Thursday's soccer news starts with round 13 of the 2023 MLS season, where Atlanta shutout Colorado 4-0 at home. Atlanta failed to convert a penalty in the 10th, with Thiago Almada opening the scoring in the 29th. Luis Araujo doubled the lead in the 80th, Tyler Wolff scored in the 87th, and Georgios Gioakoumakis finished off the goals in the 90th. United goalkeeper Quentin Westberg kept the clean . . .
New England coach Bruce Arena’s focus on quality, culture, and development
By Clemente Lisi – FOXBOROUGH, MA (May 15, 2023) US Soccer Players – New England is one of several MLS teams that have achieved great success over the past few years. While it's easy to start that discussion with the teams that have won MLS Cups, the Revolution were the ones setting a new regular season standard in 2021. Despite a 2-1 road defeat this past Saturday, the Revolution remains in . . .
MLS Week 11: Chicago wins at home, Montreal beats Toronto, and Philadelphia comes back at Colorado
Week 11 of the 2023 Major League Soccer season started at Soldier Field, where Chicago shutout St Louis 1-0. Rafael Czichos scored the Fire's goal in the 40th minute and St Louis's John Nelson saw red in the 70th. Chicago goalkeeper Chris Brady kept the clean sheet with two saves. Charlotte won 3-1 at Atlanta United, taking the lead from an 18th minute Justin Meram goal. Atlanta's Andrew Gutman . . .
CF Montreal, Inter Miami, and not panicking in MLS
By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (May 12, 2023) US Soccer Players - One of Major League Soccer's recurring lessons, taught every season to clubs that seem to forget it as soon as they learn it, is "Things are rarely as bad as they seem." A more direct way to state the same lesson as an imperative is "Don't panic." Both CF Montreal and Inter Miami enter Matchday 12 carrying winning streaks. Those . . .
FC Cincinnati beats NYCFC and Nashville shuts out Dallas in the US Open Cup
Thursday's soccer news starts with the rest of the US Open Cup round of 32 where FC Cincinnati beat NYCFC 1-0 at home. Brandon Vasquez scored in the 56th minute and Alec Kann kept the clean sheet with one save. "I thought those guys were outstanding tonight," Cincinnati coach Pat Noonan said. "And it was a well-deserved win." Columbus advanced 5-1 at Loudoun United, taking the lead from a 6th . . .
Minnesota and LAFC advance on penalties, New England loses to Pittsburgh in US Open Cup
Wednesday's soccer news starts in the US Open Cup round of 32, where Charlotte beat Orlando City 1-0 at home on a 70th minute Kamil Jozwiak goal. Charlotte goalkeeper Kristijan Kahlina kept the clean sheet with Orlando finishing without a shot on goal. Inter Miami advanced with a 1-0 home win over the Charleston Battery from a 48th minute own-goal. Nick Marsman recorded the shutout with one . . .
Bedoya: “It’s always about the next game.”
By Clemente Lisi – NEW YORK, NY (May 8, 2023) US Soccer Players – Alejandro Bedoya is the epitome of a veteran player. He has all the ingredients that go into that title, including longevity, experience, and embracing his role as team captain. The 36-year-old has been a member of the Union since August 2016, a team who has dominated the Eastern Conference in recent years and only lost last year’s . . .
The Red Bulls defense still points to a potential turnaround
By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (May 7, 2023) US Soccer Players - When the Seattle Sounders missed the MLS playoffs in 2022, it gave the New York Red Bulls both the longest active playoff streak and a chance to set an MLS record. A look at the Eastern Conference standings ten games into the 2023 season shows the difficulty of maintaining that level of success. After a 1-0 loss to the . . .
MLS Week 11: San Jose wins, Montreal shuts out Orlando, Inter Miami beats Atlanta
Week 11 of the 2023 MLS season started at Stade Saputo where Montreal shutout Orlando City 2-0 at home. An own-goal put Montreal up in the 62nd and Rommell Quioto doubled the lead in the 66th. Montreal goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois made two saves to keep the clean sheet. "In the right moments, we took our chances and we were able to maintain our block," Montreal coach Hernan Losada said. "That . . .
LAFC aims to break new ground on Champions League run
By Charles Boehm – WASHINGTON, DC (May 4, 2023) US Soccer Players - Technically speaking, the Concacaf Champions League semifinals went as expected, with both of the higher seeds, LAFC and Leon, advancing. Framing it in those terms risks short-changing the drama of the two series, and the difficulties Philadelphia and Tigres posed. These were four high-level matches that demanded top performances . . .
