Rocky Mountain low: Whitecaps’ playoff hopes die in the Denver suburbs 20 Oct 2013 “That’s been the frustrating part of this game and, in some ways, our season. I think we’ve become much more expansive, much more entertaining, scored a lot more goals… but we’ve not tightened up well enough at the back.”
Manneh’s win marks the sixth time a Whitecap has been named POTW 14 Oct 2013 If you only looked at the season-long list of MLS Players of the Week, you’d assume that the Vancouver Whitecaps were comfortably ahead of the pack in the Western Conference.
Martins named MLS Player of the Week for helping propel Sounders into first 16 Sep 2013 He scored the opener in the third minute and then got the second assist on Lamar Neagle’s insurance goal. The win allowed Seattle to seize top spot in the MLS Western Conference, and first-place overall in the league. If MLS regular-season play ended today, Seattle would now be guaranteed home field advantage all the way to the Dec. 7 MLS Cup, if the Sounders make it that far.
Whitecaps experience a Rocky Mountain low against the Rapids 18 Aug 2013 The Rapids claimed their 2-0 victory through a rookie and a veteran, as Deshorn Brown and Edson Buddle scored efforts for the victorious home side.
Schallibaum suspended, Nelsen fined ahead of Impact-TFC match 3 Jul 2013 Marco Schallibaum will not be coaching the Montreal Impact Wednesday night as it faces Toronto FC at BMO Field.
Impact blows pair of leads, loses first home match of the season 30 Jun 2013 “You get punished in this league for a mistake and we certainly did,” Brovsky declared. “It’s not one guy on the team, it’s the collective 11. We lost it ourselves. We beat ourselves. It’s something we can learn from and we’re not going to do it again.”
Emory, Nelsen both wear goat horns as TFC loses another one late 5 May 2013 But, while Emory made the mistake, his coach was the one who put his team in jeopardy. Call it a rookie mistake, but coach Ryan Nelsen has to put his hand up, as well.
McInerney is MLS Player of the Month for April 3 May 2013 After the ballots from the members of the North American Soccer Reporters were counted, McInerney got 13 of the 26 first-place votes.
Ryan Johnson wins Player of the Week award: The 11 gives nod to former CSL keeper Clint Irwin 8 Apr 2013 For the second time in a row, someone named “Johnson” from the Portland Timbers has won the MLS Player of the Week award. Last week, it was Canadian Will Johnson, who scored twice. This week, it’s former Toronto FC forward Ryan Johnson, who scored two second-half goals to give the Timbers a 2-0 win over the Houston Dynamo. Johnson got …
Timber! Canada’s Johnson’s two-goal performance earns him MLS POTW honours 1 Apr 2013 Canadian national team-regular Will Johnson is the MLS Player of the Week, after his second-half brace allowed his new club, the Portland Timbers, to roar back from two goals down in the Colorado altitude and earn a 2-2 draw with the Rapids.