4-18-11

Undefeated in 4 games, play is improving, and everyone is almost healthy.

Post game quotes and stats.

Monday MLS breakdown, Benny wants to be on a Jet home!!

Week 5 MLS Player of the Week




Showboating



Real Madrid and Barcelona will lock horns three times in the next 16 days, playing for the Copa Del Rey and a shot at the Champions League final as an historic four-match, winner-take-all-stretch continues in Spain. It's the biggest rivalry in the world - bigger than anything American sports can offer - and one that encompasses the pride and history of Spain, as well as the glamour of two of the planet's most fabled clubs.


Philadelphia Union 1 – Seattle Sounders 1 (MLS, April 16, 2011)



The European rewind, England, Spain, Italy, and France.


Chicago Fire 1 – Los Angeles Galaxy 2 (MLS, April 17, 2011)



5 Snap judgements from last weekend MLS games.


Own Goal of the Week



Americans abroad rewind, some goals, some on the bench, and some wins.


Portland Timbers 3 – FC Dallas 2 (MLS, April 17, 2011)



He scored a hat trick against Inter Milan, he has tore up the EPL all season and Sunday night he was recognized for it!


Houston Dynamo 1 – New England Revolution 0 (MLS, April 17, 2011)



For Real Salt Lake, the end of the road also could be the start of a dramatic new one, complete with the mouthwatering prospect of rubbing shoulders with the finest teams in the world.


New York Red Bulls 3 – San Jose Earthquakes 0 (MLS, April 16, 2011)



Around the world fans are a very big part of any soccer game, fan groups love to hold flags, banners, and sing songs. One group did something that surpassed any other group and won't soon be forgotton!


Toronto FC 0 – DC United 3 (MLS, April 16, 2011)



Award winners Gareth Bale and Jack Wilshere feature in the Professional Footballers' Association's Premier League Team of the Year which is dominated by players from Manchester United and Arsenal.


Vancouver Whitecaps 0 – Chivas USA 0 (MLS, April 16, 2011)



As a theme for a downtown party, a salute to late-’70s American professional soccer sounds a little on the you’ve-got-to-be-kidding side. But anyone who walked into Openhouse Gallery in NoLIta one rainy night in mid-February would have seen a young crowd in a huge room celebrating the New York Cosmos, the long-defunct team that briefly turned the world’s most popular sport into a glamorous New York fad.



Columbus Crew 1 – Sporting Kansas City 0 (MLS, April 16, 2011)