What's up with the Union's home form? Harrisburg, Ocean City, Reading, and Junior Lone Star in play this weekend. Klinsmann releases US roster for upcoming friendlies and qualifiers. Robots in Brazil. More news.
Hackworth says there were not a ton of positives in Wednesday's 4-0 loss to the Crew. More reports and reaction from Orlando. Bundesliga wants to make MLS impression. USA tumbles in FIFA rankings. More, including dinosaurs.
Sky Sports reports that Bolton manager Owen Coyle "claims no decision has been taken as yet
regarding a permanent deal" for Sebastien Le Toux.
Jonathan Tannenwald tweets, "A Union source says the team 'would not use Tim Ream as a
benchmark' in any negotiations over Le Toux regarding transfer fee.
Well, almost a QPR kit "Ah, breaker one-nine, this here's the Rubber Duck. You gotta copy on me, Pig Pen, c'mon?" Pretty sure this is how the conversation went down between Kevin Payne and Sporting KC's front office as TFC's President traded for MLS veteran Bobby Convey earlier today.
Sporting Kansas City traded forward Bobby Convey to Toronto FCon Thursdayin exchange for Toronto FC's natural third round pick in next year's MLS SuperDraft (in other words the first pick from Toronto in the Supplemental Draft).
Yep. Convey re-joins Kevin Payne and former teammate (now head coach) Ryan Nelsen.
Sporting KC fell to a surprisingly stout Toronto FC side 2-1. After the shock result, here are a few quick thoughts worth considering. How Real are Sporting's Issues? It was easy to write off Sporting's poor first-half performance against Philadelphia as a case of new players gelling and first-game rust.
PSP's Eastern Conference preview looks at each club and how the Union match up against them. In the end, PSP picks Michael Farfan and the Union to finish ... well, click on to read more.
McInerney expects Union to play 4-4-2. MLS working to integrate Reserve League with USL-PRO. Oldest existing footage of soccer in US. Union holiday video card and IS It March Yet? More news.
By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (Sep 27, 2012) US Soccer Players -- In Thursday's column, Tony looks at a possible return for Bobby Convey, strategizes one MLS team's bold season-ticket strategy, and wonders why Steve Cherundolo's club team plays in red? Didn't Kansas City trade for Bobby Convey last offseason?
Chicago Fire defender Dan Gargan has made news on the field as an automatic starter at for his
club, but he keeps drawing notice off the field for his artwork too.
Gargan drew notice earlier this season with the terrific video he put together looking at
Chicago's preseason preparation for the MLS season.
Bobby Convey scored his first goal in a Kansas City uniform Saturday, but his team still fell
short in the end.
Convey made a nice run into the box in the first half against Chicago, picked up a pass from
Roger Espinosa, and right-footed a slow ball into the net for his 31st goal in MLS.
Jeff Parke wasn't too thrilled about getting unexpectedly benched in April. So when the Seattle
Sounders center back earned his way back into Seattle's starting lineup, he didn't waste the
opportunity.
Parke manned the center this week for Seattle as the Western Conference club posted consecutive
shutouts this week against Los Angeles and Philadelphia, with the two clubs posting just two
combined shots on goal against Seattle.
Temple alum J.T. Noone resigned with his hometown Harrisburg City Islanders and celebrated
Friday with a game-winning goal.
Noone buried a penalty kick in the 51st minute to lead Harrisburg to a 2-1 win Friday over the
Charleston Battery. Noone, who spent half a season with Philadelphia Union, recorded four assists
last season in 21 games for Harrisburg.
Philadelphia-area players turned the tides in Saturday's two biggest games in Major League
Soccer, as Andrew Wenger scored a game-winner and Bobby Convey created one with a beautiful
assist.
Wenger's goal came in a nationally televised (in Canada) match between Toronto and Montreal,
giving the Impact their first-ever MLS win by a 2-1 score.
It might seem odd for two Philly guys to be happy about playing for a soccer team in Charleston,
S.C., but if there's anything Ryan Richter and Tony Donatelli should keep in mind, it's recent
history.
Richter, a LaSalle alum who played for Philadelphia Union last season, and Donatelli, a Temple
grad who moves from minor league Rochester, both signed with the Charleston Battery of the USL last
week.
Two right backs from the Philadelphia area faced off on Saturday, but only one came out a
winner.
Chicago right back Dan Gargan started and went the full 90 for Chicago in the club's 1-0 over
Philadelphia, being a key part of the Chicago attack that consistently came down the right
flank.
