It was billed as an “International Friendly” but the game at Rio Tinto Stadium tonight seemed to be anything but. For a game that had absolutely nothing on the line but pride for either club, the intensity was at playoff level.
A first half that produces the following can hardly be called “friendly”:
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The final of the 2009 US Open Cup was intense. Defending champions, DC United, hosted new boys Seattle Sounders in the penultimate game of the oldest cup competition in the USA. FSC carried the game live and I thought the atmosphere was great. RFK Stadium is the best non-soccer-specific venue we have in the league [...]
Video: Sierra Mist Goal of the Year
Congrats to Will Johnson of ReAL Salt Lake for winning the MLS goal of the year. This is a well deserved accolade for the RSL youngster not only for the skill with which he took the strike but it was a very important goal as it got RSL over [...]
ReAL Salt Lake and the Colorado Rapids face-off tonight at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in a winner takes all situation. This is the final game to determine the winner of the Rocky Mountain Cup this season but more importantly, the winner of this game gets into the playoffs.
For ReAL, this would be their first post-season [...]
The US Open Cup is the oldest cup competition in the USA but just doesn’t get its due. It has more history than the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, and the NCAA Tournament but doesn’t capture the attention of the American sports fan to the same degree. A fact about us which I find really [...]
The Red Bull vs Barcelona friendly was (not surprisingly) all Barça. That team has made some major changes this summer but look hella-good and have a lot of potential to make a major mark in Europe this year. You could hardly tell, at least from this match, that they just replaced their [...]
Today we officially say goodbye to Claudio Reyna after a long and impressive career. Reyna will turn 35 this month and has played for 4 different European teams in Germany, Scotland, and England. And most recently he has been a designated player for the NY Red Bulls but has been injured so much in the [...]
FSC had an MLS double-header tonight. I wasn’t doing anything, so I watched the 1st game: Chicago at Columbus. Not a significant game from a USMNT perspective, only 1 player is currently listed in the player pool (Chris Rolfe), but pretty entertaining none the less.
The coverage started with an interview of Robbie Rogers, who looked [...]