Timbers Score Season’s First Win Against Chivas USA in US Open Cup Play-In

By James Morgan The Portland Timbers won their first victory of the season Tuesday night in a Lamar Hunt US Open Cup play-in against Chivas USA.  The match was marked by traditional brutal Pacific Northwest weather and a plethora of fouls, but ended well for the Timbers as both Jack Jewsbury and Eric Brunner found [...]

Adios to a legend

By Rodney Ballantine The evolution of Sevilla has already started, with the club looking to start again, after a period of years that has reaped great rewards for the team on the pitch in the shape of cups, top four placed finishes in the league and their subsequent appearances in Europe’s top competition the Champions [...]

Sounders FC to Host Manchester United on July 20

Seattle Sounders FC will host Manchester United, winners of a record 11 English Premier League titles and three European championships, on Wednesday, July 20, on the Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field, it was announced today. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. (PT).  The presenting partners for the Sounders FC international friendly match are AT&T and [...]

England Equipped to take the Euro 2012

By Jennifer Juneau The England national anthem sung by Miss Wales hardly rang through the stands at Millennium Stadium on 26TH of March; a booing crowd drowned out the notes as if they would make the England national team itself disappear. England goalkeeper Joe Hart couldn’t keep from smirking—boos only made the team that much [...]

Portland Timbers bumpy start

By James Morgan Despite racking up their second MLS defeat with a 2-0 loss to Toronto FC on Saturday, the Portland Timbers looked an improved side over the one that took a solid drubbing at Colorado last week.  While acknowledging that the Timbers are still very much a work-in-progress, coach John Spencer said of the [...]

TFC’s Victory over the Timbers Continues Home Field Dominance

By Cory Schulz The home opener for Toronto FC was everything that Aron Winter, the players as well as the 20, 086 supporters at BMO Field could have hopedfor; a convincing 2-0 win over expansion side, Portland Timbers.  After a disappointing 4-2 loss at the hands of their new Canadian MLS rivals last week, Toronto [...]

Stalling out the gate: Winter gets back four selection wrong as Toronto FC falls 4-2 to Vancouver

By: Mike Newell At the beginning of the pre-season, much was made of Aron Winter‘s new approach to TFC’s on pitch tactics. He preached a possession game utilizing a 4-3-3 formation, with an emphasis on passing and good decision making with the ball. Most supporters and journalists who followed the club and knew the makeup [...]

Crew Home Opener Ends in Disappointing Draw

By John Blakely 149. That’s how many days it had been since supporters of the Black and Gold were able to yell, cheer, and generally go bonkers for their Columbus Crew. Theoretically that would have changed yesterday, as the Crew hosted the NY Red Bulls in their home opener. The crew that took the field [...]

Slovakia Take Key Step Toward Euro Qualification

By Maura Gladys Slovakia grabbed the world’s attention in last summer’s World Cup when they upset defending champion Italy to advance to the Round of 16 in the country’s first appearance in a major world tournament. Now, they’re on a quest to prove that that unlikely run was not a fluke and that they have [...]

Ruiz scores in Philadelphia’s 2011 Home Opener Against Vancouver

By: Todd Kurpel While the match may not have played out the way the Philadelphia Union hoped, the team still walked away with the result they were looking for as they earned three more points by defeating the Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0 on Saturday, March 26th. Carlos Ruiz scored the lone goal in the team’s home [...]

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