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Major League Soccer: Young Stars Emerging

On Saturday, I was lucky enough to catch the Columbus-Los Angeles game as well as Houston hosting the Philadelphia Union and two young players stood out for me in those two games: Tristan Bowen and Danny Cruz. It is still

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Major League Soccer: Gameweek 10 Preview

Columbus had a strong week winning two games on the road without Robbie Rogers and Chad Marshall. They even were without Guillermo Barros Scheletto for the first game as well. However, with solid defense and opportunistic finishing, they are still

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Major League Soccer: Gameweek 9 Preview

The games are still continuing even though quite a few of the stars are now at the US training camp. Los Angeles, Columbus, and Chivas USA are each losing two players, while Houston, FC Dallas, and Real Salt Lake are

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Major League Soccer Gameweek 8 Preview

There were some blowouts last weekend with Seattle and New York on the wrong end of 4-0 drubbings to California teams. Los Angeles continue to be the class of the league picking up impressive wins. Last week they defeated Colorado

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Major League Soccer: Gameweek 7 Preview Part II

The first four games went against home field advantage as 3 road teams scored victories while DC United got their first victory of the season at home. The most outstanding performance from the midweek was Chivas USA’s 4-0 clobbering of

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Weekend Watch List: Title Chases Across Europe

The European club seasons are winding down as the German and English leagues come to an end this weekend. Italy and Spain enter their second to last rounds so the title chases are definitely heating up especially in Spain. Here

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Major League Soccer: Gameweek 7 Preview Part 1

This weekend was marked by a solid performance by the Western Conference and 5 red cards in the group of games. Los Angeles and New York Red Bulls continued to be the class in each conference as both picked up

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Major League Soccer: An Early Look At The Dynamo

The MLS season is almost a quarter complete and one of the teams that had a lot of questions heading into the season was the Houston Dynamo. They have played six games so far this season getting 3 wins and

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Major League Soccer: Gameweek 6 Preview

The MLS season is beginning to take shape as the teams are beginning to settle. Kansas City continues to impress as they were the first team to take points away from a meeting with Los Angeles, who seem to be

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CONCACAF Champions League: Pachuca-Cruz Azul 2nd Leg Preview

The second running of the CONCACAF Champions League finishes tonight as Cruz Azul visits Pachuca in the second leg of the final. Cruz Azul was able to win 2-1 at home where they surrendered their first goal at home in

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