Wind, referee’s whistle, condemn Impact to defeat in Colorado 27 May 2012 Make no mistake. Castrillon’s goal was one of the weirdest you will ever see. But it should never, ever have counted. Why? It came after referee Mark Kadlecik blew the whistle and indicated that the ball was out of play.
Thierry Henry named MLS Player of the Week 26 Mar 2012 New York Red Bull Thierry Henry, the brightest soccer star in the biggest media market in MLS, got the POTW nod after the votes from the North American Soccer Reporters were counted.
The 11’s super-duper MLS 2012 season preview 7 Mar 2012 We tallied up our votes, and came up with our list of how the teams will finish, who will win MLS Cup and who will be the league’s MVP. No need to play the season, now. We have it all figured out.
Nyassi scores for Impact in draw with Atlas 26 Jan 2012 The Montreal Impact got a goal from Sanna Nyassi, and wrapped up the team’s pre-season tour of Mexico with a 1-1 draw against Club Atlas.
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.
Real Salt Lake gets a scare, while MLS Cup holders fizzle 3 Nov 2011 Canadian midfielder Will Johnson will play in the MLS Western Conference Final; but his Real Salt Lake had to survive a furious charge from the Seattle Sounders.
Hainault’s goal the Canadian highlight from Sunday MLS playoff action 31 Oct 2011 Hainault’s goal was the highlight of a day filled with MLS playoffs incidents that would turn the heads of Canadian soccer fans.
MLS playoff system makes Wednesday sudden-death game a tough sell 27 Oct 2011 The fact that just 10,017 people showed up at Pizza Hut Park to cheer on FC Dallas is troubling. And, it’s a sign MLS can learn some lessons on how much time is actually needed to generate interest in a one-and-done playoff game between lower seeds.
Anibaba wins final Player of the Week award for the 2011 MLS regular season 24 Oct 2011 The Chicago Fire aren’t heading to the MLS playoffs, but the team did provide the league with its final Player of the Week for the 2011 regular season. Rookie defender Jalil Anibaba got the nod after the votes from the membership of the North American Soccer Reporters was counted. Anibaba scored twice in Chicago’s season-ending 3-2 win over the Columbus Crew.
Whitecaps finish expansion season with loss 23 Oct 2011 Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Colorado guaranteed the Whitecaps would finish tied for the worst record in MLS with the New England Revolution. But, if you want to be picky, the tiebreaker in MLS is head-to-head record, and New England drew and beat the Whitecaps this season. So, by the MLS book, you can say that the Whitecaps finished with the worst record in the league.