Colorado Rapids Unable To Hold On For All Three Points At Home vs Nashville SC
The Colorado Rapids kicked off their 2024 season home opener with a thrilling 1-1 draw against Nashville SC. An own goal from Nashville’s Shaq Moore opened up the scoring for the Colorado Rapids, however a 90th minute penalty kick from Teal Bunbury of Nashville SC equalized the game in the dying moments.
Defensive Persistence Key In Toronto FC’s First Win of The 2024 MLS Campaign
Toronto FC defeated the New England Revolution 1-0 on Matchday 2 in what seems to be their first road win in forever. After checking the notes, TFC fans have a reason to feel this way as their last road victory came during the 2022 MLS campaign when the Reds defeated Charlotte FC 2-0 at the Bank of America Stadium on Aug. 27, 2022.
Winter Wonderland in Sandy; RSL shovels away LAFC 3-0
By. Carson Lantz
Real Salt Lake finally returned home for their home opener for the 2024 MLS season, facing off against Western Conference foe, LAFC. Fans had been eagerly anticipating the men in Claret and Cobalt return after only securing one point from their first two games of the season. Not only was this their first home game of the season, but there was also a little twist added, with snow, hail, rain, and 60-mile-per-hour wind. This game was quite eventful.
Pablo Masteroni's Starting XI featured Zac Macmath in goal, with Bode Hidalgo and Andrew Brody retaining their spots as outside backs, Justen Glad and Marcelo Silva forming the center-back pairing, Braian Ojeda and Emeka Eneil in midfield once again, Matt “The Tree” Crooks as the attacking midfielder, Andres Gomez and Diego Luna as the wingers, and, of course, Captain Chico Arango as the lone striker. Masteroni opted to make only two changes from the last game, with Pablo Ruiz and Brayan Vera starting on the bench. No formation changes were made as RSL lined up in a 4-2-3-1.
Steve Cherundolo's Starting XI included French Legend Hugo Lloris in goal, with Ryan Hollingshead and Omar Campos as the outside backs, Aaron Long and Jesus Murillo as the center-backs, Eduard Atuesta, Ilie Sanchez, and Timothy Tillman in the middle three, 2023 golden boot winner Denis Bouanga and Cristian Oliveria lining up as the wingers, and Mateusz Bogusz as the striker. Cherundolo had his team lineup in a 4-3-3.
Kickoff time was supposed to be at 12 p.m., but due to weather problems, the game was delayed until 12:40 p.m. Both clubs announced on social media that they were worried about debris potentially harming players, staff, and fans, and the significant gust of wind carrying lots of dust was also a factor. However, this wouldn’t be the only delay as the game was pushed back to 2:10 p.m. for the second time! Finally, the game kicked off, but just three minutes into the game, a lightning delay occurred. First-half action would finally continue with players returning to a field covered in snow at 3:05 p.m.
The first half was dominated by Real Salt Lake. LAFC was caught off guard by the snowstorm and had a hard time adjusting to the weather conditions. RSL brought the pressure early, with Chicho Arango finding the feet of Andres Gomez in the 18th minute. Gomez outmuscled opposing player Omar Campos to beat him to the ball, resulting in a 1v1 standoff with Hugo Lloris. Andres Gomez stayed composed and slotted the ball into the bottom left corner of the
Sounders disappoint in 2024 home opener with 0-0 draw against Austin FC
The lights dimmed, and then Lumen Field erupted into a cacophony of sound. It wasn’t a goal — instead the new light show that now precedes home games in Seattle — but it was about as exciting as it would get, as the Seattle Sounders grabbed their first point of 2024 — but will continue to wait for their first win — after a 0-0 draw in their home opener against Austin FC. Facing the team projected by many to sit near the bottom of the Western Conference, the Sounders were expected to dominate (and did), but couldn’t find the net despite a bevy of chances.
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