| 1996 | Apr 4, 1996 - There was the American Soccer League (chapters I, II and III), the Eastern Professional Soccer League, the International Soccer League and the Lone Star Soccer Alliance. There was the United Soccer League, the Western Soccer Alliance, the gimmicky Major Indoor Soccer League and, ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/22086691.html?dids=22086691:22086691&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr...pub...Soccer...
|
|
| 1997 | Oct 28, 1997 - By ALEX YANNIS. Major League Soccer attendance was down by 16 percent, but the quality of play improved substantially in the league's second year, which culminated Sunday with DC United repeating as champion. ''Let's celebrate a great day for professional soccer in this country,'' ... www.nytimes.com/1997/10/28/sports/soccer-notebook-major-league-soccer-2d-season-ended-on-up-note. html
|
|
| 1998 | Mar 17, 1998 - By ALEX YANNIS. The Miami Fusion, Major League Soccer's new team in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., opened the league's third season with a 2-0 loss to the defending champion, DC United, on Sunday, but the Fusion was a huge winner with its fans. The sellout crowd of 20450 at Lockhart Stadium ... www.nytimes.com/1998/03/17/sports/soccer-notebook-major-league-soccer-the-fans-turn-out-in-florida. html
|
|
| 1999 | Nov 21, 1999 - By ALEX YANNIS. Three years ago, DC United and the Los Angeles Galaxy met in Foxboro, Mass., in the first Major League Soccer championship game. Playing in a downpour, United rallied from a two-goal deficit for a 3-2 overtime victory. Today United will return to the championship game ... www.nytimes.com/1999/11/21/sports/plus-soccer-major-league-soccer-galaxy-and-united-to-battle-in-final. html
|
|
| 2000 | Mar 16, 2000 - By RICHARD SANDOMIR. The investor-operator of the MetroStars said yesterday that he would exercise his option to launch a second Major League Soccer team in the metropolitan area. Stuart Subotnick, who is also the chairman of MLS, said he was looking at Shea Stadium, ... www.nytimes.com/2000/03/16/sports/plus-soccer-major-league-soccer-metrostars-owner-to-start-2nd-team. html
|
|
| 2002 | Jan 9, 2002 - By JACK BELL. Some might call it a dubious distinction, but Major League Soccer has beaten Major League Baseball to the punch on contraction. Yesterday MLS eliminated its two Florida-based teams, the Miami Fusion and the Tampa Bay Mutiny, and will begin its seventh season this spring ... www.nytimes.com/2002/01/09/sports/soccer-major-league-soccer-eliminates-two-teams.html
|
|
| 2003 | Aug 7, 2003 - CARSON, Calif. - Alejandro Moreno's go-ahead goal led the Los Angeles Galaxy of the MLS past the amateur Fresno Fuego 3-1 in the US Open Cup Wednesday night. Los Angeles advances to the quarterfinals at the A-League's Seattle Sounders on Aug. 27. Fresno was the last amateur team in the ... soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=95792&cc=5739
|
|
| 2005 | Mar 29, 2005 - By Beau Dure, USATODAY.com. By Douglas C. Pizac, AP. For the first time in American sports history, a foreign-based club is essentially buying an expansion franchise in a top-level US pro league. And just for good measure, that team will be sharing a home in the Los Angeles area with ... www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/mls/2005-03-29-mls-preview_x.htm
|
|
| 2007 | Jan 14, 2007 - By George Solomon. " The timing of David Beckham's decision [to leave European football at the age of 31] means that he will enter Major League Soccer at a time when he is still capable of giving competitive performances at the highest level." "Many Angelenos probably had no idea the ... www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/13/AR2007011300649.html
|
|
| 2009 | Mar 20, 2009 - By William Mccall, AP Writer. PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Timbers plan to step up to Major League Soccer in two years, setting up a Pacific Northwest rivalry with Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, also recent additions to the league. Portland was awarded the 18th MLS franchise ... www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2009-03-20-2115365213_x.htm
|
|
