In Thursday's edition of the 5 Questions, Tony appreciates the creativity of Salt Lake's coach in avoiding interacting with the match official. Read More
After a little detective work, OTF's Austin Fido is back to tell you why all this MLS schedule reshuffling may be a good thing after all especially for Fire fans.
MLS eschewed the international break early this season. As a result, quite a few MLS squads were left to play either one or both of the last couple of league games without key starters.
Humpday? Must be Columbus.  Well our manager may not be around for the first while but you dear supporter have no excuse! It's time to call your second cousin and tell her to move that wedding date - or at least make sure that the hall gets GOL TV. Yes, from deep in their Manhattan underground lair, Major League Soccer has unleashed its 2013 schedule on an expectant public.
Tony Edwards has answers for Dallas's attempt at reviving the 442, Major League Soccer's decision to play in early March, and draft caginess. Read More
The final weekend of action in the MLS regular season is upon us, and despite all playoff spots being locked up, there is still plenty to play for.
The Chicago Fire will host D.C. United in front of an expected sold-out crowd at Toyota Park in a game with huge postseason implications. Both teams are trying to lock up the No.
Three matches unfold across Major League Soccer tonight, each with its own playoff implications as
the regular season's stretch run continues.
In the Eastern Conference, a matchup between two teams currently occupying playoff spots sees
the Chicago Fire host the Houston Dynamo with just one point separating the two teams.
The two hottest teams in Major League Soccer face off tonight with playoff dreams on the line as
the Montreal Impact visit Crew Stadium to take on the Columbus Crew.
The Impact and Crew wouldn't have been pegged to be playing a Game of the Week candidate a month
ago, but Montreal's five-game winning streak and the Crew's five-match unbeaten streak have changed
things and now both teams are on the verge of breaking into the playoff places in the Eastern
Conference.
There are just four matches on the MLS schedule tonight, but three of them are battles between
teams thick in the playoff race.
The Seattle Sounders will look to move past the disappointment of losing in the U.S. Open Cup
Final when they travel to San Jose to take on an Earthquakes side coming off a bye week.
While I was off sampling the charms of San Diego for a few days (ahem), the Galaxy were busy
beating an awful Dallas team in ghastly weather conditions and Chivas USA defeated a dreadful
Portland Timbers side that are a walking ad for changing the MLS schedule (does anybody outside
The red-hot Chicago Fire will look to push the LA Galaxy's losing streak to three matches today
in the day's most high-profile match-up on the MLS schedule.
Four games fill out the day, beginning with the Fire's clash with an LA side that had enjoyed a
nice run before suffering back-to-back defeats.
A quintet of intra-conference match-ups make up today's Major League Soccer action, led by the
Seattle Sounders taking on the Colorado Rapids.
The Sounders are winless in eight MLS matches, but return to CenturyLink Field feeling good
after a hard-earned point in a scoreless mid-week draw against Real Salt Lake.
The San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles Galaxy always bring plenty of tension and animosity to
their 'California Clasico' rivalry, but the latest installment of their derby will bring an extra
level of intensity because of just how much is on the line when they face off tonight.
With three league matches remaining in the 2012 MLS Schedule, the New York Red Bulls have made a surprising switch at the top level of their club. Erik Soler has been demoted into an advisory role, and New York's new ... Continue reading →
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A bizarre mid-week day game was probably not something the Chicago Fire were too thrilled with
when initially looking at the 2012 MLS Schedule. Still, with twenty minutes to go, it looked as if
the Fire would be able to hang on and steal a point on the road against the New York Red Bulls.
Cross country trips are never good for MLS teams. At one point last season coastal teams were
completely winless playing on the opposite coast through some amazing amount of games and I started
referring to it as the Coast To Coast Curse. That eventually ended, but those 3,000 mile trips
remain brutal for teams.
While the June schedule was tough, and the results even worse and the July schedule was tough
with decent results August is a month in which one trophy can be won and two others can be set-up
for success. Any shot at the Supporters' Shield will demand a month with many points. There's the
opportunity to lift the Open Cup with one good game and the 2012-13 CONCACAF Champions League
starts with the longest competitive trip the Seattle Sounders have taken in their MLS history.
The Rapids have started a tradition of getting into hot water and putting playoff hopes in
jeopardy during the month of July. After the weekend's results, Colorado has no where to go but
up.
The Rapids followed a tepid 1-0 loss to the Vancouver Whitecaps at home on July 4 with a dismal
2-1 loss to the Seattle Sounders late Saturday.
Landon Donovan of the LA Galaxy (Google Creative Commons)
Two of the top three teams in the Western Conference face off Saturday as third place LA Galaxy visits first place FC Dallas in the weekend's most intriguing match.
LA Galaxy is coming off a 2-2 draw away at Toronto FC in their last MLS match and currently sits with a 2-0-2 record and a solid eight points.
In 2011, the MLS schedule was released in February. Last year the schedule was released in the first week of January. The 2013 version was released on Tuesday afternoon along with the list of nationally televised games. As we do we every year, we are a taking a look at the schedule of games and some of the business aspects of the schedule release.
The Dynamo have five league matches remaining in their 2012 MLS schedule and sit in fourth place, four points clear of the Crew in sixth. In looking at the Dynamo's chances for the playoffs, there are two big things to consider. First, games played and second the actual schedule. One is in Houston's favor, the other is not, at least on the surface.
