Armchair Analyst: Timbers hope to stop the clock | #MLSIsBack in 21 Days | MLSsoccer.com
A week-and-a-half ago, my colleague Bobby Warshaw wrote THIS column, in which he listed – by his own reckoning – the Western Conference contenders. They were Seattle, LA, RSL, Dallas and Sporting, with the other seven teams grouped in as "the rest."
Sebastian Giovinco keeps hitting set-piece stunners, even in preseason | MLSsoccer.com
You might recall the first leg of last year's Eastern Conference semifinals, when New York Red Bulls defender Michael Murillo was caught napping as Toronto FC's Sebastian Giovinco drove in a game-winning free kick.