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SANDY, Utah – Alvaro Saboria and Fabian Espindola have been a potent 1-2 punch for Real Salt Lake in recent years. Saturday night was no different as they each scored in a 2-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids. The two now have a combined 54 goals for Real Salt Lake, with Espindola’s 29th goal tying him with former standout Robbie Findley for Real Salt Lake’s all-time lead in MLS goals scored. “Both those guys were extremely alert and bright tonight,” Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis said. “I’m pleased that they both got on the scoreboard but probably more pleased with [...]

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LONDON — Chelsea will play the MLS All-Stars in Chester, Pa., on July 25 as part of the Premier League club’s tour of the United States. The all-star team from Major League Soccer has taken on English champion Manchester United the last two summers. Chelsea played the all-stars in 2006. Chelsea last month announced an exhibition at the Seattle Sounders on July 18. Former Poland international Peter Nowak will take charge of the MLS All-Stars for the match, which will be played at PPL Park – the home of Philadelphia Union. Tottenham, Liverpool and Aston Villa also have announced preseason [...]

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CARY, N.C. The president of Major League Soccer says he believes Southeastern markets would support teams from his league – if it ever decides to expand again. Mark Abbott visited the North Carolina Triangle on Thursday as a guest of the Carolina Railhawks and met with fans and local business leaders to “get a sense of the community.” He said he’s “a firm believer” that MLS would work in the Southeast, but stressed that there’s no timetable for growing beyond 20 teams and called it “premature” to speculate about Raleigh, Charlotte or any other city. “Today was about really coming [...]

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FOXBOROUGH (MLS) Chris Pontius curled a shot off the left wing into the far right corner in the 82nd minute, his first goal of the season, as the D.C. United beat the New England Revolution 2-1 Saturday. New England had a six-match (5-0-1) unbeaten streak against D.C. United snapped. D.C. United is unbeaten in four matches (2-0-2), during which it has allowed two goals. New England took the lead in the sixth minute on Jose Moreno’s first goal for the Revolution in his two games with them. United answered in the 19th minute when Maicon Santos finished one of D.C.’s [...]

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LONDON (SOCCER/Harris) – David Beckham remains in contention for Britain‘s Olympic soccer team after surviving the latest cut in the squad. Manager Stuart Pearce has slashed his long list of 191 players down to 80 since January as he prepares Britain‘s first Olympic soccer team since 1960. The 18-man squad is expected to be named by June. Beckham, who will turn 37 next month, would be one of three players over 23 allowed on the squad if he is selected. The Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder has expressed a desire to play at the London Games with his career in the [...]

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NEW YORK (MLS/) – Major League Soccer would implement goal-line technology quickly if it’s approved in July by the sport’s rules-making body.“We’re interested in being a test league and we hope that we could achieve that,” MLS Commissioner Don Garber said Thursday while speaking to the Associated Press Sports Editors. “I would be open to whatever it is that could be done to ensure that we have goal-line technology.” The International Football Association Board meets July 2 and could approve Sony Corp.’s Hawk-Eye or GoalRef, owned by a German-Danish company. Following a series of erroneous calls in high-profile games ranging [...]

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VANCOUVER, BC (MLS/Yahoo) Aurelien Collin and Kei Kamara scored to help Sporting Kansas City win its seventh straight to start the season with a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 Wednesday night. Collin finished on a corner in the 24th minute, Vancouver’s Martin Bonjour headed into his own net in the 51st minute and Kamara scored in the 65th minute Sporting KC is the first team since 1996 to being with seven wins -the Los Angeles Galaxy started with eight straight wins that year, all in regulation, back when MLS regular season games went to overtime. Sebastien Le Toux [...]

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KANSAS CITY (WIRE/SOCCER) – Sporting Kansas City is off to the best start by an MLS team in 14 years, dominating a home-heavy portion of its schedule. Taking to the road for two games in four days may present a new set of challenges. Sporting KC looks to remain perfect when it visits the Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday night. No team has started better than Kansas City (6-0-0) since Los Angeles won its first nine games in 1998, and coach Peter Vermes’ squad has made it look rather easy. It has outscored opponents 9-1 and set an MLS record by [...]

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