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Brad Davis Earns 2011 MLS Best XI Honors

Dynamo Theory 10 November @ 02:30 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Houston Dynamo midfielder Brad Davis has been named to Major League Soccer's Best XI, league commissioner Don Garber announced today. It is the first career Best XI selection for Davis, a finalist for the 2011 MVP award, which will be announced on Nov. 18, and a four-time MLS All-Star.

The MLS Best XI recognizes the league's top 11 players at each position on the field - one goalkeeper, three defenders, five midfielders, and two forwards.

Dynamo 1, Union 0: The Particulars

Dynamo Theory 04 November @ 08:31 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Philadelphia Union vs. Houston Dynamo
November 03, 2011 -- Robertson Stadium
Eastern Conference semifinals -- Game 2
Attendance: 24,749

Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Brian Ching 1 (Brad Davis 2) 48+

Philadelphia Union -- Faryd Mondragon, Sheanon Williams, Carlos Valdes, Danny Califf, Gabriel Farfan (Roger Torres 66), Michael Farfan, Brian Carroll, Veljko Paunovic (Freddy Adu 66), Sebastien Le Toux, Jack McInerney, Danny Mwanga (Justin Mapp 66).

KYW Philly Soccer Show: Dominic Kinnear

The Philly Soccer Page 03 November @ 11:13 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Photo: Courtesy of the Houston Dynamo

Houston Dynamo's Dominic Kinnear is the guest on the latest installment of the KYW Philly Soccer Show podcast as KYW's Greg Orlandini and Philly Soccer Page writer Eli Pearlman-Storch sit down with the two-time MLS Cup winning coach to discuss the Philadelphia Union's series with Houston.

Confident Bunbury striking at right time

Soccer By Ives 01 November @ 03:47 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Photo by Bill Barrett/ISIphotos.com


By AVI CREDITOR

Teal Bunbury doesn't accept success as a given, even if things are set up quite nicely for him on a couple of levels.

Bunbury, who scored both goals in Sporting Kansas City's 2-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids in the first leg of the MLS Eastern Conference semifinals, has the scales tilted heavily in his favor heading into Wednesday night's second leg match at Livestrong Sporting Park (Wed.

The end is near

Colorado Soccer Now 31 October @ 03:47 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Teams that can't score don't make it far in the postseason, and the Colorado Rapids are a team that can't score.

The latest evidence came Sunday evening as the Rapids fell 2-0 to Sporting Kansas City in the first leg of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Colorado, which edged the Columbus Crew 1-0 in the wild card match on Thursday, couldn't generate legitimate threats as Sporting spent the evening shoving them around the field.

Kimura, Moor, Folan ruled out as Rapids injury woes worsen

Soccer By Ives 31 October @ 03:00 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The Colorado Rapids' uphill battle in the Eastern Conference Semifinals just got tougher.

Kosuke Kimura, Drew Moor and Caleb Folan are all expected to miss extended time after picking up injuries in the first leg of the home-and-home series against Sporting Kansas City, the Rapids announced Monday.

The Playoffs Begin

Down the Byline 29 October @ 07:33 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Sporting KC kicks off their playoff campaign tomorrow night in Colorado against the Rapids in the first leg of the Eastern Conference semifinals. KC split the season series with the Rapids, drawing both games 1-1. In the game out in Colorado Conor Casey scored in the 13th minute after a poor back pass.

2011 MLS Cup Playoffs, Semifinals: Picks

WVHooligan 28 October @ 01:00 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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David Beckham and Thierry Henry will hope to lead their clubs to a playoff win this weekend. (Getty Images)

I already submitted some picks for the playoffs over at BigDSoccer.com, you can read them there but seeing how I was wrong on one of them already I figured I can get a pass and just focus on the final eight here.

Rapids defeat Crew to advance to Eastern Conference semifinals

Soccer By Ives 27 October @ 11:22 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The Colorado Rapids' hopes of defending its MLS title are still alive, and the club can thank Omar Cummings for that.

Cummings scored his first goal in nearly three months to help lift the Rapids to a 1-0 win over the Columbus Crew in a wild card playoff match at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Thursday night.

Dynamo 3, Galaxy 1: The Particulars

Dynamo Theory 23 October @ 09:31 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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LA Galaxy (19-5-10) vs. Houston Dynamo (12-9-13)
October 23, 2011 -- Robertson Stadium, Houston TX
Attendance: 30,018

Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Adam Moffat 2 (unassisted) 27
HOU -- Bobby Boswell 5 (Adam Moffat 2) 48
HOU -- Carlo Costly 1 (Brad Davis 16) 74
LA -- Jack McBean 1 (Chad Barrett 5, Michael Stephens 1) 88

LA Galaxy -- Donovan Ricketts, Frankie Hejduk (Ryan Thomas 77), Gregg Berhalter (Sean Franklin 46), Dasan Robinson, A.

2011 MLS Playoff match-ups set

Soccer By Ives 23 October @ 08:32 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The Houston Dynamo's 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy has completed the match-ups for the 2011 MLS playoffs, with the Dynamo rising to No. 2 in the East with their season-ending victory.

Here are the match-ups heading into the post-season, which the wild card matches taking place at mid-week and the conference semifinals beginning on Saturday:

WILD CARD ROUND

Wednesday- (4) New York Red Bulls at (1) FC Dallas

Thursday- (3) Columbus Crew at (2) Colorado Rapids

EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

Highest Remaining Wild Card vs.

Anibaba's brace leads Fire past Crew

Soccer By Ives 22 October @ 11:56 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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By DAVE GUBALA

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill.-- When the Chicago Fire and Columbus Crew squared off on Saturday night it was the Crew that had everything to play for and the Fire just playing out the string. You wouldn't have known it based on how both teams came out though, as the Fire completed a strong finish to the 2011 season with another victory while the Crew stumbled their way into the post-season.