≡ MLS Injury Report - Tuesday, July 27 (PA SportsTicker)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
EASTERN CONFERENCE
The Kansas City Wizards say they sold 700 season tickets after their exhibition win over Manchester United. The Wizards beat the English power 2-1 Sunday on goals by Davy Arnaud and Kei Kamara before 52,342 at Arrowhead Stadium, the largest crowd to watch a soccer match in Kansas City. Team spokesman Rob Thomson said Monday [...]
Midfielder Justin Mapp has been traded from Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire to the expansion Philadelphia Union for allocation money. Mapp was drafted by D.C. United as the league’s fourth overall pick in 2002 and joined the Fire a year later. He had 14 goals and 36 assists in 174 games with the Fire.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Steve Zakuani scored twice in the first half and the Seattle Sounders FC won for the first time at home since June 5, 2-1 over the Colorado Rapids on Sunday night. “Right now we need to get points. Sometimes that means rolling up your sleeves. We certainly did that,” Seattle Head Coach Sigi Schmid said.
Dane Richards scored on a 30-yard blast in the 68th minute Sunday and the New York Red Bulls beat Manchester City 2-1 in the final game of the Barclay’s New York Challenge at Red Bulls Arena. The Red Bulls opened the scoring in the seventh minute when Richards took it down the right side of [...]
By DOUG TUCKER AP Sports Writer
The Columbus Crew opened an eight-point lead atop Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference after a 3-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on Saturday. Venezuelan striker Emilio Renteria put Columbus ahead in the 34th minute, capitalizing on a blunder by Houston backup goalkeeper Tally Hall, who backpedaled as he tried to control the ball outside the [...]
Danny Allsopp scored three times to help D.C. United beat second-tier English team Portsmouth 3-0 Saturday night.
Emilio Renteria scored a gift goal in the first half and William Hesmer had his second straight shutout and eighth of the season as the Columbus Crew defeated Houston 3-0 on Saturday in Crew Stadium. Andy Iro scored in the 84th minute and Leandre Griffit, two minutes into his MLS debut, added another in the [...]