Sam named MLS Player of the Week; The 11’s vote went to Joe Bendik 5 Aug 2013 Lloyd Sam played just a little more than a half-hour on Saturday — and it was enough to earn the New York Red Bull the Player of the Week Award.
The Bizarro world of the Montreal Impact: Beats the good teams, loses to the bad ones 5 Aug 2013 If Marco Di Vaio and co. are facing the league’s top teams, they don’t lose. And, a stretch of the schedule filled with games against Columbus, FC Dallas, Chivas USA and Toronto FC is more deadly for the Impact than a stretch of games against the top two teams in each conference.
Missed chances, balls cleared off the line; New England’s wastefulness allows TFC to win again 5 Aug 2013 But a two-game winning streak? Start the parade. And, for the long-suffering supporters of this franchise, they shouldn’t try to analyze things too much. Just enjoy it — they deserve some triumphs, after all. And, for a franchise that has suffered so many suckerpunches late in games, maybe it’s time for a karmic shift, to see the opposition blow so many chances they should have converted.
Harvey’s header allows Whitecaps to escape Portland with a point 4 Aug 2013 The left fullback, scoring his fourth goal of the campaign, redirected home a Camilo corner kick. The goal marked Vancouver’s first direct corner kick conversion since captain Jay DeMerit’s headed goal against Chivas USA on March 17, 2012.
Iapichino’s struggles contribute to Impact’s loss to last-place D.C. United 4 Aug 2013 The Swiss defender, although not the only man to contribute to the loss, turned in a performance that will have fans and critics asking why local products Maxim Tissot and Karl Ouimette are not seeing more minutes.
Elmer sticks with Toronto FC 1 Aug 2013 Toronto FC has inked former Chelsea youth player Jonas Elmer.
Despite loss, Saborio earns Player of the Week award as a consolation prize 29 Jul 2013 It is rare, very rare, that the MLS Player of the Week comes from a team that didn’t get even a single point out of its game(s).
The force is strong in these ones: Brovsky inspires Impact teammates and Jebi Knights to aid orphans 29 Jul 2013 But, the bulk of the Impact supporters in the stands when the team goes on the road Aug. 21 to face CD Heredia will likely be from a little closer to Guatemala City than to La Belle Province.
Impact leaves it late, but club returns to winning ways 28 Jul 2013 “It was a happy ending,” offered head coach Marco Schallibaum, who managed to remain on the sidelines for the entire game rather than making an early exit as he has in both games against SKC played earlier in the schedule. “When you change someone to bring on fresh legs and the guy you send on gets the goal, there’s a bit of luck involved. We deserved it because we dominated the second half and managed to defeat the team that, I think, is, at the moment, the best team in MLS.”
Davidson apologizes to Whitecaps teammates, supporters for costly red-card offence 28 Jul 2013 “It’s just what happened,” Davidson said after the match. “I reacted wrong. For all of it, I just want to apologize to all the players. It’s very tough to play pretty much the most of the 90 minutes with 10 men. I just want to apologize to all the fans and supporters that came to watch the game."