Manneh inspires Whitecaps to comeback draw against FC Dallas 28 Apr 2013 “It always feels good to score, especially with my first professional goal,” Manneh told reporters after the match. “It was a tough situation. We were down two goals and we needed a goal.”
TFC reverses the usual script: Reds score late goals to salvage a point 7 Apr 2013 For the second straight game, Darel Russell was the key figure behind the final goal of a 2-2 Toronto FC draw. This week, however, Russell exchanged goat horns for what may be an MLS Goal of the Week award by scoring a spectacular equalizer in the 90th minute to steal a point for his side against first-place FC Dallas.
The Super-Duper MLS preview, 2013 edition 28 Feb 2013 With the MLS season moved up to its earliest start ever, forgive us if we don’t feel 100 per cent totally prepared for First Kick. Judging by the way many MLS teams finished preseason, with tentative matches and still looking at trialists with a week to go before the games count in the standings, a lot of coaches aren’t quite ready for the early start, either.
Henry toys with Toronto FC’s back four 30 Sep 2012 Henry has made some of the top defenders in the world look silly in his star-studded career. Against a defence as suspect as the Reds? Well, it looked like a pick-up game at times.
Felipe pulls the strings as Impact overwhelms Red Bulls 29 Jul 2012 “I think that we were able to control the game. We were organized, we made it hard on them, and we didn’t give much up. From the back all the way up I think a bunch of guys had good games and collectively they were organized, they kept things tight,” said head coach Jesse Marsch.
Back four goes from zeroes to heroes: TFC draws with the Red Bulls 1 Jul 2012 "The young back four are learning really quick," said Toronto head coach Paul Mariner. "I thought that was the best performance of the back four today."
10-man Red Bulls hand Impact its first MLS loss at home 20 May 2012 Saturday’s match also ended with a Red Bulls victory, this time a 2-1 triumph that had some of the 20,373 vocally registering their displeasure at the Impact’s inability to get the desired result, even after seeing the New York side play with 10 men for the final half hour of the game.
Henry makes MLS history with third POTW award in a row 9 Apr 2012 He has seven goals in five matches. Is it too early to start the Roy Lassiter goal watch? Lassiter holds the MLS record with 27 goals in a season, done in an era of mini-games and shootouts.
Errors in the back prove costly as Impact overwhelmed by Henry, Red Bulls 31 Mar 2012 But, the realist will have to admit that the Impact gave way too many gifts to the offensively charged Red Bulls. And, a team that makes as many glaring errors as the Impact can have no qualm about taking zero points from match.
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.
