Whitecaps: NASL grads outplay DPs in playoff loss to Galaxy 2 Nov 2012 In fact, anyone who had never seen the Whitecaps before Thursday’s playoff game would have likely said that Matt Watson — a guy who played in NASL last season — must be a Designated Player, not Robson or Miller.
Whitecaps work on penalty taking ahead of Thursday’s playoff date 30 Oct 2012 But put Vancouver Whitecaps coach Martin Rennie into the camp of soccer bosses who have their teams practice penalty kicks ahead of knockout games.
Three-goal week means another MLS POTW nod for Wondolowski 24 Sep 2012 Chris Wondolowski’s three-goals-in-two-games performance earned him the MLS Player of the Week award.
Passive, passionless TFC allows Galaxy to run rampant 23 Sep 2012 Professional players are expected to give their all for the jersey. And, when there is nothing left to play for in terms of trophies or playoff spots, they play for pride.
Whitecaps get zero shots on target in loss to Galaxy 2 Sep 2012 Actually, the Whitecaps offered danger only to the fans who suffered through a match where two wonder strikes -- from the Galaxy's Juninho and David Beckham -- acted as lipstick on a pig of a game that was dreadful on the eyes.
Donovan’s four-assist match earns him MLS POTW honour 13 Aug 2012 Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan became just the fourth player in MLS history to register four assists in a match, putting him in a select company of players that includes Canadian Dwayne De Rosario.
The new MLS playoff tiebreaker… what were they thinking? 8 Aug 2012 After all, this is a league that still continues to confuse fans with secret allocation money, and waits for the union to announce salaries (even though it’s a salary-cap league, so salaries are key to fan interest). So, instead of best conference record, the tiebreaker system was designed to be more complicated than it needed.
Sounder Eddie Johnson wins MLS Player of the Week award 6 Aug 2012 Seattle Sounders striker Eddie Johnson, who opened the scoring in a 4-0 rout of the Los Angeles Galaxy this past weekend, was named the MLS Player of the Week.
Keane named MLS Player of the Month 2 Aug 2012 Irish striker and Los Angeles Galaxy Designated Player Robbie Keane was named the MLS Player of the Month for July.
Carr narrowly wins MLS Player of the Week vote over Donovan, Robson 23 Jul 2012 Calen Carr, who scored both goals as the Dynamo beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 last Wednesday, then helped set up Macoumba Kandji’s opening goal in a 3-0 win over Montreal Saturday, got the nod.