All posts tagged "American Major League Soccer"

  • Pressure mounts as SJ Earthquakes face playoff six-pointer with Seattle

    The San Jose Earthquakes’ locker room post match provides a tangible feeling for the mood of the team — players and coaches being too weary to shield their emotions fully.  Following wins, upbeat music blares over the...

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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  • Philly Union end San Jose’s win streak, handing Quakes a 2-1 defeat

    Coming into tonight’s home fixture against the Philadelphia Union with four consecutive wins behind their backs, San Jose Earthquakes coach Dominic Kinnear said, “You don’t want to say we were waiting for that bad game…,” but in a...

    • Posted September 5, 2015
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  • New-look SJ Earthquakes to rely on old morals against Philly

    Once again, American soccer turns its gaze toward an international break, doing so with a fondness commonly reserved for the likes of Sepp Blatter, or in the case of Major League Soccer, referees. The break itself isn’t...

    • Posted September 4, 2015
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  • SJ Earthquakes shut out Steven Gerrard and LA Galaxy 1-0

    Marc Pelosi and Steven Gerrard each left Liverpool for Major League Soccer this summer, albeit on entirely different accounts. Gerrard ended a legendary career as Liverpool captain and joined the LA Galaxy as perhaps MLS’ biggest name...

    • Posted August 28, 2015
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  • New-look SJ Earthquakes demolish Sporting KC 5-0

    San Jose Earthquakes fans can now just try to remain calm. If there was a nervous, restrained excitement after the Quakes’ ended their six-match Major League Soccer losing streak against the Colorado Rapids at the weekend, it...

    • Posted August 19, 2015
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  • SJ Earthquakes shed losing streak demons with 1-0 win over Colorado Rapids

    On Thursday morning, Anibal Godoy was in Panama awaiting his P1 Visa after signing for the San Jose Earthquakes. On Friday, Godoy woke up in Los Angeles and by 10pm the defensive midfielder had flown into San...

    • Posted August 14, 2015
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  • Colorado Rapids stand in the way of ending SJ Earthquakes’ rut

    The clock is ticking: the San Jose Earthquakes have now gone eleven matches without a win. There have been friendlies, the US Open Cup, and eight Major League Soccer fixtures: forty-six full days and twenty squad members...

    • Posted August 13, 2015
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  • MLS’ summer action anticlimactic

    Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Major League Soccer runs through the summer. It’s a physical necessity considering it’s nearly impossible to play football outdoors in many US cities during the winter, but for American soccer fans, for...

    • Posted August 4, 2015
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  • Didier Drogba an impact signing at Montreal Impact

    Didier Drogba is joining the brigade of international football stars moving to Major League Soccer and is naturally aiming to make a big impact on football in the region. Indeed Drogba one-upped everybody else in that respect...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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  • Gerrard debut offers glimpse of the new MLS in 5-2 San Jose win

    Oh to wonder what Steven Gerrard must have been thinking when he found his L.A. Galaxy team down 0-2 not twenty minutes into his MLS debut. Trailing at home to the San Jose Earthquakes, a mid-table team...

    • Posted July 18, 2015
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