Kenny Cooper News

The San Jose Earthquakes hit the road this week to take on FC Dallas on Saturday, May 25 at FC Dallas Stadium.

Saturday's MLS action contained a bit of the good and a whole lot of the bad. While Jack McInerney continued his hot streak in front of goal and the Sounders battled to a hugely entertaining win over FC Dallas, the league also saw an unusually high number of red cards issued across all but one of its six games.

FC Dallas hits the road for the first and only road game of the month of May when they take on the Seattle Sounders FC tomorrow night at CenturyLink Field.

The big news is Kansas City winning in Houston, snapping the Dynamo's MLS-record home unbeaten streak.

Soccer is still relatively new to advanced statistics, and so often advantageous to analysis to adapt approaches taken by other sports who have a longer track record of quantifying athletic feats.

French defender Aurelien Collin scored in the 73rd minute to lift Sporting Kansas City to a 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer on Sunday.

FC Dallas just about stayed on top of the West but dropped their first points at home as they had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Portland Timbers at FC Dallas Stadium on Wednesday night.

Howdy folks! It's been a busy week so far for MLS and it's only going to be crazier tomorrow as most teams play their second game of the week.

Should David Ferreira not be able to go on Saturday, could Schellas Hyndman deploy the three headed monster up front? It is something that fans have been asking for nearly all season.

Timbers midfielder Diego Chara, shown here slide tackling against then Chivas USA midfielder Ben Zemanski who is now with the Timbers, is considered one of the best box to box midfielders in MLS.

The Portland Timbers travelled to FC Dallas Stadium and came home with a point. Here's how each individual player performed.

Now and again the likes of the 2012 LA team amble into view to confuse things by only starting to play in July, but with around a quarter of the season gone, and a busy week just over, a few sides are beginning to separate from this year's pack one way or another.

Not many of you wanted to see it happen last night. But when injuries pop up sometimes having a guy in a spot that he isn't comfortable in can work.

Dirk Nowitzki is on the FC Dallas bandwagon too. He was at last night's match against Portland.

New York and Houston posted wins to take over as joint leaders of the Eastern Conference, the Quakes pulled off yet another late-game rescue and downed Toronto, Seattle captured a badly needed road win at Kansas City after losing its backup goalkeeper to a red card, and the misery continues for D.C. United.

Thierry Henry produced a spectacular bicycle kick in the 88th minute to score his second goal of the game and give New York a 2-1 win over Montreal on Wednesday, keeping a share of the lead in the MLS Eastern Conference.

A Utah teen accused of punching a soccer referee who later died was charged Wednesday with homicide by assault, which carries a possible prison sentence of up to five years.

Kenny Cooper's late second-half penalty kick salvaged a point for FC Dallas in a 1-1 draw with the Portland Timbers on Wednesday at FC Dallas Stadium.

Kenny Cooper scored on a penalty kick in the 77th minute to lift FC Dallas into a 1-1 tie with the Portland Timbers on Wednesday night.

FC Dallas host the Portland Timbers tonight for the start of their very busy week.