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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Vancouver Whitecaps tied FC Dallas 0-0 on Wednesday night to clinch a playoff spot for the second straight season. Vancouver (15-12-5) is third in the Western Conference, a point behind FC Dallas (15-10-6) and the Los Angeles Galaxy...

SEATTLE (AP) — Chad Barrett scored in the third minute of stoppage time to give the Seattle Sounders a 1-1 tie with the Los Angeles Galaxy in front of 56,097 fans Sunday night at CenturyLink Field. Marco Pappa started the play with a corner kick from the attacking right side...

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Sounders defender Chad Marshall has been released from the hospital a day after suffering a neck sprain in practice. The Sounders announced Marshall's diagnosis on Thursday. Marshall was injured during practice on Wednesday after colliding with a teammate and hitting his head on the ground during a drill...

Lately, there has been some serious violence in the world of sports. First a high school football player hit another player with his helmet. Then, some high school hockey players mauled a referee who'd hit one of their teammates. So apparently it was only a matter of time until it came to this: a soccer referee reaching for a gun to stop an on-field dispute. That is crazy!

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Dominic Dwyer scored in the 79th minute to give Sporting Kansas City a 1-1 draw with the Seattle Sounders on Sunday, further tightening the Western Conference standings. The Sounders opened the scoring in the 31st minute when Obafemi Martins shouldered off defender Kevin Ellis to finish a long ball from Gonzalo Pineda for his 14th goal...

(AP) — The Seattle Sounders will travel to Vancouver, Canada to play Whitecaps FC tomorrow in BC Place. Seattle is coming off a 1-1 tie against the San Jose Earthquakes. (AP) — The Portland Timbers are traveling this weekend to play New York in Providence Park...

It might look like a scene out of "Mad Max" right now, but backers of a new soccer complex on 122 acres off South 38th Avenue hope it'll look like one of finest sports facilities in the state within the next two years. Amid lots of applause and smiles, city officials joined private organizers for a ground-breaking ceremony Thursday afternoon to celebrate the start of the construction...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Goalkeeper Tim Melia fended off a flurry of Portland shots and Sporting Kansas City snapped a three-game losing streak with a 0-0 draw with the Timbers on Wednesday night. Melia had a career-high seven saves for his seventh shutout of the season, and first since a 1-0 victory at Vancouver on July 12...

(AP) — The Seattle Sounders will host Toronto FC this weekend at CenturyLink Field. The Sounders are coming off a 2-1 victory over the Portland Timbers. Toronto is also coming off a victory against the Montreal Impact.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Alberth Elis scored in the 60th minute to help Olimpia beat the Seattle Sounders 1-0 on Wednesday night in CONCACAF Champions League play. Olimpia improved to 1-1-0 and Seattle dropped to 1-1-1 in Group F...