Tag Archives: MLS
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Alessandro Nesta Channels His Inner Zinedine Zidane, Headbutts Opponent (Video)
In 2006, when France’s Zinedine Zidane headbutted Italy’s Marco Materazzi during injury time of the World Cup Final, Alessandro Nesta was a member of the Italian team that would eventually go on to win the game, and the title, in a penalty shootout. Sure, Nesta didn’t play in the final after sustaining an injury in [...]
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Portland Timbers and Make-A-Wish Foundation Team Up to Give 8-Year-Old Cancer Patient and His Soccer Team the Thrill of a Lifetime (Videos)
By the end of this post, the Portland Timbers are going to be your new favorite Major League Soccer team. But let me start at the beginning. Last year, a soccer-loving Portland kid named Atticus Lane-Dupree discovered he had a cancerous tumor on his kidney. Doctors removed the kidney and the cancer, but afterward he [...]
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New York Red Bulls Fans Can’t Spell (Photo)
Some sports fans will spend hours upon hours creating a clever sign that they can bring to the game and show off while cheering for their team. But if you are sitting in the front row of a soccer game and you know that YOU’RE (you’ll understand why this is bolded in a second) sign [...]
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Thierry Henry Scores Wicked Corner Kick “Olimpico” Goal (Video)
In Spanish, they call a goal scored directly off a corner kick “el gol olimpico” in reference to a goal scored by Argentina’s Cesáreo Onzari against Uruguay—the Olympic soccer champions—back in 1924. But in English? Well, both in the UK and North America, there’s never been a cool name for a corner kick goal besides, [...]
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Check Out This Nasty Brawl Between Fans Of The Chicago Fire And Santos Laguna (Video)
Another day, another fan brawl. Is it just me, or are sports fans particularly truculent these days? Yesterday we told you about the nasty brawl at the Bill-Jets game over the weekend in which a big muscly guy punched a woman in the face. And of course, last week there was the epic falling-down-the-stairs [...]
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Dynamo’s Colin Clark Celebrated Game-Winning Goal In Extra Time By Running Down The Tunnel (Video)
With the score tied at nil-nil three minutes into second-half injury time during yesterday’s MLS battle between the Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake, Colin Clark had the game on his foot, and the Dynamo’s winger didn’t disappoint, burying the ball into the back of the net, thus, sealing the victory for his club. [...]
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Tied 1-1 With 7 Minutes To Go, Toronto FC Gives Up 2 Late Goals After Black Cat Runs Across The Pitch (Video)
Sometime when an animals runs out onto the field during a sporting event, it’s considered good luck. That certainly was the case for the Cardinals when the “rally squirrel” ran onto the field at Busch Stadium last year during the National League Division Series against the Phillies. After all, they went on to win [...]
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Montreal Impact’s Nelson Rivas Pulls A Zidane, Headbutts Opponent (Video)
In the everyday world, they call it a “headbutt.” In the soccer world, it’s called a “Zidane.” The headbutt earned that named in the soccer world after famous soccer star Zinedine Zidane headbutted Italian opponent Marco Materazzi during the finals of the 2006 World Cup. That act earned Zidane a red card in his final [...]
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Darren Mattocks’ Goal Is The Soccer Equivalent Of The Basketball Facial (Video)
In basketball, a facial is when somebody dunks the ball right in a defender’s face. This, of course, is not to be confused with the kind of exfoliating facial you get at the spa or, um, the kind you get, you know, elsewhere. Of course, getting a basketball facial is also closely related to getting [...]
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14 Months After Gruesome Injury, Seattle Sounders’ Steve Zakuani Makes Emotional Return Against Man Who Injured Him (Video)
Steve Zakuani seems like a really positive guy, but even he would probably tell you that April 22, 2011, was the worst day of his life. After all, that’s the day the Seattle Sounders striker had his leg broken in two places by a vicious tackle from Colorado Rapids midfielder Brian Mullan. If you want [...]
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David Beckham Lost His Cool On The San Jose Earthquakes And Their Mascot (Video)
Say whatever you want about David Beckham—that he’s overrated, that he’s underachieved during his national career with England, that he’s got too many giant billboards of himself wearing only underwear—but you cannot deny the fact that he is a fierce competitor. When he’s out there on the pitch, he wants to win as bad as [...]
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Vancouver Whitecaps’ Eric Hassli Scores On An Incredible Volley (Video)
Scoring a goal against Toronto FC isn’t much of an accomplishment these days, unless it is done in a brilliant fashion similar to what Eric Hassli of the Vancouver Whitecaps provided last night. With the Whitecaps trailing 1-0 in the 91st minute, Hassli volleyed a cross from teammate Alain Rocha past the Toronto keeper and [...]
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NE Revolution’s Kevin Alston Loses His Lunch On The Pitch (Video)
When New England Revolution head coach Jay Heaps inserted right back Kevin Alston into his starting line-up for Wednesday’s MLS match-up against the Colorado Rapids, he expected the 23-year-old to leave it all on the field, figuratively, not literally. However, Alston would leave it all on the field in a literal sense, after he was [...]
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Houston Dynamo’s Colin Clark Suspended Three Games For Homophobic Slur (Video)
Homphobic slurs are certainly nothing new in sports, despite an attempt by most leagues to eliminate such instances of hate and discrimination from their game. The MLS is the latest league to be confronted with such an issue, and they have responded accordingly, handing down a three-game suspension to Colin Clark of the Houston Dynamo [...]
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Top 10 Best MLS Goals of 2011 (Videos)
Whilst Major League Soccer – the United States’ elite football league – doesn’t exactly sport the same quantity as other leagues, such as La Liga and the Premier League, the quality of goals are arguably some of the best football fans will ever witness. Total Pro Sports has compiled a list consisting of the top [...]
