#11: Livestrong Sporting Park
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For soccer fans in Kansas City, June 9 was about as close to a religious experience as you can experience without stepping into a place of worship. READ ON... |
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#10 Marquez Madness
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There’s a school of thought that says it doesn’t matter whether you’re good or bad. All that matters is that you’re remembered. READ ON... |
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#9 Keller's Tribute Game
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Ask 100 soccer people for their opinion on a soccer-related question and you’re liable to get a hundred different answers. But there are a select few issues that produce total unanimity, or something close to it. READ ON... |
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#8 MLS wins in Mexico
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Twenty-four times, MLS teams went down to Mexico seeking victory. Twenty-four times, they failed. Then FC Dallas went to Mexico City. READ ON... |
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#7 NBC Strikes a Deal with MLS
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Spread the word. That’s the mantra of many, if not most, soccer fans in the United States. We are a uniquely evangelical bunch. Not in any religious way. In a soccer way. We want everyone to recognize the grace, the passion, the glory that is the beautiful game. READ ON... |
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#6 The Return of Charlie Davies
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“What might have been?” It’s the most haunting question in sports, and few in American soccer epitomize it like Charlie Davies. READ ON... |
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#5 Portland vs. Seattle
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The first shot across the Columbia River came in September 2010, in the form of an audacious green sign planted firmly and dangerously behind enemy lines. READ ON... |
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#4 The De Rosario Saga
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Toronto and Dwayne De Rosario were supposed to be a match made in heaven. A soccer-crazed city had waited and wondered while their native son climbed the heights, first in San Jose, then Houston. Fifty-one goals. Forty-two assists. Four MLS Cup championships. Three All-Star and Best XI nods. Two MLS Goals of the Year. READ ON... |
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#3 Broken Bones, Broken Hearts
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2011 was supposed to be the year of the playmaker. But as it turned out, 2011 was the year without the playmaker. READ ON... |
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#2 Real Salt Lake Lose in CCL Final
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The first MLS team to advance to a CONCACAF Champions League final, RSL had already done the heavy lifting by snatching a 2-2 first-leg tie in Monterrey, Mexico. All they needed to do was close out the affair at the fortress that was Rio Tinto Stadium, where they were riding a 37-match unbeaten streak, and a place in history would be theirs. READ ON... |
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#1 LA Galaxy Win MLS Cup
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It took four-and-a-half years, but David Beckham and the LA Galaxy finally got the perfect, Hollywood ending that had seemed like it would never come. READ ON... |
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