Sam named MLS Player of the Week; The 11’s vote went to Joe Bendik 5 Aug 2013 Lloyd Sam played just a little more than a half-hour on Saturday — and it was enough to earn the New York Red Bull the Player of the Week Award.
The Bizarro world of the Montreal Impact: Beats the good teams, loses to the bad ones 5 Aug 2013 If Marco Di Vaio and co. are facing the league’s top teams, they don’t lose. And, a stretch of the schedule filled with games against Columbus, FC Dallas, Chivas USA and Toronto FC is more deadly for the Impact than a stretch of games against the top two teams in each conference.
Impact leaves it late, but club returns to winning ways 28 Jul 2013 “It was a happy ending,” offered head coach Marco Schallibaum, who managed to remain on the sidelines for the entire game rather than making an early exit as he has in both games against SKC played earlier in the schedule. “When you change someone to bring on fresh legs and the guy you send on gets the goal, there’s a bit of luck involved. We deserved it because we dominated the second half and managed to defeat the team that, I think, is, at the moment, the best team in MLS.”
O’Dea’s departure a sign of a fundamental flaw in MLS 16 Jul 2013 MLS is at that cocoon stage; it was nurtured in a controlled environment filled with salary caps, allocations and draft orders. It beat the odds, as pro soccer hasn’t been a survival industry on this continent. But, soon it will be ready to fly away; commissioner Don Garber has repeated this over and over — that MLS will be one of the world’s top leagues in 10 years.
Nothing but negatives out of TFC’s humbling loss to Sporting KC 14 Jul 2013 It went like this: You could put the entire team in a sack, then have someone punch it. No matter which player took the punch, “you’d be right.”
Ho hum, Camilo scores again for the Whitecaps 4 Jul 2013 This time it was a late first-half free kick effort which proved to be the eventual equalizer in a 1-1 away draw against Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday.
Toronto FC wraps up Caldwell, makes deal for Thomas 2 Jul 2013 On Tuesday morning, the Reds announced they had successfully managed to secure the services of veteran defender Steven Caldwell until the end of the 2015 season, and made a deal with Sporting Kansas City to acquire depth midfielder Michael Thomas.
Gordon’s earth-shaking goals earn him MLS POTW honour 1 Jul 2013 In what was a ridiculous weekend of come-from-behind victories and last-gasp winning goals, there were several heroes to choose from when it comes to selecting the MLS Player of the Week.
Controversy in KC can’t keep Impact from rising to top of the Eastern Conference 2 Jun 2013 In a match that featured the eruption of Mount Schallibaum, the expulsion of Alessandro Nesta and a controversial officiating decision that led to a Kansas City goal, the Montreal Impact did what its done since the beginning of the season. The team found a way to win, its 2-1 victory placing it atop the MLS Eastern Conference ladder.
Expensive Convey brought into the TFC fold 16 May 2013 In exchange, Sporting Kansas City gets a first-round pick in the 2014 Supplemental Draft. For SKC, it’s the chance to offload Convey’s salary-cap hit. According to the MLS Players’ Union, Convey’s base salary is US$200,000, with guaranteed compensation totaling US$215,000 in 2013.