SALT LAKE ADVANCE TO WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIS

Real Salt Lake have advanced to the MLS Cup Western Conference semi-finals after defeating Los Angeles Football Club 3-2 on home turf.

A few minutes before the game between Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles Football Club kicked off on Thursday at Banc of California Stadium, Columbus Crew had staged a huge upset with a daring win over D.C. United on penalty shootouts. Just to be clear, that was a sixth seed knocking out a third seed, highlighting how phenomenal that was.
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Kinnear on the future

LA Galaxy head coach Dominic Kinnear has warned his players that they should not be carried away with the win against Minnesota United as there are still a lot of games to be played if they want to win a trophy. He said that they first have to seal their place in the postseason and this will happen if they win their next game against Houston Dynamo.

Dominic Kinnear said that the team is on a good run at the moment and it is important that they keep the momentum going. He said that it was an excellent game for them against Minnesota United and that it is important that they continue like that.
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Ibrahimovic Has Asked More From The MLS And LA Galaxy

The former striker of Man Utd, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is unhappy with the quality of team and artificial pitches. He has criticized MLS as well as his own teammates of LA Galaxy in recent weeks – however, those who are asking for improvement have been welcomed by a number of fans of football fans in the US.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic arrival in America was overwhelming welcoming and now he wants to improve the team as much as he can. He has accepted the welcome of Ibrahimovic with open arms, but he has been obstinate that he is not the part of MLS to have an easy ride.

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MLS All-Stars Of Juventus On Penalties

Champions Juventus series A got the best of All-Stars of Major League Soccer in a penalty shootout on Aug 1, after an entertaining 1-1 draw in the mid-season exhibition of the North American league. In front of the crowd of 72,317 at the Stadium of Mercedes-Benz home of Atlanta United MLS – Juventus succeed in the shoot-out with the score 5-3 after Bradley Wright-Phillips the New York Red Bulls forward missed his penalty attempt.

When Wright-Phillips’ try jump off the post and left Juventus up by 4-3, the Mattia De Sciglio fired the ball past Zack Steffen, the Columbus goalkeeper at the upper left corner to settle it. In the last 21 minutes, Andrea Favilli had the responsibility to put Juventus ahead, heading in a curling cross by Matheus Pereira. The All-Stars of MLS football, chosen from around the league via fan voting, pulled the match level in the last 26th minute through Josef Martinez of Atlanta United – the Venezuela star as well as the former Torino forward. He leads MLS football with 24 goals in all 23 matches.
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LA Galaxy Welcomes Zlatan

LA Galaxy head coach SigiSchmid said that former Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will come at the right team with the team currently short on players. He said that there are a number of players that are out with their international team and some others are currently injured. He believes that the arrival of Zlatan Ibrahimovic comes at the right team as this will allow them to get more experience upfront.

However, Sigi Schmid admitted that the arrival of the new striker will raise some new questions as they will have to find out where he will be playing in the team. He said that they already have a good striker in Ola Kamara who has been scoring goals for fun recently and that he will have to find a way to play both strikers in the same team. Continue reading “LA Galaxy Welcomes Zlatan”