Tag Archives: Landon Donovan
MLS ’13 - The End of the Western Conference’s Dominance
For the past three years, the gulf between the two MLS conferences has seemingly been as deep as the Grand Canyon. In 2011 and 2012, the East’s representative in MLS Cup was Houston, a convert from the West. The last … Continue reading
A Walk Down Memory Lane… Reviewing the Previews
One thing we are not afraid to do here at MLS Talk is to take a look back on our predictions and previews to highlight what we got both awesomely right and so terribly wrong. Now that the 2012 MLS … Continue reading
Winner and Losers of the First Round of the 2012 Playoffs
As you may have noticed when you excitedly opened your podcast app this morning, we were unable to record a post-Thursday episode of the MLS Talk podcast due to a variety of conflicts. However, after a wild and crazy first … Continue reading
What Your Team Needs to do to Win MLS Cup 2012
Tonight the road to MLS Cup 2012 begins with Chicago hosting Houston in the Eastern Conference 4/5 game. Over the next month ten teams will battle to determine who is the best team in MLS this season (at least, the … Continue reading
The Warning Signs in a Big Win for U.S. National Team
This morning, U.S. soccer fans are again wearing their rose-colored glasses and celebrating the home team’s necessary 1-0 win over Jamaica last night at Crew Stadium. With the win, the Yanks sit atop Group A and control their destiny in … Continue reading
Why The LA Galaxy Are Not Contenders… Yet
The Los Angeles Galaxy’s come-from-behind 3-2 win at Rio Tinto Stadium this week sent the MLS crowd into a frenzy, proclaiming “The Galaxy are back!” and “they are who we thought they were!”. To be honest, some of this was … Continue reading
Sporting KC Gets Statement Win Over Galaxy 1-0
The game was called the biggest matchup of the early season by ESPN’s Adrian Healey in the pregame. While this may have been an overstatement, yesterday’s match featured two teams that during the preseason many had as the best in … Continue reading
Real Salt Lake Shocks Host Galaxy 3-1
For the first seventy minutes of yesterday’s First Kick match-up between the Galaxy and RSL, the predictions about the amazing 2012 Galaxy season looked like they were more than just hype. Only the crossbar and some timely RSL defending denied … Continue reading
The Dempsey Conundrum: Promotion or Status Quo?
On the eve of the much-anticipated American Civil War between Everton and Fulham, American soccer fans are relishing the chance to see three of their best players take the pitch at the same time at the highest level of competition. … Continue reading
Three Offseason Questions for the Defending Champs: LA Galaxy
Today we wrap up our “Three Questions” series with the defending MLS champions, the Los Angeles Galaxy. By any definition, they were the best team in MLS last season: they convincingly led the Supporters Shield’s race most of the season, … Continue reading