Philly locals faced off on opposite sides of the field and determined the course of a match for
the first time in Philadelphia Union history.
Not that it was a good thing for any of them.
Colorado midfielder and Chestnut Hill Academy alum Jeff Larentowicz drew a red card in the 58th
minute of Colorado's 2-1 win over Philadelphia, turning Sunday's Union home opener into a wide open
affair as the Rapids went a man down.
Continuing our trip West, we look at teams that the Colorado Rapids will be battling for a
playoff spot in 2012.
FC Dallas: Pizza Hut Park is home to one of my two enigmas for the coming
season. The defense looks better with George John's return, but there are questions on whether
Dallas is closer to the 2010 team that went to the MLS Cup finals, or a squad likely to scrape by
into the playoffs.
Continuing our look at the coming MLS season we finish with the teams in the East and move West
in our preview.
Sporting Kansas City: The squad struggled to score in the preseason, but all
other signs are looking up for KC. The team doesn't have to start a season homeless on the
road.
Today marks the return of one series and the start of another. First, fresh on the heels of our
series of raves, we begin our series of season reviews of every Philadelphia Union player who saw
more than ten minutes of action in 2011 (sorry Morgan!
Hack says not to put too much into preseason match results, will start first team tonight against Montreal. Union responds to criticism of Chik-Fil-A promotion. FIFA to drug test. Some beautiful Union artwork, alligators, Black Flag, and more.
Le Toux on where he sees himself in the Union formation. Lots of players in camp equals lots of GKs. Has MLS arrived as a feeder league? More on USA v Canada. Match-fixing in Canada.
PSP has video from Monday's press conference. Reaction to Union's Supplemental Draft picks. Trialists named. Jeff Parke scores in USMNT win. No Gold Cup games for Philly. More news.
Sporting KC got back to winning in preseason tonight down in Orlando, defeating DC United 2-0. Eric Kronberg got the start and played the full 90 minutes in net for KC. The rest of KC's starting lineup played about 75 minutes. Other than Kronberg in place of Jimmy Nielsen, there were three other regular starters that were missing from the lineup.
Sporting Kansas City scored twice late in the second half and that was the difference in their 2-0 win over D.C. United tonight at the Disney Pro Soccer Classic. Former United midfielder Bobby Convey scored on a wonderful goal in 74th minute to give SKC the lead and then Soony Saad got the second in [.
Sporting KC played a decent 45 minutes in the first half against Chicago, but fell apart in the
second half, as the Chicago Fire beat KC 2-1 to send Kansas City to their 3rd straight loss. Early
on it was the Fire that really controlled the play, keep the ball deep in KC's end and looking very
threatening, especially on corner kicks, but the Fire couldn't find an opener.
This past weekend's match between the top team in each conference featured a Philadelphian
playing yet another new position.
Now in his first season with Kansas City, Bobby Convey is being deployed at left wing in a
4-3-3, the only new starter for the league's best and only undefeated team.
The game was called the biggest matchup of the early season by ESPN's Adrian Healey in the pregame.
While this may have been an overstatement, yesterday's match featured two teams that during the
preseason many had as the best in ...
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Team: San Jose Earthquakes Coach: Frank Yallop Last Season: 8-12-14, 7th Western Conference,
14th Overall Hashtag: #SJEarthquakes Although it is an overused phrase, this year is a critical
year for the San Jose ‘Quakes. The team is at a crossroads and this season ...
If Sporting Kansas City's season had a title, it would be "Night and Day". A tough start to the
season, no doubt spurred on by the never-ending road trip, saw the team open Livestrong Park and
use its great atmosphere ...
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Sporting Kansas City continued their busy start to the offseason, making another trade. This time,
the team brought in left sided midfielder/back, Bobby Convey from the San Jose Earthquakes. In
return, Sporting KC is sending an international roster spot to the Quakes. A bit of a surprising
move for KC sending the international spot to San Jose, as KC will now go from 9 international
spots to 7, the other spot KC is losing is because it's expiring from the Adam Cristman trade with
DC.
"I'm too sexy for Crew Cat" TORONTO VS. COLUMBUS BMO FIELD - SATURDAY 5PM ET TV: TSN
THE KICKABOUT: It's that time in the MLS schedule where Glasgow must bow to the pent-up intensity of centuries of Ohio-Ontario sectarianism as "The New Soft Derby" kicks off.
