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Sounders top Fire to claim third-straight U.S. Open Cup Wed Oct  5 00:43:58 2011 EST
Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - Fredy Montero and Osvaldo Alonso powered Seattle Sounders FC to its third straight U.S. Open Cup title, defeating the Chicago Fire 2-0 at CenturyLink Field on Tuesday. Seattle defeated D.C. United in 2009 and the Columbus Crew in 2010 before beating the Fire on Tuesday for the third Open Cup title in the club's history. The Sounders become the first team to win three consecutive Open Cup titles since Greek American AA completed the feat from 1967-69. After a score
Pappa claims MLS Player of the Week with hat trick Mon Oct  3 15:54:50 2011 EST
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Chicago Fire midfielder Marco Pappa was named the Major League Soccer Player of the Week for Week 29 of the MLS season on Monday. Pappa netted a hat trick in Chicago's 3-0 win over Real Salt Lake in midweek before also contributing to a 1-1 draw with the Houston Dynamo over the weekend. Those results have left Chicago three points adrift in the race for a playoff spot, while giving the Guatemalan eight goals on the season, which ranks second on the team. Chicago
Rapids hand Dallas its fourth straight loss Sat Oct  1 23:20:06 2011 EST
econd yellow card, but it failed to turn its man-advantage into an equalizer before time expired. Both teams retain their positions in the table, but fifth-place Colorado (45 points) closes the gap on fourth-place Dallas (46 points) as they look to solidify places in the postseason. FC Dallas (13-11-7) returns to league play on Oct. 12 when it travels to Pizza Hut Park to face the in-form Chicago Fire, while Colorado (11-9-12) has its next league match on Oct. 14 against Real Salt Lake at home.
Sounders top Revolution to tune up for Cup final Sat Oct  1 22:02:22 2011 EST
r Whitecaps FC for the worst record in the league. Montero's 10th and 11th goals were enough to keep Seattle (16-6-9) in the hunt for first place in the Western Conference, and sends the Sounders into Tuesday night's Open Cup final against the Chicago Fire on a three-game win streak. Sounders FC has won five of its last six, and seven of its last 10 and Montero again provided the spark after Fagundez gave New England the early lead. Fagundez nearly set up the opening goal in his first MLS start,
Oduro's 12th goal helps Chicago draw Houston Sat Oct  1 18:33:32 2011 EST
Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Dominic Oduro took another step toward the MLS scoring title, and kept the Chicago Fire on track for a miraculous run to the postseason against his former club the Houston Dynamo. Oduro scored his 12th goal of the season, tied for second with Landon Donovan and Thierry Henry, as Chicago tied Houston, 1-1, at Robertson Stadium to earn a huge road point, also its 18th in its last nine matches. Chicago (7-8-16) had won five of its last six, but still extended its str
New England puts season on line against Seattle Fri Sep 30 17:22:27 2011 EST
n heads into its last month. "Things are looking dire for playoffs," Tierney said, "so we have to go out there with a nothing-to-lose attitude. We have to go forward, take people on, and take chances." The Revolution suffered a 3-2 loss to the Chicago Fire in their last game, and coach Steve Nicol said afterward, "the reason we lost the game was because we gave three bad goals away. Well, they weren't bad goals but ridiculous goals. "We really hurt ourselves more than anything." New England lost
Colorado hosts Dallas in crucial wild card clash Fri Sep 30 17:13:17 2011 EST
y team over the past few months, stringing together an unbeaten streak followed by its current winless streak. From July 20 to Aug. 20, Colorado was unbeaten in its six regular season matches, going 4-0-2 in that stretch. But a 2-0 loss to the Chicago Fire on Aug. 27 has forced a recent struggle for the Rapids, who are winless in its last five matches. Most of the Colorado first team skipped its midweek CONCACAF Champions League clash at Isidro Metapan, as head coach Gary Smith placed a great de
Chicago hopes to continue surge at Houston Fri Sep 30 16:06:31 2011 EST
Houston, TX (Sports Network) - The Chicago Fire are the hottest team in Major League Soccer, but they still have work to do just to make the playoffs. Chicago won just two of its first 24 matches this season, but has won five of its last six to surge to within three points of the final postseason berth. After a 3-0 win at Real Salt Lake on Wednesday, the Fire (7-8-15) will try to keep the heat on in the Eastern Conference and the wild-card race against the Houston Dynamo (10-9-12). Amazingly, C
RSL, L.A. try to strengthen position for Supporters' Shield Fri Sep 30 15:48:42 2011 EST
t Seattle Sounders FC, which currently occupies second place with 54 points, Real Salt Lake will need to find its form again. Real Salt Lake has lost two straight matches, a 4-1 loss to D.C. United last Saturday followed by a 3-0 defeat to the Chicago Fire midweek. "Anytime you take negative results, and especially in the fashion that we took these results [against D.C. and Chicago] - to be thumped in both of them - can really affect the confidence," admitted Kreis. Midfielder Ned Grabavoy echoe
Pappa hat trick leads Chicago past RSL Wed Sep 28 23:33:08 2011 EST
Sandy, UT (Sports Network) - A hat trick from Marco Pappa helped the Chicago Fire earn a surprising 3-0 win over Real Salt Lake on Wednesday to keep their playoff hopes alive. Pappa scored twice in the opening half and added a third 15 minutes from time, as the Fire claimed only their second road win of the year. With the win, Chicago (36 points) sits just three points shy of the final wild card playoff spot, currently held by Red Bull New York (39 points). Chicago got off the mark in the 9th m
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