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Jackson playing himself into game shape
(ESPN.com | May 16/12)
since 1992, primarily in the field of live sports. For two years Carrick was the co-host of Inside Soccer with Brad Sham. While 3rd Degree is mostly focused on FC Dallas, Carrick has also written MLS SuperDraft Rankings for ESPN Soccernet....

Whitecaps and Toronto FC set to battle for Canadian supremacy
(TSN | May 15/12)
The battle for Canadian club soccer supremacy resumes Wednesday night in Vancouver. The first leg of the Amway Canadian Championship aggregate final pits MLS rivals Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps against one another at BC......

Whitecaps and Toronto FC set to battle for Candian supremacy
(TSN | May 15/12)
The battle for Canadian club soccer supremacy resumes Wednesday night in Vancouver. The first leg of the Amway Canadian Championship aggregate final pits MLS rivals Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps against one another at BC......

MLS Preview Tuesday, May 15, 2012
(TickerTech.com | May 15/12)
s pretty simple. It's not an Excel spreadsheet you're looking at, it's the game of soccer." Spencer makes it sound simple, but in order for Portland's attack to get back on track, the duo of Kris Boyd and Darlington Nagbe will be the key......

Nguyen burns former team to earn MLS Player of the Week
(TickerTech.com | May 14/12)
=== === New York, NY (Sports Network) - New England Revolution midfielder Lee Nguyen was voted Major League Soccer's Player of the Week for Week 10 following his two-goal, one-assist performance in the Revolution's 4-1 victory over Vancouver Whiteca...

Wileman: Beckham delivers in Montreal visit
(TSN | May 14/12)
to the stomach watching Beckham tie the match and ultimately deny their side a win against the reigning MLS Cup Champions, but also a moment they had been waiting for. One of the questions I get asked most frequently regarding Major League Soccer by...

Davis scores lone goal, Dynamo christens stadium with win
(TSN | May 13/12)
the city's east side will also be the home for Texas Southern football games, concerts and international soccer matches. But it belongs to the Dynamo, and their orange-clad supporters loved the atmosphere on Saturday. The opener drew a sellout crowd...

Houston opens new stadium with win over D.C.
(TickerTech.com | May 13/12)
BBVA Compass Stadium followed, as the Houston Dynamo edged D.C. United, 1-0, on Saturday in Major League Soccer. After a seven-game road trip to start the season, Davis scored off a shot from well outside the area to give Houston a win in the first-...

MLS Game Summary - Los Angeles at Montreal
(TickerTech.com | May 12/12)
but the Los Angeles Galaxy played to 1-1 tie Saturday against the expansion Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer. Davy Arnaud scored just eight minutes into the match for Montreal, and Beckham curled a free kick into the top-right corner in the 62...

Montreal earns point against Beckham, L.A.
(TickerTech.com | May 12/12)
but the Los Angeles Galaxy played to 1-1 tie Saturday against the expansion Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer. Davy Arnaud scored just eight minutes into the match for Montreal, and Beckham curled a free kick into the top-right corner in the 62...

Arnaud, Beckham score; Impact tie Galaxy before record crowd
(TSN | May 12/12)
in their last four matches. Olympic Stadium was jammed with 60,860 spectators, a record for a professional soccer match in Canada, to see the Impact's first showdown with the defending MLS champion Galaxy and Beckham, their star midfielder and Engla...

Impact host Galaxy, Beckham in front of huge crowd on TSN
(TSN | May 12/12)
Montreal Impact doesn't want that to happen again when he faces Beckham and the defending Major League Soccer champion Los Angeles Galaxy before a huge crowd at Olympic Stadium today. Catch all the action live on TSN at 4pm et/1pm pt. Also available...

Impact set to host Galaxy, Beckham in front of huge crowd
(TSN | May 11/12)
Montreal Impact doesn't want that to happen again when he faces Beckham and the defending Major League Soccer champion Los Angeles Galaxy before a huge crowd at Olympic Stadium on Saturday. Especially since they were teammates the last two years in ...

Mattocks, Barbara give Whitecaps large forward contingent
(TSN | May 11/12)
Vancouver Whitecaps will have more offensive options available on Saturday as they look to improve their Major League Soccer road show against the New England Revolution. Strikers Darren Mattocks and Etienne Barbara, who were sidelined with injuries...

Seattle aiming to climb ahead of RSL
(TickerTech.com | May 11/12)
points and five straight wins. The Sounders can go top of the West, and all of Major League Soccer, with a defeat of the Claret and Cobalt. "As a team this is our fifth win in a row, which is a franchise record for us," said goalkeeper Bry...

Montreal ready for defending MLS champion L.A.
(TickerTech.com | May 11/12)
debut season Saturday when the Los Angeles Galaxy visit Olympic Stadium. In their first season in Major League Soccer, the Impact were winless through their first five matches, but a win over Toronto FC in early April started an impressive run that ...

Gonzalez suspended for game; Cardenas Suspension rescinded
(TSN | May 10/12)
the leg of Philadelphia's Sheanon Williams late in last Saturday's game. The discipline from Major League Soccer was handed down on Tuesday. Gonzalez will miss Seattle's game on Wednesday night at FC Dallas. The incident happened in the 88th minute ...

Nesta to leave AC Milan at season's end, ponders move to MLS
(TSN | May 10/12)
will leave AC Milan at the end of the season and is considering a move to Major League Soccer in the United States. Nesta has spent 10 years at Milan but, at the age of 36, says "the high pace of the Italian league, the Champions League and the...

GreenDrop Recycling Stations® Score Big in Houston
(TickerTech.com | May 10/12)
Stations are an instrumental part of the recycling program at BBVA Compass Stadium, the new home of the MLS Houston Dynamo. As part of the "Building a Better Houston" campaign, BBVA Compass has partnered with Greenstar Recycling to develop...

Whitecaps beat FC Edmonton; make Canadian final against TFC
(TSN | May 10/12)
the Vancouver Whitecaps a 3-1 comeback victory over FC Edmonton and a ticket to the Amway Canadian Championship soccer final. The Whitecaps took the two-game series 5-1 on aggregate. "I had to come in to help the team, and I was ready," Le...

Whitecaps beat FC Edmonton; advance to final against TFC
(TSN | May 10/12)
the Vancouver Whitecaps a 3-1 comeback victory over FC Edmonton and a ticket to the Amway Canadian Championship soccer final. The Whitecaps took the two-game series 5-1 on aggregate. Vancouver will meet Toronto FC in the Canadian final, which will b...

Gonzalez suspended for game; Suspension rescinded for Cardenas
(TSN | May 09/12)
the leg of Philadelphia's Sheanon Williams late in last Saturday's game. The discipline from Major League Soccer was handed down on Tuesday. Gonzalez will miss Seattle's game on Wednesday night at FC Dallas. The incident happened in the 88th minute ...

MLS Preview Wednesday, May 9, 2012
(TickerTech.com | May 08/12)
Sounders FC in a battle of two of the top teams in the Western Conference in Major League Soccer this weekend. "It doesn't really let up on us this year," midfielder Kyle Beckerman said, "a lot of Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday games, so...

MLS Features: Red Bulls need to rethink philosophy
(TickerTech.com | May 08/12)
=== === By Chris Ravita, Soccer Editor Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - It must be tough to be a fringe player for Red Bull New York. Since Erik Soler took over as the club's Sporting......

Decision on Brek Shea should come Tuesday
(ESPN.com | May 08/12)
Dallas will have one final training session this morning (Tuesday) on the stadium field and how the 2011 MLS All-Star comes through that practice will likely determine whether or not he’s back in the first 11 for Wednesday’s visit from S...