Galaxy’s Keane: Rogers Centre turf “could be dangerous” (WITH VIDEO) 7 Mar 2012 “It’s OK. It’s not desirable,” said Galaxy Head Coach Bruce Arena. “Obviously, neither team would prefer to be on this surface but they’ve done a good job getting it ready.”
Hungarian connections help Canadian midfielder Gyorio get SKC trial 27 Feb 2012 Canadian midfielder Mozzi Gyorio’s Hungarian roots may have helped him connect with a trial at Sporting Kansas City.
Another year, another MLS promise to crack down on fouls 18 Feb 2012 When MLS talks about its state of officiating, sports fans are easily reminded of the National Hockey League.
MLS schedulemaker gives huge boost to TFC’s CONCACAF Champions League hopes 5 Jan 2012 Toronto FC has just been handed a massive advantage ahead of its CONCACAF Champions League ties against the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Beckham’s return is no guarantee of a start at the Rogers Centre 3 Jan 2012 First, Beckham has a history of skipping games on artificial turf — and the game at the Rogers Centre goes on the fake stuff. Through a series of scheduling woes and nagging injuries, Beckham only made one appearance at BMO Field before the surface was changed to grass — that was the 2008 MLS All-Star Game.
Toronto FC waives seven players, Whitecaps lose three 23 Nov 2011 While some advance notes of these moves have escaped through Twitter, MLS has now confirmed that Toronto FC has waived seven, count ‘em, seven players. That list included Dutch forward Javier Martina and Canadian Gianluca Zavarise.
Expansion Draft: Impact ignores Ching’s retirement threat 23 Nov 2011 Brian Ching, scorer of 77 career regular-season goals, made it public that he would rather retire than be plucked off Houston’s roster and go to the Impact. What did Marsch do? He made Ching the first pick of expansion draft.
Why a home-game MLS Cup is a bad, bad idea 22 Nov 2011 So, now what? An MLS Cup home game? What does this mean? It means that visiting fans and sports media now have one or two weeks, depending on the cushion between the Conference finals and the big game, to book flights, hotels, etc. For sports editors and accounting departments, this means more expenses and more hassles. And, it most certainly means more editors saying “no” to doing anything more than using wire copy for MLS Cup.
Galaxy exorcises years worth of demons with MLS Cup triumph 21 Nov 2011 Until Sunday, the Galaxy had been the team that couldn’t win when it mattered. But then a trio of Designated Players combined to give Los Angeles the goal that ended years of frustration.
MLS unveils new unbalanced scheduling format 20 Nov 2011 Under the new format, each Eastern Conference team will play each Western Conference opponent only once in a season. The home and road dates alternate from season to season. So, for example, if TFC hosts the Whitecaps in 2012, TFC will go to BC Place in 2013.