Tag: MLS

Steven Gerrard bought a bunch of beer for LA Galaxy supporters groups

Steven Gerrard has only just arrived in Los Angeles, but he’s making some very good first impressions. The paparazzi have already praised him as being “nicer than David Beckham” and now he probably has the LA Galaxy’s supporters groups thinking the same thing.

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Real Salt Lake score with free kick routine that will sexually arouse Arsene Wenger

Real Salt Lake opened the scoring in their 2-2 draw with Columbus by pulling off a well rehearsed and perfectly executed free kick routine that left their opponents befuddled. The ball Kyle Beckerman played off the initial free kick was just splendid.

Watch that on repeat and let all your troubles melt away.

DTotD: Real Salt Lake player goes up for a header, forgets about existence of the post right in front of him

Real Salt Lake’s Luke Mulholland was so focused on the ball while going up for a header while basically standing inside the goal that he forgot that everything else existed and jumped directly into the goal post.

The only way he could have played this off well is if he got up and demanded that the ref show the post a yellow card.

This has been the Dirty Tackle of the Day: a chronicling of unfortunate events. 

Real Salt Lake player proposes to his girlfriend, then beats Toronto all on the same field

Real Salt Lake striker Devon Sandoval is a man who know how to make the most out of an afternoon. After listening to some Bob Marley tunes, he decided to prepose to his girlfriend. He also knew that he would have a match against Toronto FC on Sunday. So he thought: why not combine this peanut butter and jelly into a soccer-marriage sandwich? Read more

Soccer AM quiz new Colorado Rapids signing Kevin Doyle on American words

Ireland international Kevin Doyle signed for the Colorado Rapids last week and to prepare him for his big move, Sky Sports’ Soccer AM quizzed him on the American equivalent for several words and phrases.

Now, an Englishman teaching an Irishman the terminology of America would seem destined to fail, but Doyle does pretty well. He won’t be eating any cotton candy or zucchini while in the States, though. Or wearing a fanny pack.

Kaka scores late equalizer for 10-man Orlando City in first MLS game

With the divine intervention of Jeb Brovsky’s midsection, Orlando City captain Kaka was credited with his first MLS goal in added time to give his side a 1-1 draw with fellow newcomers New York City FC. Mix Diskerud opened the scoring for the visitors, curling in a shot from the edge of the box in the 76th minute off a pass from David Villa. Read more