The Hot Seat is on for These Coaches
Seven or eight games into the season and teams begin to take a hard look at their position at the table. It’s still too early to declare teams out of the race especially with a 34 game schedule, but...
View ArticleResumes Flying! The Week in Review May 30 – June 3, 2011
Photo by LA Galaxy For American soccer fans, we are entering a frantic month of soccer. In addition to our normal MLS action, we will have the chance to see the Gold Cup and an impressive friendly...
View ArticleWednesday Recap: A Night of Soccer Not to Miss
Going into the MLS regular season and CONCACAF Champions League games last night, American soccer fans knew it was going to be an interesting night. The CCL matches would determine who would advance...
View ArticleFire Set MLS Record With Another Draw
Photo by Daveblog In the land of draws, the Chicago Fire are kings. Last night, La Maquina Roja looked well on their way to their third win of the season after dominating DC United at home for about 70...
View ArticleVideo: Watch Sigi Schmid Receive Press Conference Champagne Bath
The Seattle Sounders won a thrilling 2-0 victory in last night’s U.S. Open Cup as the Sounders have now won three straight Open Cup trophies. Their opponents, the Chicago Fire, failed to become only...
View ArticleFire Burn DC With Two Stoppage Time Goals
In the long history between these two teams (winners of the first five MLS Cups), there has never been an ending quite like this. The Chicago Fired dealt DC United’s playoff chances a major blow...
View ArticleAre the Fire Playoff Bound? Three Questions for Chicago
Chicago ended the year as potentially the best non-playoff team in MLS. They caught “fire” and had a winning record for the final third of the season, almost stealing the tenth playoff spot from New...
View ArticleMLS ’12 Preview – The Chicago Fire
Team: Chicago Fire Coach: Frank Klopas Last Season: 9-9-16, 6th East, 11th Overall Twitter Hashtag: #CF97 In our 2011 preview of the Chicago Fire, I predicted the Fire would either make a surprise long...
View ArticleDC Dominates in 4-2 Win Over Fire
What do the Michigan Bucks and DC United have in common? They are the only two teams to score more than two goals against the Chicago Fire in 2012, but last night the Fire could only blame themselves...
View ArticleWeekend Results Tighten Eastern Conference Race
Injuries, an international break, and a bevy of good matches gave MLS fans a number of games to watch Friday and Saturday. With the number of games to be played dwindling, every match-up takes on that...
View ArticleWhat Your Team Needs to do to Win MLS Cup 2012
Tonight the road to MLS Cup 2012 begins with Chicago hosting Houston in the Eastern Conference 4/5 game. Over the next month ten teams will battle to determine who is the best team in MLS this season...
View ArticleMLS ’13 – The End of the Western Conference’s Dominance
For the past three years, the gulf between the two MLS conferences has seemingly been as deep as the Grand Canyon. In 2011 and 2012, the East’s representative in MLS Cup was Houston, a convert from...
View ArticleCandidates Who Could Replace Tim Howard During His Leave Of Absence
While Tim Howard continues to play for Everton and spend more time with his family, there will be sizeable void in the United States Men National Team’s defense in a very literal sense. Between the...
View ArticleMLS Again Creates New Rule to Appease Owners
The return of Jermaine Jones to MLS is a great moment for the league. After his stellar play in the World Cup, the veteran midfielder was out of contract and needing one more shot at being a...
View ArticleAnalysing The MLS Playoff Race In Detail
There’s about a month to go in the MLS season, which will wrap up at the end of October. That means playoff races are reaching their apex, as the field is set for the November tournament that is the...
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