BRAGGING RIGHTS Blanco lifts MLS to 3-2 win over West Ham
Cuauhtémoc Blanco was named MVP of the MLS all-star game after leading the MLS all-stars to a 3-2 win over West Ham United. Linda Cuttone/Sports Vue Images
MLS made it a perfect 5-0 in all-star games against international competition, defeating West Ham United of the English Premier League, 3-2, in front of a sellout crowd of 20,844 at BMO Field Thursday night. Christian Gomez, Cuauhtémoc Blanco and hometown boy Dwayne De Rosario scored for the MLS all-stars, while Dean Ashton scored both goals for West Ham. Blanco, Chicago Fire star and former Mexican international was named the game’s MVP with a goal and an assist in the opening 45 minutes.
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BRAGGING RIGHTS Blanco lifts MLS to 3-2 win over West Ham
MLS made it a perfect 5-0 in all-star games against international competition, defeating West Ham United of the English Premier League, 3-2, in front of a sellout crowd of 20,844 at BMO Field Thursday night. Christian Gomez, Cuauhtémoc Blanco and hometown boy Dwayne De Rosario scored for the MLS all-stars, while Dean Ashton scored both goals for West Ham. Blanco, Chicago Fire star and former Mexican international was named the game’s MVP with a goal and an assist in the opening 45 minutes. Complete
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MORE EXPANSION MLS will add two more by 2011
TORONTO– Major League Soccer could be growing again soon. The League’s Board of Governors approved expanding by two teams by 2011, MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced following a Board of Governors meeting held in conjunction with Thursday’s All-Star Game.. Complete
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BUDDING INTEREST Could Buddle be European bound?
Edson Buddle has surprised a lot of people around Major League Soccer by scoring 11 goals, good for second in the league behind Los Angeles Galaxy teammate Landon Donovan, earning his first MLS All-Star Game nod. The New Rochelle, N.Y., native had the same sentiment when asked about the rumors of a $1 million move to a Norwegian club. Complete
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MLS ROUNDUP Weather-beaters
WASHINGTON, DC—Mother Nature did her best to disrupt Wednesday night’s MLS match at RFK Stadium, but the Houston Dynamo had all the power it needed to defeat DC United, 2-0, in front of a storm-lashed crowd of 14,660.
MLS INFORMER News and notes from around the league
“Hooliganism follows British Team to Ohio” blared the headline in the New York Times. The AP article beneath that inflammatory line recounted how “fights quickly broke out between more than 100 Crew fans and at least 30 West Ham fans” at the teams’ recent “friendly.” Complete
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