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The Portland Timbers recently welcomed new Designated Player Brian Fernandez, a young Argentinian footballer who came from the Liga MX and scored in his first game with the Timbers, into MLS after being the second-best striker of the Mexican tournament. During the Clausura 2019, Fernandez reached 12 goals in...
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With the rise of advanced analytics in soccer, expected goals (xG) has become a go-to metric for examining the quality of both clubs and individual players beyond base accumulation stats (goals, assists, etc.). Inspired by Ben Mayhew of Experimental 3-6-1, who utilizes similar statistics for the English Football League,...
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With the announcement that MLS will, as long suspected, be growing to at least 30 teams, now’s the perfect time for rampant speculation, treating rumor as fact and ranking the most likely expansion targets. Based on what we currently know about teams, cities, their stadium plans and their ambitions,...
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Another year, another failure of MLS clubs in the Concacaf Champions League. Sporting Kansas City was the last American hope in the 2019 edition of the North American confederation club tournament. However, they were humiliated in the first leg of the semifinal by Monterrey, making it almost impossible to...
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Carlos Vela is feeling good and in a glorious state as a footballer. Vela’s present is bright like the beginning of LAFC‘s 2019 season. The team from Los Angeles is undefeated and leads the MLS Western Conference. They average three goals per match and concede one every 108 minutes....
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Here’s a six-way Venn diagram of every professional soccer city in the U.S. — from MLS, the USL Championship and USL League One — plus all the pro sports towns from the other four major American sports: the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL. Follow Colton on Twitter: @cjcoreschi. Support Soc...
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CINCINNATI — Just a few days after Sporting KC suffered a 5-0 trouncing in Concacaf Champions League play at Monterrey, Peter Vermes’ side was tasked with heading to Nippert Stadium to take on expansion FC Cincinnati. An early Darren Mattocks penalty conversion by the hosts was canceled out by...
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CINCINNATI — The Philadelphia Union outplayed and ultimately topped FC Cincinnati 2-0 at Nippert Stadium on Saturday in downright dreadful conditions. A clean sheet from Andre Blake and two strikes early in the second half, the first by Marco Fabian and the second by David Accam, who also assisted...
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With the rise of advanced analytics in soccer, expected goals (xG) has become a go-to metric for examining the quality of both clubs and individual players beyond base accumulation stats (goals, assists, etc.). Inspired by Ben Mayhew of Experimental 3-6-1, who utilizes similar statistics for the English Football League,...
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John and R.P. harangue Ian again over his preseason MLS rankings, taking particular exception to one team in the second tier. The gang goes through Ian’s top 14 teams. Related: Front Porch Discourse: MLS tiers Part I Follow Front Porch Discourse on Twitter: @FPDiscourse. Support Soc Takes on Patreon...
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In an annual tradition that has spanned many podcasts, Ian presents the gang with his preseason MLS tiers while John and R.P. critique them. In this first part, they go through the bottom two tiers. Related: Front Porch Discourse: MLS tiers Part II Follow Front Porch Discourse on Twitter: @FPDiscourse....
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“MLS Fantasy Boss” Reid Connelly and 2018 MLS Fantasy spring champion Tod Modisette join co-hosts Kevin Johnston and John Lenard to preview the 2019 season from a fantasy perspective. The fellas go over some of the basic MLS Fantasy tenets along with what’s new for 2019, then turn their...
The Portland Timbers recently welcomed new Designated Player Brian Fernandez, a young Argentinian footballer who came from the Liga MX and scored in his first game with the Timbers, into MLS after being the second-best striker of the Mexican tournament. During the Clausura 2019, Fernandez reached 12 goals in...
With the rise of advanced analytics in soccer, expected goals (xG) has become a go-to metric for examining the quality of both clubs and individual players beyond base accumulation stats (goals, assists, etc.). Inspired by Ben Mayhew of Experimental 3-6-1, who utilizes similar statistics for the English Football League,...
With the announcement that MLS will, as long suspected, be growing to at least 30 teams, now’s the perfect time for rampant speculation, treating rumor as fact and ranking the most likely expansion targets. Based on what we currently know about teams, cities, their stadium plans and their ambitions,...
Another year, another failure of MLS clubs in the Concacaf Champions League. Sporting Kansas City was the last American hope in the 2019 edition of the North American confederation club tournament. However, they were humiliated in the first leg of the semifinal by Monterrey, making it almost impossible to...
Carlos Vela is feeling good and in a glorious state as a footballer. Vela’s present is bright like the beginning of LAFC‘s 2019 season. The team from Los Angeles is undefeated and leads the MLS Western Conference. They average three goals per match and concede one every 108 minutes....
Here’s a six-way Venn diagram of every professional soccer city in the U.S. — from MLS, the USL Championship and USL League One — plus all the pro sports towns from the other four major American sports: the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL. Follow Colton on Twitter: @cjcoreschi. Support Soc...
CINCINNATI — Just a few days after Sporting KC suffered a 5-0 trouncing in Concacaf Champions League play at Monterrey, Peter Vermes’ side was tasked with heading to Nippert Stadium to take on expansion FC Cincinnati. An early Darren Mattocks penalty conversion by the hosts was canceled out by...
CINCINNATI — The Philadelphia Union outplayed and ultimately topped FC Cincinnati 2-0 at Nippert Stadium on Saturday in downright dreadful conditions. A clean sheet from Andre Blake and two strikes early in the second half, the first by Marco Fabian and the second by David Accam, who also assisted...
With the rise of advanced analytics in soccer, expected goals (xG) has become a go-to metric for examining the quality of both clubs and individual players beyond base accumulation stats (goals, assists, etc.). Inspired by Ben Mayhew of Experimental 3-6-1, who utilizes similar statistics for the English Football League,...
John and R.P. harangue Ian again over his preseason MLS rankings, taking particular exception to one team in the second tier. The gang goes through Ian’s top 14 teams. Related: Front Porch Discourse: MLS tiers Part I Follow Front Porch Discourse on Twitter: @FPDiscourse. Support Soc Takes on Patreon...
“MLS Fantasy Boss” Reid Connelly and 2018 MLS Fantasy spring champion Tod Modisette join co-hosts Kevin Johnston and John Lenard to preview the 2019 season from a fantasy perspective. The fellas go over some of the basic MLS Fantasy tenets along with what’s new for 2019, then turn their...