A look at the winners and losers in week two of Major League Soccer action Winners Seattle What a start for Seattle. They have played two games at home in front of over 61,000 fans. The results are: two win, five goals scored and none conceded. Not a bad way to begin life in MLS […]

Sounders FC 2, Real Salt Lake 0 Fredy Montero scored his third goal in two games and and top overall draft choice Steve Zakuani set up Nate Jaqua’s goal with a brilliant move in the first half for Seattle. Swedish star Freddie Ljungberg played his first MLS game and first game of any kind in […]

Seattle Sounders FC’s designated player Freddie Ljungberg should finally be fit enough to make his Major League Soccer debut this weekend. Ljungberg underwent hip surgery in the offseason, but joined full practices this week, and should be prepared for a role off the bench. “I think we are going to try to play on the […]

For the last year or so we have been doing a weekly winners and losers in the English Premier League and for the 2009 season we will be doing the same for Major League Soccer. Here is a look at who we think we the winners and losers in an exciting first weekend of the […]

Landon Donovan scored two goals in the final 10 minutes to give the Los Angeles Galaxy a 2-2 tie with D.C. United on Sunday in the MLS opener for both teams. Christian Gomez and Chris Pontius scored for D.C. United, which built a 2-0 lead after 62 minutes before Donovan brought his team all the way […]

The wait is finally over and the 2009 Major League Soccer finally kicked off this weekend. Here is a look at the games this weekend. Houston 1 Columbus 1 Guillermo Barros Schelotto scored in the 81st minute to give defending MLS champion Columbus a 1-1 season-opening tie against the Houston Dynamo. Houston’s Brian Ching broke […]

I was away last week due to a death in the family and I cannot believe all that I missed. To start with Major League Soccer announced two new franchises, in Vancouver and Portland. The Pacific Northwest is the new epicenter of soccer in the U.S., especially after the Seattle Sounders  terrific home debut on Thursday. Speaking […]

Major League Soccer announced on Friday that Portland has been awarded an expansion franchise which will begin play in 2011. The announcement came two days after Vancouver was awarded a new team and one day after the expansion Seattle Sounders opened the 2009 campaign with a 3-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls. “A […]

Tonight the Seattle Sounders are on top of the Western Conference in Major League Soccer after a convincing 3-0 win over the New York Red Bulls. Playing before a raucous home crowd, Seattle got two goals and an assist from Colombian Fredy Montero as they kicked off their inaugural game in MLS in style. “There’s […]