Late Surge Not Enough for FC Dallas
By: Rees Linn The Portland Timbers handed FC Dallas their third loss of the young season in what was the two clubs’ first ever MLS meeting on Sunday. In front of their boisterous home supporters, Portland established a 3-0 lead by the 55th minute and then held off a late game surge by Dallas to [...]
Union Settle for Draw as Seattle Finds Equalizer Late
By: Todd Kurpel The Philadelphia Union had to settle for one point as the Seattle Sounders found the equalizer in stoppage time on a miserable day in the Philadelphia area to send the match to a 1-1 final. The horrible weather, which included heavy downpours and high winds, kept some fans from their seats, but [...]
Real Salt Lake Win with Last Gasp Goal
By: Jae Groll The theme of last minute goals in Rocky Mountain Cup games continued Wednesday night. On what can only be described as a miserable evening in Sandy Utah, Real Salt Lake beat the Colorado Rapids 1-0 on a last second goal from Fabian Espindola. The wind was blowing and the mix of snow [...]
Toronto FC Picks up First Point on the Road in Santa Clara
By: Cory Schulz Toronto FC picked up their first point on the road of this new season last Saturday as they tied the San Jose Earthquakes 1-1. Toronto has had previous success at Buck Shaw Stadium, outscoring the opposition 6-2 in the last two meetings. TFC Head Coach Aron Winter started the same starting eleven [...]
Sounders Post 2-1 Victory Over Visting Fire
By: Karen Watson SEATTLE – The Qwest Field confetti canon finally got a work out as the Sounders remained unbeaten against the Chicago Fire in a 2-1 victory while also picking up a valuable three points for the first time this season. Previous to today, Seattle remained winless in their last eight games all the [...]
Stellar Looking Dallas Takes Revenge on Colorado
By: Rees Linn If you hadn’t seen the first three matches of FC Dallas’s young season, you would never have dreamed by watching Saturday’s game against the Colorado Rapids that Dallas was winless and still searching for their identity as a team. But, despite all of the soul searching that has taken place over the [...]
Substitutions Provide Spark for Union in Key Victory Over RBNY
By: Todd Kurpel Through four MLS matches this season, the Philadelphia Union (3-1-0) have only managed to score three goals. However, those three goals have translated into three 1-0 victories that puts the Union atop the Eastern Conference standings with nine points. The last of these 1-0 victories came on Saturday, April 9th, when the [...]
Real Salt Lake Make CONCACAF Champions League History
By: Jae Groll Real Salt Lake become the first MLS team in history to advance to the CCL final after holding off Costa Rican side Saprissa 3-2 on aggregate. It was a windy night in front of a boisterous crowd at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Amyá in San José. Known as the “Monster’s Cave”, the [...]
The Face is Gone: Why De Rosario Had to Go
By: Mike Newell It sucks…plain and simple, no football supporter even wants to lose their clubs best player, leading goal scorer and icon at anytime, but especially at a time in which the club is forging a new identity. However this is what has happened again to Toronto Football Club supporters. After Friday’s confirmation that [...]
Unlucky but Sloppy, TFC Draw 1-1 at Home to Chivas USA
By: Mike Newell Things looked to be going against the home team early as Alejandro Moreno scored off bad TFC defending in just the second minute, however former Chivas striker Alan Gordon tied the game in the 36th minute off a whipped in set piece from midfielder Jacob Peterson. Much of the buzz around the [...]
