Red-card happy MLS referees: It’s a case of ‘Be careful what you wish for…’ 3 Apr 2016 Damn straight that refs are calling the games more closely and more harshly than ever before. And guess what? It’s because fans and the league asked them to do it that way, that’s why.
Impact sees red as Dynamo runs riot in Eastern Conference playoff 1 Nov 2013 He would not be the only Impact player sent off. Montreal would have only eight men left when the final whistle blew.
Montreal Impact: The pressure is off, it goes into Houston as the team with nothing to lose 28 Oct 2013 The Impact needed one of three results to go its way Sunday. But both the New England Revolution and Houston Dynamo won their matches, leaving it up to the third and final game to decide if the Impact’s season would be over or not.
Loss at Houston sees Impact slide down Eastern Conference table 5 Oct 2013 The only goal of the match was a beauty. Garcia sent a long pas in towards the Montreal goal. Chested deftly from forward Giles Barnes to Ricardo Clark, the midfielder controlled the ball with his first touch, spun and sent an arcing shot off the inside of the left upright and into the mesh behind Troy Perkins for the first goal the Dynamo has scored against the Impact this season.
Hainault has to watch as Galaxy wins aerial MLS Cup battle over the Dynamo 2 Dec 2012 And this is where Kinnear got it wrong — he left his best defender on crosses — Canadian Andre Hainault — out of the starting lineup. If you’re willing to yield the wide positions, you need to have your best options out there when it comes to dealing with crosses.
Mullan gets record suspension; no action taken on Leathers 28 Apr 2011 Major League Soccer has issued the longest suspension in league history. Colorado Rapid Brian Mullan is the new owner of this dubious mark, after MLS lengthened his red-card suspension to a total of 10 games after last weekend’s studs-up challenge that broke the leg of Seattle’s former No. 1 overall draft pick, Steve Zakuani, in two places.