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Wednesday, February 17, 2010 3 Comments
Yesterday the CSA finally announced what every hardcore Canadian soccer supporter had long known, that its men’s national team would be taking on powerhouse Argentina in Buenos Aires on May 25.
Somehow, little Canada got chosen as the opponent for Lionel Messi and company’s final preparatory match prior to jetting off to South Africa for the World Cup. In fact, the match will also headline Argentina’s bicentenary celebration.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 No Comments
The entire MLS 2010 regular season schedule was released at the league’s website today, including Toronto FC’s fourth year fixture list.
We’ve already known for months that The Reds would be opening the 2010 campaign on the road at Columbus, as well as matching up against New England away on April 10, before debuting BMO Field’s brand new grass pitch and north stand against expansion Philadelphia Union on April 15. Today brought the rest of the year’s fixtures to light, allowing us crazies to finally plan our spring, summer and fall accordingly. [...]
Friday, November 20, 2009 7,348 Comments
The stage is set, the seats are (somewhat) sold out. Finally, MLS gets its biggest star on its biggest stage.
After three trying years, the LA Galaxy are playing in MLS Cup. The opponent is the less than stellar draw known (comically, even after five seasons) as Real Salt Lake.
While I’m sure the high-powered suits behind the league were hoping for a dream match-up of the world’s most famous athlete versus the biggest Mexican star of his generation, in reality Beckham’s opponent does not matter.
Monday, November 9, 2009 155 Comments
The first round of the 2009 MLS Cup playoffs concluded Sunday with the LA Galaxy scraping past their cross-hallway rivals Chivas USA by the narrowest possible margin, setting the stage for next weekend’s Conference Finals.
The Galaxy won their series by a single goal, courtesy of a successful Landon Donovan penalty kick in the 73rd minute of the Galaxy home leg. The 1-0 scoreline in the second leg was a complete reversal compared to the relative goalfest (a sloppy 2-2 draw) that was the Goats’ home leg a week previous.
