Impact needs Carolina to show up for final game of the season… but will it? 19 Sep 2011 But, then, there’s the matter of Montreal. The Impact is red-hot at the moment, earning 14 points out of the last 21 on the table. With the additions of MLS loaners Miguel Montano and Ryan Pore, the attack has been transformed. Evan Bush is the best keeper in NASL. Wouldn’t it suit Carolina best to ensure that the team most likely to make a Cinderella run from a low seed didn’t make the playoffs at all?
TFC’s Koevermans named MLS Player of the Week 19 Sep 2011 Danny Koevermans scored two second-half goals to give Toronto FC a 2-1 win over the reigning league champions, the Colorado Rapids, on Saturday. Those goals earned him the nod as the Player of the Week from the membership of the North American Soccer Reporters, the league announced Monday.
Herdman off to good start as new boss of Canadian women’s team 18 Sep 2011 The new coach of the Canadian women’s program got a good result, a 1-1 draw with the World Cup runner-up United States in Kansas City.
Whitecaps do little to impress against first-place Galaxy 18 Sep 2011 Two of the three Galaxy goals came when men were left completely unmarked in the Whitecaps penalty area to nod crosses home. These were goals you’d expect decent men’s league players to score given that much time and space.
Montreal dominates FC Edmonton in must-win situation 18 Sep 2011 Undistracted from the task at hand in tonight’s match against the visiting FC Edmonton, getting the three points needed to close the gap between them and Minny, the Impact came through in the clutch with a 2-0 win and has almost climbed out of the hole that it has dug for itself with its dismal play in the first half of the season. Montreal is now just a single point behind Minnesota with each team having a game left on the schedule. Montreal owns the tiebreaker between the two teams.
Dutch double gives TFC win over MLS Cup champs 17 Sep 2011 Koevermans collected his first two home pitch goals to lead the Reds to a 2-1 win Saturday over the Colorado Rapids. Koevermans has now scored six goals in seven league games since signing with TFC as a Designated Player on June 29.
Whitecaps ink T&T defender Carlyle Mitchell on deadline day 15 Sep 2011 But it is a gamble. Mitchell suffered severe facial and skull injuries late in 2010 while playing for Joe Public.
TFC makes deadline-day deal with the Galaxy 15 Sep 2011 Davies hasn’t seen much action for the veteran-laden Galaxy, but as a former top prospect who is only 22 at the moment, he gives the club another young defender to develop. And, anyone who has seen TFC this season knows the centre of defence is the club’s most pressing problem.
Simpson and Klukowski face their most challenging seasons 15 Sep 2011 After playing St. Lucia in a qualifier Sept. 2 in Toronto — in which Simpson scored twice, he flew to Puerto Rico with the team to play in a Sept. 6 qualifier, a Tuesday night. By the Thursday, he and Manisaspor teammate Mike Klukowski were in a hotel, prepping for the Turkish league opener.
Pumas bring back the starters, maul TFC in Mexico 15 Sep 2011 After slipping up in their first two CONCACAF Champions League matches, Pumas UNAM flexed their muscles in Mexico City, battering Toronto FC 4-0. It could have been eight.