0 comments by Dustyn Richardson on 5/12/2012
The Whitecaps return to MLS action, after coming off their semi-final win in the Canadian Championship over FC Edmonton, to face the New England Revolution. In their two meetings last year the Caps gave up a late goal at home to settle for a 1-1 draw while a “B” squad lost a hard fought 1-0 […]
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Let’s put it out on the table: injuries have ravaged FC Dallas in 2012. Two suspensions played their part in the home loss to Seattle midweek. Regardless of the personnel on the pitch, Dallas has managed to play good soccer at moments, but has lacked a cutting edge in front of the net over three […]
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2011 was an atrocious year for the New England Revolution. We finished at the bottom of the league, but there was one team who finished lower. Vancouver ultimately claimed last place overall. Both teams changed their coaching staffs and large portions of their rosters. Vancouver might offer the best comparison for how effectively our Revs […]
0 comments by Dustyn Richardson on 5/9/2012
It can’t be said that I’m referring to a masterful painter sporting football boots, painting pass after pass, albeit somewhat haphazardly, with a unique style and taste for cunning art. If this mythical player was in a Dallas shirt there is a 50% shot he would be on the injured reserve. But like a Picasso […]
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Robert Earl Keen sang, “The road goes on forever and the party never ends” but for the Dynamo the long road to start the season is finally ending and the party is just set to begin. On Wednesday night Houston heads to New York to play its final game of a season opening 7 game […]
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NY comes into Wednesday’s tilt with a 180 minute shutout streak, two 1-0 victories, behind a makeshift backline. Lade, Ruthven, Barklage, and Meara were not names anyone knew or should know heading into the 2012 MLS season. Early in NY’s 2012 campaign, the defensive line was leaking goals and Meara had no help on some […]
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After two bye weeks in the first 5 weeks of the season, the Chicago Fire are experiencing their first crowded run of games in the month of May, as they prepare this week to wrap up 3 games in 8 days. While their Friday night match in Los Angeles against Chivas USA resulted in a 2-1 […]
0 comments by Dustyn Richardson on 5/8/2012
Rescind Blas Perez’s red card. It’s not much of a request and more of demand. But if you’re intent on providing justice it will happen. There was no intent by Blas on the play. Was it a bit reckless? Yes. Was it his first offense Sunday night? Yes. Did it have some unfortunate timing? Sure. […]
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We can differentiate between those teams that have been successful and those that have not been successful so far in this still developing 2012 MLS season, New England would fall into the latter group. Our Revs have not been successful in terms of earning results. The easy comparisons may be that we are better than Toronto […]
0 comments by Dustyn Richardson on 5/7/2012
DC United got an important Eastern Conference win at BMO Field beating Toronto FC 2-0 to retain second place. Bill Hamid got his first start between the posts for United since opening day and earned his first shutout of the year. I was glad to see DC get the three points here. Toronto is winless […]
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The Whitecaps were looking for a little revenge against the team that gave them their first loss of the season and ended their MLS record shutout streak. By the end of the 90 minutes Vancouver did more and proved that they can play amongst the MLS elite as the beat San Jose 2-1 with a […]
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The deck was stacked against NY heading out west this past weekend. Besides the laundry list of injured NY starters, the Galaxy would see David Beckham, Robbie Keane, and Todd Dunivant return to the lineup after missing the game midweek in Seattle. NY was still sending out an unknown and inexperienced backline against the defending […]
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The Montreal Impact earned an impressive shut out at the home of the MLS‘ Eastern Conference leaders, Sporting Kansas City. The Impact won by a scoreline of 2-0 in front of 20,404 at LiveStrong Park. This marked Montreal’s first ever road victory in MLS play. One that I don’t think many supporters of the club will soon forget. Making […]
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It’s like watching the same game… on repeat… every week. How is this for a recap? TFC have the better chances, more possession, but concede first on a defensive gasp and can not recover. The same can be said about last week’s game, the one before that, the one before that, and so on. DC […]
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Chivas USA finally got their first home goal of the season on Friday night but unfortunately it came in a 2-1 defeat to the Chicago Fire. Taking on the Eastern Conference side in their fifth home game of the season The Goats were hoping to notch not only their first goal at the Home Depot […]
