 - Filed Under FC Dallas, Houston, MLS | Leave a Comment

Tonight, the struggling Dynamo host the schizophrenic former Burn in a Texas State battle for steer-sized bragging rights. If HOU wins, they will get back to .500 on the season and vault past Dallas in the standings despite their ugly start. If Dallas wins, they will shake the HOU monkey off their back and seize control of 1st place in the West.

It’s as big a game as you can get this early in the year.

At the helm for Dallas is interim coach Marco Ferruzzi, who notched a win in his first game as head manager last week. Ferruzzi has been with Dallas for years and has been embraced by his players in Steve Morrow’s absence.

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Weekend MLS Review

Posted on May 25, 2008 - Filed Under Chicago Fire, Chivas, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, DC United, FC Dallas, Houston, Kansas City Wizards, LA Galaxy, MLS, NY Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake, Revolution, San Jose, Toronto FC | Leave a Comment

Another great weekend of Major League Soccer action. It began with a rare San Jose Earthquakes victory and included a 70 yard David Beckham empty net goal. Here are summaries of this weekends games.

D.C. United 3, Toronto FC 2

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De La Hoya Deal Close for Dynamo

Posted on February 26, 2008 - Filed Under Houston, MLS, News | 2 Comments

As mentioned in the Dynamo season preview a few weeks ago, all reports indicate that “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya will soon become part owner of the two-time defending MLS Cup champion Houston Dynamo.

According to recently published reports coming out of Houston, both De La Hoya and his business partner, Gabriel Brener, are each purchasing 25% of the team, leaving current owner AEG with the remaining 50%. Both De La Hoya and Brener will have to plop down an estimated $10 million though to get the deal done. That shouldn’t be a problem for Oscar though as he is, after all, the richest boxer in the history of the sport.

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