Real Salt Lake sends message to all of MLS 30 Oct 2011 And if there is a group of Canadian fans who want to see Real Salt Lake return to the form it showed in the early part of the season — when it looked two steps better than anyone else in the league, including the Los Angeles Galaxy — they would have been overjoyed by Saturday night’s performance.
Whitecaps take advantage of another ice-cold opponent 13 Oct 2011 For the second week in a row, the Vancouver Whitecaps took advantage of a team in a tailspin.
Occean can’t stop scoring — for Canada and in Germany 10 Oct 2011 “It feels great, always felt that I could contribute a lot to the national side and here I am and I hope against Puerto Rico I’ll show again that I deserve to be here,” said Occean Sunday.
One-time MLS Cup favourites trounced by Whitecaps 7 Oct 2011 But, in examining RSL’s 3-0 loss to the Whitecaps Thursday, you have to shake your head and try to think back to the spring, when the Royals were everybody’s shoo-in pick for the MLS Cup. Think back to when Real Salt Lake was one lousy goal away from winning the CONCACAF Champions League and making plans to head to Japan for the Club World Cup.
Will De Rosario add an MLS MVP award to his trophy case? 25 Sep 2011 Dwayne De Rosario has done a lot in his storied MLS career; four championships, MVP nominations, goals of the year. But he could do something this season that no other MLS player has done since the league kicked off in 1996; win the MVP award in a season in which the winner was traded.
Neagle’s hat trick earns him Player of the Week nod 29 Aug 2011 In what was a major statement game for his club, home-state product Lamar Neagle scored a hat trick for the Seattle Sounders in a 6-2 win over Eastern Conference leaders Columbus — and earned the Player of the Week nod from the membership of the North American Soccer Reporters.
Toronto FC changes its formation, surprises Real Salt Lake 14 Aug 2011 All the changes worked for the best as Joao Plata's 77th-minute strike gave TFC a 1-0 victory over RSL. The win snapped a six-game (0-4-2) winless streak in league play for Toronto and suddenly the Reds find themselves on a five-game unbeaten streak (3-0-2) in all competitions.
MLS Cup contenders will need to run scheduling gauntlet 9 Aug 2011 MLS released its playoff schedule on Tuesday — and the road to MLS Cup is tougher than ever.
MLS shows Europe how to treat diving in the game 29 Jul 2011 MLS is doing the right thing. For years, soccer fans have heard major bodies from FIFA to UEFA to the major European leagues to promise that they will do something about diving. It has only been lip service.
Advantage Real Salt Lake: Vancouver reschedules rained-out match 28 Jul 2011 The Whitecaps announced Thursday that the postponed match against Real Salt Lake will be played the evening of October 6 at B.C. Place.