The 11’s super-duper MLS 2012 season preview 7 Mar 2012 We tallied up our votes, and came up with our list of how the teams will finish, who will win MLS Cup and who will be the league’s MVP. No need to play the season, now. We have it all figured out.
De Rosario makes history with MVP nod 18 Nov 2011 Major League Soccer announced Friday that DeRo is the league’s MVP. He becomes the first Canadian to ever win MLS’ highest individual honour. He becomes the first player in North American pro sports history to take an MVP award in a season in which the winner played for three teams. He’s the first player from a non-playoff team to ever win the MLS MVP.
Galaxy needs to keep winning to avoid choker tag 4 Nov 2011 But, we need to look at the Galaxy in a truly North American sports context — after all, MLS is a North American league — where regular-season success means very little compared to playoff excellence. The Galaxy, until it wins MLS Cup, has to be compared to the likes of the San Jose Sharks or San Diego Chargers, talented teams who consistently lose when it counts.
MLS playoff system makes Wednesday sudden-death game a tough sell 27 Oct 2011 The fact that just 10,017 people showed up at Pizza Hut Park to cheer on FC Dallas is troubling. And, it’s a sign MLS can learn some lessons on how much time is actually needed to generate interest in a one-and-done playoff game between lower seeds.
TFC gives Backe a blueprint on how to beat FC Dallas 25 Oct 2011 Toronto FC knocked FC Dallas out of the CONCACAF Champions League; and, in doing so, the Reds may have provided New York Red Bulls coach Hans Backe a blueprint on how his team can knock the Hoops out of the MLS playoffs, as well.
Henry’s late goal officially eliminates TFC from playoff picture 2 Oct 2011 In a season where Toronto FC has frittered away over a dozen points due to late-game breakdowns and failures to defend set pieces, it's perhaps fitting that both demons combined at once in the game that officially eliminated the Reds from the postseason hunt. Thierry Henry's 88th-minute equalizer off of a corner kick left TFC with just one point in a 1-1 draw with the New York Red Bulls on Saturday at BMO Field.
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.
MLS returnee Eddie Johnson has unique place in Toronto soccer history 16 Aug 2011 Eddie Johnson’s mark on the history of Toronto FC can never be erased. The American striker, who the league announced Tuesday will be repatriated to MLS after failing to make his mark in Europe, scored the first-ever league goal at BMO Field.
Lindpere leads Red Bulls in 5-0 rout of TFC 7 Jul 2011 After pulling off back-to-back wins over Vancouver Whitecaps and a third straight Nutrilite Canadian Championship last week, Toronto unraveled on Wednesday night in a 5-0 loss to New York at Red Bull Arena.
Vancouver ties it up with shorthanded Red Bulls 29 May 2011 The script was reversed on Saturday. The fireworks came early at Empire Field, and then the Vancouver Whitecaps and New York Red Bulls played out a tense chess match in the second half as the club drew 1-1. When the Whitecaps play at home, Canadian soccer fans have become used to seeing last-second comebacks, second-half momentum changes and thrills right before the final whistle.