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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Vytautas Andriuskevicius won't play when the Portland Timbers visit the LA Galaxy on Sunday because of an injured calf. The defender known as Vytas is out seven to 10 days, Timbers coach Caleb Porter said Thursday...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Timbers defender Nat Borchers has retired after a 14-year Major League Soccer career. The Timbers announced Borchers' retirement on Friday, but said he would stay with Portland as part of the broadcast and community relations teams. ...

The defending MLS champion Seattle Sounders have released their 2017 season schedule.

SEATTLE (AP) — Thousands of fans are celebrating the Seattle Sounders' MLS Cup victory over Toronto with a jubilant parade through downtown Seattle. Crowds lined the streets Tuesday chanting "Seattle ... Sounders," waving signs and cheering as a procession of trolley buses carried players and coaches along Fourth Avenue. ...

Competing in the club's first-ever MLS Cup, Seattle Sounders defeated Toronto FC last night in front of a record crowd of 36,045 at BMO Field in Major League Soccer's 21st championship match. The Rave Green claimed their first MLS Cup title via penalty shootout following 120 minutes, with Stefan Frei standing tall in goal and defender Roman Torres netting the winning penalty to seal the victory. R

Following a dramatic penalty-shootout victory over Toronto FC to win the 2016 MLS Cup, Sounders FC returns to Seattle this afternoon.

SEATTLE (AP) — Nicolas Lodeiro scored on a penalty kick in the 61st minute and the Seattle Sounders beat the Colorado Rapids 2-1 on Tuesday night in the first-leg of the MLS Western Conference finals. Seattle will take an important one-goal advantage into the second match of the two-game series on Sunday in Colorado...

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Colorado Rapids goalkeeper Tim Howard will undergo season-ending surgery Thursday for an injury he sustained in last week's World Cup qualifier between the U.S. and Mexico. Howard will miss the Rapids' appearance in the MLS conference championship against Seattle this month...

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Seattle Sounders advanced to the Western Conference finals on Sunday night, winning the two-leg series 4-2 after falling 2-1 in the second game. Seattle will host the Colorado Rapids on Sunday, Nov. 20 ...

SEATTLE (AP) — For Nicolas Loderio, going two straight games without a goal or an assist amounted to a drought. He snapped out of it in a big way on Sunday night. Lodeiro scored twice and Nelson Valdez added a goal — all in an 8-minute span early in the second half — to help the Seattle Sounders roll past FC Dallas 3-0 in the first leg of the MLS Western Conference semifinals...