Tuesday's soccer news starts with the Seattle Sounders back in action later tonight at LAFC (10:30pm ET - ESPN). Considering how dominant Seattle was over the opening months of the season, it's tempting to call their current situation a dip in form. Except we're talking about the team in 1st-place in the Western Conference. The Sounders are on a three-game winless streak, most recently losing at . . .
Will Saturday help us figure out the Western Conference?
By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Oct 22, 2021) US Soccer Players - When the MLS schedule delivers, it really delivers. Following a 1-1 draw at 3rd-place Colorado, the 1st-place Seattle Sounders host 2nd-place Sporting Kansas City on Saturday (Univision - 3:30pm ET). Later that night, 4th-place Portland is at the Rapids (ESPN+ - 9pm ET). What sets the stage for the weekend happened on . . .
As MLS heads into week 28, what do we really know about the Western Conference?
By J Hutcherson (Sep 28, 2021) US Soccer Players - Week 28 is another midweek wonder from Major League Soccer as MLS gets the games in over a compacted season. There are either eight or nine games left for those in the playoff positions in the Western Conference. While the East is getting the attention for how close the playoff positions are, it's also a tight table at the top in the West. Three . . .
Colorado after Week 21
Monday's soccer news starts with a simple observation. If the all-star break marked the midpoint of the season, it would come after round 16. That's part of the problem with our insistence on using week instead of round. By "our," that means most places covering the league. Check the league's official site, and you'll see that week 21 just ended. It was week 19 concluding last Sunday, with week 20 . . .
What is the Leagues Cup?
By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Aug 13, 2021) US Soccer Players - "I think as an organization we always try to put front and center winning as our No. 1 objective. So obviously this is a competition that we are participating in and we're going to try to give everything we have. I feel that we're going to put a team on the field that has the ability to win and we'll do our best in the . . .
One club players are a rarity for a reason
By Jason Davis – WASHINGTON, DC (Aug 11, 2021) US Soccer Players - Lionel Messi is a Paris Saint-Germain player now. It may take a while for those words to be anything but surreal. A player so identified with one club that it's almost impossible to imagine him playing for anyone else will represent a new team this season. Needless to say, the soccer world is reeling. Barcelona fans are, as you . . .
Down and up at the Leagues Cup
Wednesday's soccer news starts with MLS clubs going in opposite directions at the Leagues Cup. Sporting Kansas City opted for an experimental lineup, the polite way of saying that they treated their game with Club Leon as an obligation. Losing 6-1 at home, Sporting exits the Leagues Cup in the opening round. Down three goals from Leon's Santiago Colombatta (16th) and Omar Fernandez (27th, . . .
Q&A: Gianluca Busio
By Clemente Lisi – NEW YORK, NY (Aug 9, 2021) US Soccer Players – Major League Soccer has been the place for young talent to flourish the past few years. It isn't so rare when a teenager makes his debut, shines for a few years, and then moves to Europe. It's a testament to the growth of US soccer and the power and importance of MLS. A prime example of this has been the success of Gianluca Busio, . . .
TQL Stadium gets the USMNT vs Mexico qualifier
Wednesday's soccer news starts with US Soccer announcing that FC Cincinnati's TQL Stadium will host November's USMNT vs Mexico World Cup qualifier. The game is the seventh qualifier and fourth at home for the USMNT in this World Cup cycle, with Concacaf scheduling triple-matchdays in September and October. Qualifying concludes with triple-dates in March with the USMNT at Mexico in its . . .
Sporting Kansas City should be in contention
By Luis Bueno – RIVERSIDE, CA (Jun 23, 2021) US Soccer Players - The Seattle Sounders are threatening to run away with the Western Conference. Seattle is the only team in MLS yet to taste defeat this season and is coming off a decisive 2-1 win at the LA Galaxy. Some of the teams who were supposed to contend for the regular-season title are well off the mark. Portland is in 5th-place, but both LAFC . . .
