Zach Bigalke
Zach started following soccer in the mid-1990s, satellite television and the early days of the Internet providing a springboard for a budding fanaticism in the sport. He has covered a variety of American and international sports online and in print since 2006 and was formerly the managing editor of Informative Sports. Encamped in the heart of Cascadia Cup territory, Zach provides his views on Major League Soccer and other notable soccer stories from Portland for The American Pitch in addition to working on the next book. You can find his previous published works at http://amzn.to/QC19XD.
Where has the Scrimmage been?!
For those of you who have come aboard for the weekly look at Major League Soccer in this column, I sincerely apologize. A combination of the day job, 30-year-old sophomore…Read More
For 91 minutes, it looked as though the Portland Timbers had claimed their third straight victory when they visited the San Jose Earthquakes at Buck Shaw Stadium in Sunday’s night match. Then rookie…Read More
DC United played a flawless possession game, holding the ball for two-thirds of their match against the Philadelphia Union. They generated more chances, forced Union goalkeeper Zac MacMath to make more…Read More
Sporting Kansas City came to the Home Depot Center sporting a five-game unbeaten streak in which they had prevented their opponents from scoring a single goal. They left Los Angeles a vanquished foe,…Read More
Real Salt Lake used a second-half goal at home to leapfrog Chivas USA in the Western Conference standings on Saturday. Little separated the two teams on the stat sheet, who each generated more than a…Read More
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The Chicago Fire finally cracked Columbus Crew goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum in the 83rd minute to win…Read More
The hottest team in MLS extended its unbeaten streak to six matches as FC Dallas dismissed the Vancouver…Read More
The first ten minutes and the final ten minutes provided all the scoring in an entertaining affair at…Read More
They needed six matches, and they still sit at the bottom of the Western Conference standings, but the…Read More
Two weeks ago, Warren Creavalle nabbed Houston two points that they didn’t earn during the first…Read More
Two days after the attacks on the Boston Marathon, the fans at Red Bull Arena unfurled a giant banner…Read More
So before we dive into this week’s news and notes from an action-packed weekend of MLS matches,…Read More
Suddenly, after languishing near the bottom of the Western Conference through the first month of the…Read More
One record down, one more to go for the Houston Dynamo after they completed their 36th straight unbeaten…Read More
Inclement weather delayed the first match of the season at Saputo Stadium in Montreal by 24 hours, but…Read More
The match between Chivas USA and the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night was defined by a pair of penalty…Read More
Despite leading the league in the standings after a month and a half of play, FC Dallas had largely…Read More
It is amazing how a clean bill of health can significantly alter the fortunes for a club, both for better…Read More
Vancouver has become the last-minute assassins of teams hoping to walk away with a victory against the…Read More
Sigi Schmid guaranteed the Seattle Sounders would win their first match of the season when they hosted…Read More
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