MLS Newsstand – May 28, 2012
- Highlights: the U.S. Men’s National Team beat Scotland 5-1 in an international friendly; Landon Donovan has a hat trick (SportsCenter-ESPN)
- Michael Bradley’s goal against Scotland is the #3 play on “SportsCenter’s” Top 10; Landon Donovan passed to Jermaine Jones, who set up Bradley for the spectacular strike (SportsCenter-ESPN)
- The U.S. Men’s National Team beat Scotland 5-1; Landon Donovan notched a hat trick (Highlight Express-ESPN)
- David Beckham sits down with “The Insider” and talks Olympics, President Obama and family (The Insider-CBS)
- David Beckham honored at the 27th annual Sports Spectacular Gala, an event which raised more than $1.3 million (Access Hollywood-NBC)
- A look at David Beckham’s soccer, philanthropic and family life (Extra-Fox)
- Toronto FC grabbed their first MLS win against the Philadelphia Union; Vancouver Whitecaps FC drew with the Portland Timbers 1-1; Montreal Impact lost to the Colorado Rapids 2-3 (SportsCentre-CFCN)
- David Beckham is the first male to grace the cover of Ellemagazine (Eye Opener-CW)
- Houston Dynamo players Calen Carr and Bobby Boswell discuss the upcoming friendly against Valencia and the club’s charity efforts; the Dynamo bested LA Galaxy 2-1 on Saturday (KRIV-Fox, Houston)
- Beckham says he plans to send Obama a big box of underwear (KMVT-CBS, Twin Falls, ID)
- David Beckham says he will send President Obama a big box of his underwear line after Obama poked fun at him at the White House (WTTE-CBS, Columbus)
- D.C. United have claimed first place in the Eastern Conference after beating the New England Revolution 3-2; are unbeaten at home in the last eight games (WRC-NBC, Washington, D.C.)
- Sounders FC Weekly: highlights from the last Sounders FC game and from around MLS (KONG-Seattle)
- Timbers Beat: Portland Timbers have six points in their last four MLS games; highlights from around the league (KGW-NBC, Portland)
- In-depth highlights from Real Salt Lake’s 3-2 win against FC Dallas (KUTV-CBS, Salt Lake City)
- Sporting Kansas City defeat the San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 Sunday (WDAF-Fox, Kansas City)
MLS Newsstand – May 28, 2012
1. David Estrada working tirelessly for Sounders FC (The Seattle Times)
2. Same song, different verse: Timbers upset with ref (The Portland Tribune)
3. Vancouver Whitecaps players analyze last week's subpar performance against Toronto FC (Vancouver Sun)
4. Real Salt Lake certainly giving home fans their money's worth (Deseret News)
5. Robson coming soon, will Bocanegra join him? (Vancouver Sun)
6. Continuing controversy between referee and Portland Timbers (The Oregonian)
Sporting Kansas City 2, San Jose Earthquakes 1
7. San Jose Earthquakes edged 2-1 by Sporting Kansas City (San Jose Mercury News)
8. Kei Kamara helps Sporting end four-match winless streak (Goal.com)
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