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Minnesota advances in the West

December 4, 2020 by US Soccer Players

Minnesota advances in the West

Friday's soccer news starts with Minnesota United advancing to play Seattle in the Western Conference final. In a game available nationally on Fox, Minnesota shutout Sporting Kansas City 3-0 on the road. Kevin Molino opened the scoring in the 27th and doubled the lead in the 35th. Bakaye Dibassy made it 3-0 in the 39th with Emanuel Reynoso assisting on all three goals. Dayne St Clair made four . . .

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Filed Under: Americans Abroad, Featured, MLS, News Update, Soccer News Tagged With: 2020 mls playoffs, europa league, minnesota united, sporting kansas city

How good were the 2000 Kansas City Wizards?

June 16, 2020 by J Hutcherson

How good were the 2000 Kansas City Wizards?

By J Hutcherson (June 16, 2020) US Soccer Players - Major League Soccer decided early on that its version of parity would make them the league of no dynasties. To their single-entity way of thinking, this was a good thing. No dynasties meant no dominant teams defining their new league. They were wrong. DC United was the first MLS dynasty and the LA Galaxy was right there with them. Chicago emerged . . .

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Filed Under: Club Guide, Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: sporting kansas city

What Sporting KC can teach the Revs about a rebrand

March 27, 2020 by Jason Davis

What Sporting KC can teach the Revs about a rebrand

By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Mar 25, 2020) US Soccer Players - Branding a soccer club in the modern American soccer landscape is an unenviable task. Getting it right might mean a huge wave of interest and the kind of viral marketing success that can turn soccer from after-thought in a market to the "it" team everyone wants to support. Getting it wrong means missing out on a potential group of . . .

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Filed Under: Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: new england revolution, sporting kansas city

The four perfect MLS teams

March 25, 2020 by Jason Davis

The four perfect MLS teams

By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Mar 25, 2020) US Soccer Players - Despite the aborted start to Major League Soccer's 25th season, there's data to go on when looking at how the landmark campaign might play out. Two games aren't much. Still, if it's possible to impress in just 180 minutes of soccer, there are a few candidates for the most promising teams of 2020. Predicting how a season might go . . .

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Filed Under: Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: 2020 mls season, atlanta united, colorado rapids, minnesota united, sporting kansas city

The early MLS contenders

December 16, 2019 by Clemente Lisi

The early MLS contenders

By Clemente Lisi – NEW YORK, NY (Dec 16, 2019) US Soccer Players – The close of a calendar year is often a time for reflection. It is also a time to look ahead to the new year and what 2020 may have in store for all of us. For MLS, the big question is how will teams navigate player signings, preseason, and the Concacaf Champions League as a new MLS season approaches. While MLS is unpredictable, . . .

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Filed Under: Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: 2020 mls season, atlanta united, concacaf champions league, lafc, nycfc, seattle sounders, sporting kansas city

The changing MLS transfer market

December 13, 2019 by Jason Davis

The changing MLS transfer market

By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Dec 13, 2019) US Soccer Players - There's more than one way to break a record. There's the subtle way, nudging just past the previous mark, barely setting a new record at all. Then there's the big and loud way. Smashing the record by going so far past the old number that it makes the old mark laughable. Sporting Kansas City's signing of Alan Pulido this week for a . . .

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Filed Under: Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: 2020 mls season, soccer business, sporting kansas city, vancouver whitecaps

Alan Pulido’s choice to pick Sporting Kansas City

December 11, 2019 by Luis Bueno

Alan Pulido’s choice to pick Sporting Kansas City

By Luis Bueno – RIVERSIDE, CA (Dec 11, 2019) US Soccer Players - When star Mexican striker Alan Pulido decided to leave Chivas Guadalajara, he had plenty of options at his disposal. Pulido had suitors both domestically and abroad. With Europe already in his past, he had his pick of places to go. Somehow, he chose Middle America. It may seem like an odd choice, but Pulido's move to Sporting Kansas . . .

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Filed Under: Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: 2020 mls season, liga mx, sporting kansas city

Ike Opara is the MLS Defender of the Year

October 18, 2019 by Jason Davis

Ike Opara is the MLS Defender of the Year

By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Oct 18, 2019) US Soccer Players - Ike Opara winning Defender of the Year in Major League Soccer in 2019 is definitely about Ike Opara. The 30-year-old Minnesota United center back won his second Defender of the Year in three years on Thursday, beating out Walker Zimmerman of LAFC and Miles Robinson of Atlanta United. Opara carried the player and front office votes . . .

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Filed Under: Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: 2019 mls season, minnesota united, sporting kansas city

Q&A with Sporting KC defender Seth Sinovic

August 19, 2019 by Clemente Lisi

Q&A with Sporting KC defender Seth Sinovic

By Clemente Lisi – NEW YORK, NY (Aug 19, 2019) US Soccer Players – MLS is loaded with notable defenders. Among the best, and most consistent, over the past decade has been Seth Sinovic. The Sporting Kansas City left back was raised in Kansas and has been a part of the team since 2011. Over that time, Sinovic helped the team win the 2013 MLS Cup and three US Open Cups. Sinovic played college . . .

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Filed Under: Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: 2019 mls season, sporting kansas city

Peter Vermes on decimated Sporting KC’s CCL hangover

May 16, 2019 by Charles Boehm

Peter Vermes on decimated Sporting KC’s CCL hangover

By Charles Boehm – WASHINGTON, DC (May 16, 2019) US Soccer Players - With his trademark flat-top haircut, straightforward manner, and unquestioned authority over technical matters as Sporting Kansas City's longtime coach and sporting director, Peter Vermes carries something of an old-school vibe. The former USMNTer and founding MLS player is presently getting an unwelcome throwback to the league's . . .

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Filed Under: Featured, MLS, Soccer News, Top Posts Tagged With: 2019 mls season, concacaf champions league, sporting kansas city

Older Posts
The winding road back to the Olympics

The winding road back to the Olympics

By Charles Boehm

The USMNT U-23s now know that the Olympic qualifying tournament is set to start in March with another set of issues for building a squad.

The importance of the link to MLS

The importance of the link to MLS

By Jason Davis

Though some MLS fans may downplay a European star looking to Major League Soccer later in his career, it remains important on and off the field.

England’s FA announces a plan

England’s FA announces a plan

By J Hutcherson

By J Hutcherson (Jan 12, 2021) US Soccer Players – England’s Football Association unveiled Time for Change, its new strategic plan, and there’s no need to tag it with spoilers. They’d very much like to do all the things the bigger associations and federations around the world stress as priorities. That includes winning. Under the […]

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