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TFC striker Ryan Johnson can’t hide frustration after Reds set dubious MLS record

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Mark Polishuk
– 05/06/2012

Ryan Johnson: Says TFC's defensive style is "embarrassing."

Toronto FC’s early-season futility has officially hit a record low.  TFC’s 2-0 loss to D.C. United on Saturday dropped the Reds to 0-8 in Major League Soccer play, setting a new MLS mark for consecutive losses to begin a season.

Whereas the Reds have played hard or been unlucky in some of their losses, Saturday’s performance was that of a team that simply looked it gave up the ghost after Chris Pontius’ 55th-minute goal that put the visitors ahead.  After Hamdi Salihi scored in the 75th minute, the Reds attempted a last-minute flurry in search of a face-saving goal but to no avail, as TFC was shut out for the fourth time in five home matches.

“It’s just unbearable,” said striker Ryan Johnson.  “Something’s not right.  Something has to change.  I can’t go on like this, it’s eating me up inside.”
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Lenhart edges out Maicon Santos for POTW award

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Steven Sandor
– 04/30/2012

Steven Lenhart

It’s not unprecedented, but it is rare when a Player of the Week winner gets the nod for less than a half’s worth of work.

But that’s the case this week, as San Jose Earthquake Steven Lenhart edged out D.C. United’s Maicon Santos for the Player of the Week Award. How close was it? Lenhart got just two more first-place votes from the members of the North American Soccer reporters than Maicon Santos.

Lenhart came in with 30 minutes left in the match, with San Jose tied 0-0 with Philadelphia. Lenhart scored the opener and, then, in injury time, scored the dramatic winner as San Jose kept atop the Western Conference with a 2-1 win.
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No surprise… Pontius named MLS Player of the Week

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Steven Sandor
– 04/23/2012

Chris Pontius

This week’s MLS Player of the Week pick was a no-brainer.

D.C. United’s Chris Pontius notched a hat trick in a 4-1 triumph over the New York Red Bulls, and got the most POTW votes from the membership of the North American Soccer Reporters.

Two of Pontius’ strikes were Goal of the Week worthy. First off, after stealing the ball from Thierry Henry, the American midfielder-converted-into-striker strolled down the field and unleashed a 20-yard drive into the top corner.
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Impact earns first MLS road point in club history

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Mike Wyman
– 04/19/2012

Lamar Neagle delivered the telling cross for Bernardo Corradi

The Montreal Impact went to RFK Stadium Wednesday evening with a single goal in mind according to head coach Jesse Marsch — to come away with more points to its credit than it had when it arrived.

Mission accomplished, as the visitors scored first, allowed the opponents to draw even but, unlike the recent past, hung on to pick up the first MLS road point in team history. The result — a 1-1 draw.

Neither Donovan Ricketts nor his opposite number, Joe Willis, were called upon to make a save in an opening half that gave neither team a clear advantage in play. Possession time and battles won were almost evenly divided as were the few scoring chances that accrued.
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Thierry Henry wins MLS weekly honour for the second time in a row

By
Steven Sandor
– 04/02/2012

Thierry Henry

For the second time in a row, Thierry Henry is the MLS Player of the Week.

The New York Red Bulls’ striker scored three times against the Montreal Impact Saturday, leading his team to a 5-2 win. Over the last two weeks, Henry has found the net five times. And, he spoke to the team at halftime of the Impact game; with the score tied 2-2, the French great urged his team to do better. Guess he likes to lead by example, as it was his play that spurred the Red Bulls to life.

Henry will have to score a lot this season if the Red Bulls, whose suspect defence was again exposed, are to be beasts in the East.

The Red Bulls’ most famous Designated Player capture 21 of 25 first-place votes among the membership of the North American Soccer Reporters, so it wasn’t even close.
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The 11′s super-duper MLS 2012 season preview

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Steven Sandor
– 03/07/2012

The 11’s Steven Sandor, Mark Polishuk and Aman Dhanoa held a virtual round table, discussing how they foresaw the 2012 MLS season.

Will the Galaxy repeat? Will any of the three Canadian teams make the playoffs? Who will be the MVP?

We tallied up our votes, and came up with our list of how the teams will finish, who will win MLS Cup and who will be the league’s MVP. No need to play the season, now. We have it all figured out.
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De Rosario salary question will eventually be answered by the MLSPU

By
Steven Sandor
– 02/21/2012

It’s a safe bet that, for Canadian soccer fans and journalists, wel’ll all have our eyes peeled for the name “Dwayne De Rosario” when the MLS Players Union releases its salary update this spring.

The union updates the salary list twice a year and publishes it on its website. Because MLS and its teams do not release salary details, the union creates a bit of a media feeding frenzy (OK, about as strong as a media frenzy can be in North American soccer) whenever it releases the numbers.

But, for sure, “what does DeRo make?” will be the first question fans will want answered.

De Rosario, the first Canadian ever to be named MLS Most Valuable Player, signed a contract extension with D.C. United Monday, a deal which takes out his current deal, which would have paid him just under US$500,000 this year.
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TFC says Iro, Marosevic rejected contract offers

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Steven Sandor
– 01/20/2012

Peri Marosevic

Toronto FC didn’t release forward Peri Marosevic and defender Andy Iro; according the MLS club, the two players rejected its contract offers.

The team announced Friday that both Iro and Marosevic won’t be back this season.

“Both Andy and Peri declined our contract extension offers and now the club is ready to move on,” said Toronto FC Head Coach and Technical Director Aron Winter in a release issued by the club. “We met with both players at the conclusion of the season and presented them with fair offers that they have declined. I’d like to thank them for their contributions to our club and wish them well in the future endeavours.”
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Ching relents, will report to Montreal

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Steven Sandor
– 01/06/2012

Brian Ching

He has yet to manage his club through an MLS game, but Montreal Impact coach Jesse Marsch earned his first major “W” on Thursday.

In an interview with the Houston Chronicle (CLICK), striker Brian Ching said he will back down on his retirement threat and report to the Montreal Impact’s training camp. This will either give the Impact the flexibility to use Ching… or trade him.

Ching was taken by the Impact with the club’s first overall pick in the expansion draft, even though Ching had warned Marsch that he would rather retire than report to Montreal. The Impact, strangely, was criticized on many fronts for taking Ching, when all the club did was select a veteran player who was left unprotected.
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The 11′s top 11 stories of 2011

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Steven Sandor
– 12/24/2011

The editor of this site is a self-professed geek. And, unlike almost every other writer I know, I enjoy crunching numbers.

So, when it comes to picking the year’s best stories, I let the numbers speak for themselves. I went back through Google Analytics and looked at the 11 stories you, the readers, kept reading and re-reading.

You can argue that a story put up in January has had more time to accumulate hits than a story slapped up just a couple of weeks ago. But, in truth, most of the traffic generated by stories happens in the first week after they go up.
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