MLS Newsstand- March 11, 2012
MLS Newsstand – March 11, 2012
FC Dallas vs. New York Red Bulls, 3:00 p.m. ET (NBC Sports Network)
1. New FC Dallas striker Blas Perez hopes to exceed expectations (Dallas Morning News)
2. Red Bulls open MLS season with familiar - Thierry Henry, Rafa Marquez - and new - Markus Holgersson - faces (New York Daily News)
3. Red Bulls' Ryan Meara gets nod in goal against FC Dallas in season opener (Newark Star-Ledger)
Chivas USA vs. Houston Dynamo, 7:00 p.m. ET (Galavision)
4. Chivas USA wiping slate clean as 2012 begins (Daily Breeze)
5. Dynamo hope to survive long road trip to their new stadium (Houston Chronicle)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2, Montreal Impact 0
6. Measured ambition for Year 2 (The Province)
7. Whitecaps stop the Impact in season opener (Vancouver Sun)
8. Rennie happy with new beginning (The Province)
9. Whitecaps shut out expansion Impact (The Canadian Press)
Colorado Rapids 2, Columbus Crew 0
10. Rapids win season opener against Columbus (Denver Post)
11. Rapids 2, Crew 0: Crew’s opener is one to forget (Columbus Dispatch)
D.C. United 0, Sporting Kansas City 1
12. New attack sputters as D.C. falls in added time of MLS season opener (Washington Post)
13. United starts year the same way last one ended, with 1-0 home loss to Kansas City (The Washington Times)
14. Late strike gives Sporting KC a 1-0 win at D.C. (Kansas City Star)
LA Galaxy 1, Real Salt Lake 3
15. Not a banner night for Galaxy in their MLS opener (Daily Breeze)
16. RSL’s Morales reclaims star status in no time vs. Galaxy (Salt Lake Tribune)
17. RSL gets a little late, yet sweet revenge against Galaxy (Deseret News)
18. Galaxy get off to an unreal start (Los Angeles Times)
San Jose Earthquakes 1, New England Revolution 0
19. San Jose Earthquakes win season opener, 1-0 over New England Revolution (San Jose Mercury News)
20. Revolution lose opener (Boston Globe)
Other MLS News
21. MLS chief switched on to success (Reuters)
22. Major League Soccer alive and well despite absence of Miami Fusion (Miami Herald)
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