Loss at Houston sees Impact slide down Eastern Conference table 5 Oct 2013The only goal of the match was a beauty. Garcia sent a long pas in towards the Montreal goal. Chested deftly from forward Giles Barnes to Ricardo Clark, the midfielder controlled the ball with his first touch, spun and sent an arcing shot off the inside of the left upright and into the mesh behind Troy Perkins for the first goal the Dynamo has scored against the Impact this season.
The Canadians of D.C. United celebrate unlikely USOC triumph 2 Oct 2013Three Canadian players — Dwayne De Rosario, Dejan Jakovic and Kyle Porter — may look down at their feet and discover that their soccer cleats have been replaced by glass slippers.
Impact snatches draw out of the jaws of defeat in Chicago 29 Sep 2013In a match more memorable for milestones and miscues than technique or tactics, the Montreal Impact scored first, scored last and managed to snatch a draw from the jaws of all-but certain defeat, tying the Chicago Fire 2-2 at Toyota Park.
Whitecaps shut out at home by RSL’s reserves 29 Sep 2013“I have no idea what happened,” Reo-Coker said. “No explanation. I'm not going to make up no lies, no nothing. Today, we got taught a lesson. They were the better team than us. They've got a system they play. We struggled with their system."
TFC routs the worst team in MLS’s reserve side 28 Sep 2013Technically, the Reds didn't even beat THE United side who have struggled to just 15 points in 30 games. Of the 11 men who have played the most minutes for DC this season, only two were in Saturday's Starting XI, as the Red-and-Blacks were clearly saving their regulars for Tuesday's U.S. Open Cup final against Real Salt Lake.
Dunfield still on the unattached-but-still-being-paid-by-MLS list; ex-Whitecap Paulo Jr. still paid out by MLS despite move to NASL 25 Sep 2013On the August update, two players cut by Toronto FC this season — Matt Stinson and Terry Dunfield — were on the list of unattached players still being paid out by MLS. But, on the September update, Stinson is off the list, but Dunfield and his US$120,000 salary is still on.
Impact gets bittersweet, hollow victory over Heredia as CCL campaign comes to a halt 25 Sep 2013“We took it seriously this evening,” said Impact gaffer Marco Schallibaum. “They played aggressively with a lot of will. With a little luck we could have scored five or six. We fought through to the end.”
Lenhart named MLS Player of the Week; The 11 gives its nod to Carlyle Mitchell 23 Sep 2013Camilo may have scored twice in Vancouver's 3-0 win over Montreal, but his markers came late. For most of the 90 minutes, it was a tense 1-0 affair. And who did more to help preserve that 1-0 lead than anyone else on the pitch? Defender Carlyle Mitchell.
Whitecaps 3, Impact 0: Schallibaum erupts over game-changing decision 21 Sep 2013“He whistled for a penalty and then he was influenced by the fourth official who said he didn't think it was,” Schallibaum said following the game. “For me it's a scandal because a decision was made and then all of a sudden it's not a penalty. It was something that changed the game even though we did not play a strong first half and we were unlucky on the penalty to Hassoun.”
MLS slaps TFC’s Osorio with two-game ban; De Santis gets a game 20 Sep 2013The question is, did Osorio have time to pull out of his challenge? It’s one of those situations that’s actually muddied by the use of instant replay. By slowing it down in replay, it looks as if Osorio has more time to pull out of the challenge than he actually did — and the play looks more malicious in nature when it slows down.
