San Jose Earthquakes
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MLS 2011 Kits
The MLS 2010 season came to a close with Colorado Rapids winning the MLS Cup and LA Galaxy winning the Supporters’ Shield. Now that league and cup competitions are approaching their climax, Major League Soccer has gone on a break and waiting for the 16th season to start on March 15th, 2011. Portland Timbers and…
San Jose v. Kansas City – 5 Thoughts
The dog days of summer have descended upon MLS. While both San Jose and Kansas City can basically forget about postseason play, this game provided a glimpse into the future. And, not surprisingly, neither team appears any closer to steadying the ship. San Jose scored to claim a 1-0 victory in stoppage time, but neither…
MLS Season Openers: Predictions vs Reality, USL Islanders blow past MLS in CONCACAF, and Garber promises two more franchises in 2012.
Our last column, inspired at 2AM, carefully selected winners for MLS season openers. Some were slightly off, and today we discuss why these results went topsy and what to expect down the road. 1) NY Red Bulls @ Seattle Sounders Result: Seattle 3-0 New York Prediction: New York 3-2 Seattle Excuse: Seattle is a strong…
MLS 2009 Predictions – out of the gate
The MLS season opens with fireworks Thursday night for the Seattle Sounders inaugural game at Qwest field against New York Red Bulls. The Seattle Sounders management did everything right to create a model club, including stealing 2008 MLS Cup Champion coach Sigi Schmid from Columbus Crew. The supporters group, FC Alliance can vote out the…
The 2008 MLS Season Review
When the Columbus Crew won the 2008 MLS Supporters Shield (the award given to a club with the highest point total in the regular season) and subsequently their coach Sigi Schmid won the MLS Coach of the Year award, it eloquently summarized the very odd and unusual MLS season. For starters, the Crew didn’t even…
Tottenham establish link with San Jose Earthquakes
London club Tottenham Hotspur have agreed a ‘football and commercial development’ partnership with Major League Soccer side San Jose Earthquakes. Spurs are keen to boost their global status and will use the deal to improve their exposure in America. The Earthquakes on the other hand will benefit from the training and coaching models of Tottenham.
MLS 2008 Power Rankings: Week 15
There were six games spread over this holiday weekend culminating in an exciting double header. Only DC and Toronto didn’t play, making the potential for a lot of movement. We saw 9 out of 14 teams switch positions and with Superliga coming up, teams needed to make these last games count.
MLS Power Rankings: Week 14
7 games and much to think about. Week 14 highlighted the equality of MLS quite clearly. Each team receives 2.2 million dollars in cap space so naturally, teams will be relatively even. This was evident in Week 14. Six out of 7 games were ties or one goal wins. Because there are no teams that…
MLS Roundup: Champions Cup teams struggling at bottom, table shifts after exciting weekend, and Champions Cup Final first leg preview
This is the moment North American soccer fans have been waiting for; the CONCACAF Champions Cup Final is here. However, with more exciting MLS action coming up this weekend, Americans are spoiled for choice as we creep closer to summer.
MLS Roundup: Chivas USA, New England, New York, and DC United all lose; troubles continue for LA Galaxy
Although there are two teams (San Jose and New York) that have only played two matches, this will be the first review in which I publish the Major League Soccer table, and this season there are some surprises early on. In fact, what I predicted to be a weekend of matches that are nothing special…
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