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Major League Soccer: Columbus vs. Colorado Preview

First Leg: Colorado 1-0 Columbus What We Learned: The surprising thing for me was that Columbus were unable to get a better control of midfield. They appeared to have a 4-1-3-2 with Guillermo Barros Schelotto occasionally tracking back in midfield,

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San Jose 3, New York Red Bulls 1: Convey Carries San Jose To Next Round

New York came in carrying an advantage from the first leg, but like San Jose in the first leg, they could not convert chances as they were eliminated by a clinical San Jose side 3-2 on aggregate. Bobby Convey had

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Major League Soccer: New York Red Bulls vs. San Jose Preview

First Leg: San Jose 0-1 New York Red Bulls What We Learned: San Jose can create chances, but they also know that if they do not finish them, they will continue to leave themselves open the counter attack. Geovanni and

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FC Dallas 2, Real Salt Lake 1: FC Dallas’ Dominance On The Wings Turn The Tide

This game featured two teams that went through the MLS season with long unbeaten runs. They play similar styles and that made the match-up interesting. Real Salt Lake had been the hotter team down the stretch and an early goal

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Los Angeles 1, Seattle Sounders FC 0: Buddle’s Brilliant Strike Wins It

This was an entertaining game as there were plenty of chances, but the game was decided by a first half strike by Edson Buddle. Buddle collected a header from Omar Gonzalez and turned his defender before lashing a shot from

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CONCACAF Champions League: Knockout Round Draw

The knockout round draw for the CONCACAF Champions League occurred today and it was a decent draw for the MLS sides. Columbus and Real Salt Lake drew each other in the quarterfinals, but they will avoid the Mexican teams until

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New York Red Bulls 1, San Jose 0: Missed Chances For San Jose

New York was without some of their big name players, but they still got the job done as they took the first leg against San Jose 1-0 behind a second half Joel Lindpere goal. The goal itself was sort of

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Major League Soccer: Seattle Sounders FC vs. Los Angeles Preview

The last playoff match-up gets started tonight where the Supporter’s Shield winners Los Angeles travel to Seattle. Seattle have been one of the hottest teams in the league in the past couple months. Los Angeles struggled, but they obviously have

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Major League Soccer: San Jose vs. New York Red Bulls Preview

This should be a good game. New York may have the big names, but San Jose has the star of the league in Chris Wondolowski who just won the Golden Boot. New York has been up and down since the

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Major League Soccer: FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake Preview

The second playoff series that gets started is FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake. These teams played just two weeks ago and were some of the hottest teams during the season. FC Dallas had a 19 game unbeaten run that

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