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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MLS Weekend Recap

Posted on August 10, 2008 - Filed Under Chicago Fire, Chivas, Colorado Rapids, DC United, Kansas City Wizards, MLS, NY Red Bulls, Revolution, Toronto FC | Leave a Comment

A look at the week 19 in Major League soccer where NY Red Bulls upset DC United.

New York 4, DC United 1

Juan Pablo Angel scored two goals to lead the New York Red Bulls to a surprising 4-1 win over D.C. United on Sunday.

Sinisa Ubiparipovic added his first career MLS goal and Mike Magee also scored for the Red Bulls (6-6-7), who snapped a five-game winless streak.

“It was a must-win game because of the circumstances,” Angel said. “I think it was extremely important for us to get a positive result.”

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Major League Soccer Weekend Review

Posted on July 28, 2008 - Filed Under Chicago Fire, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, FC Dallas, Kansas City Wizards, LA Galaxy, MLS, NY Red Bulls, San Jose | Leave a Comment

Limited schedule ion Major League Soccer this weekend with the bog shock occurring on Dallas where FC Dallas hammered Beckham and the Galaxy 4-0 in front of a sell-out crowd.

FC Dallas 4, LA Galaxy 0

After going winless in MLS play since mid-June, FC Dallas finally decided enough was enough. Kenny Cooper scored twice in the first 17 minutes, Dominic Oduro scored his fifth goal of the season and Abe Thompson came off the bench to add another tally as FC Dallas blasted the Los Angeles Galaxy, 4-0, at Pizza Hut Park.

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Unbeaten Battle Tonight in Kansas City

Posted on July 27, 2008 - Filed Under Chicago Fire, Kansas City Wizards, MLS | Leave a Comment

The KC Wizards host the Chicago Fire tonight at 8 p.m. ET in MLS Week 18 action.  The Wizards are enjoying a six-game unbeaten streak.  The Fire also sport an unbeaten record from the last four games with a win and three draws.  Separated by only four points in the Eastern conference standings, the Wizards could move into fourth place with a victory. 

Kansas City is lead by MLS All-Star captain Jimmy Conrad.  The defender has four goals and has logged 1440 minutes in the team’s 16 games.  Forward Claudio Lopez has three goals and three assists.  The Argentine in second on the team with a total of 1426 minutes played from 16 games.  Recent addition Josh Wolff scored in his return game against the Columbus Crew.  That goal from the Wizards legend preserved the team’s unbeaten streak.

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MLS Weekend Recap

Posted on July 13, 2008 - Filed Under Chicago Fire, Chivas, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, Kansas City Wizards, LA Galaxy, NY Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake, San Jose, Toronto FC | Leave a Comment

Recap of this weekend’s games in Major League Soccer which saw two MLS shown red cards.

Earthquakes 1, Colorado 1
Ryan Johnson’s second-half goal broke a long scoring drought for the last place San Jose Earthquakes, but Conor Casey scored minutes later to lift the Colorado Rapids into a 1-1 tie Saturday.

Johnson ended the Earthquake’s 281-minute scoreless run in the 62nd minute for San Jose (3-10-3), winless in six matches.

The physical and defensive match featured only two corner kicks, seven shots and six yellow cards, all in the second half. San Jose coach Frank Yallop was ejected for arguing against Casey’s goal. The Rapids (6-8-2) broke a five-game losing streak on the road. San Jose has an MLS-low 11 goals this season.

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NE Revolution Top L.A. Galaxy

Posted on July 5, 2008 - Filed Under Chicago Fire, Chivas, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, FC Dallas, Kansas City Wizards, LA Galaxy, MLS, NY Red Bulls, Revolution, San Jose | Leave a Comment

I turned on Sky Sports this morning and the lead headline was that the New England Revolutuon had beaten David Beckham and the L.A. Galaxy 2-1 in a battle of the top teams in MLS. I must admit, I almost fell of my chair when I saws the headline.

Here are the game summaries from this week’s MLS games.

New England 2, Los Angeles 1
Adam Cristman scored two goals as the New England Revolution held on for a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Friday. Cristman opened the scoring with an unassisted tally in the 33rd minute and then doubled the advantage four minutes later with his career-high sixth goal of the season to give the Revolution a 2-0 advantage.

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Good Week For The Minnows

Posted on July 2, 2008 - Filed Under Kansas City Wizards, MLS, Revolution | Leave a Comment

This is U.S. Open Cup week in America. The U.S. Open Cup is the America equivalent of the F.A. Cup and this years edition is seeing as many surprises as the F.A. Cup.

This week saw three MLS teams get knocked out of the tournament (New York Red Bulls, Houston Dynamo and Chivas USA) while the Kansas City Wizards and FC Dallas had to come from behind to scratch out a win.

The full results were:

• Crystal Palace Baltimore 2, New York Red Bulls 0
• New England Revolution 3, Richmond Kickers 0
• Chicago Fire 4, Cleveland City Stars 1

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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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