Monthly Archives: October 2008

“The only thing about a tie is you just inch along. We needed the full three points, but we’re not out of it by any stretch.” Kansas City Wizards’ captain Jimmy Conrad after his side’s 1-1 tie with the Chicago Fire Sunday.

“I think what we’ve run into today are the champions. They’ve shown championship quality. They have extremely good players in most areas of the pitch. What they also do is make very, very good decisions on the ball. They don’t give it away cheaply [and] they punish you for your own mistakes.” Colorado Rapids’ coach […]

“Tonight [Saturday] was just so pleasing because I think it all came together. Unfortunately, it might just be too little, too late, but we’ve given ourselves a great opportunity.” Toronto FC coach John Carver stays optimistic until the end after his side’s 3-1 win at New York.

“The goals we gave away were horrendous. We can’t give goals away like that. We tried to pass it and we tried to do the right things, but we were just off. You see the character of the team, though. Two-nil down at home, 20 minutes to go, and they don’t give up. We end […]

“Two mistakes, two goals. We gave them those goals. We’ve said that the whole season, we’ve given goals away. But I think we can take a positive out of here. One point against a good team that’s on top of the Eastern Conference is nothing to be sad about.” Real Salt Lake defender Nat Borchers […]

Goalkeeper Tim Howard’s anger when he thought Trinidad & Tobago had scored in last month’s World Cup qualifier in Chicago illustrates how badly the U.S. defense takes conceding a goal, writes Frank Dell’Apa. Even with the side leading 3-0, Howard punched the ground and then started shouting at his teammates until he realized the goal […]

The former goalkeeper of English Championship side Plymouth Argyle, Luke McCormick, was jailed for seven years Monday for killing two young brothers while driving drunk. The 25-year-old was returning from a teammate’s wedding in the early hours of the morning last June with more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his blood when […]

There will be plenty of pressure on players and coaches when Real Salt Lake plays its first game Thursday at the team’s new soccer specific stadium in the suburb of Sandy, writes Michael Lewis. But this will be nothing compared with the pressure on what team owner-operator Dave Checketts calls the “heroes” who used their […]

New York is another Eastern Conference team failing to produce at a crucial point in the season. For the second week running, writes Frank Giase, it “played host to a desperate team fighting for its playoff life, and for the second game in a row they failed to match their opponent’s intensity and drive for […]

The generous playoff format of Major League Soccer can keep the worst of teams hanging in there until the season's very end, but surely not even the most optimistic D.C. United fans can think their team still has a chance this season after Saturday's dismal 3-0 home defeat by Chivas USA. Step forward United coach […]