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MLS players upbeat during first day of individual training but know more hurdles loom

Several teams returned to the pitch this week for voluntary individual training sessions, but players and executives alike are wary about calling it a “return to play.”

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MLS says it will not resume play in mid-May as planned, will likely restart without fans

An update on the future for MLS, plus a FIFA leader who believes international soccer won’t return until 2021 and a creative way Bundesliga fans are showing support.

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Sacramento USL

After Liga MX stint, Rodrigo Lopez returns to USL with Sacramento Republic FC

Lopez helped lead Sacramento to a USL championship in 2014. He’s been playing in Liga MX since 2016.

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Expansion News Sacramento

MLS announces Sacramento Republic as 29th franchise

The Republic will begin MLS play in 2022.

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Expansion News Sacramento

Sacramento to be awarded MLS expansion team next week, report says

The California capital will finally have a reason to build the stadium they’ve had planned for years.

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USL Review: Orange County SC, Sacramento Republic set to face Liga MX clubs

Lobos BUAP and Club Tijuana will meet the USL Championship sides.

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Expansion News Sacramento St. Louis

MLS says other cities will have to wait behind St. Louis, Sacramento for expansion teams

Major League Soccer is increasingly focused on Sacramento, Calif., and St. Louis, Mo., as the home for its next expansion team. MLS commissioner Don Garber, in a conversation with the Post-Dispatch on Monday, said league owners are looking to make a decision on their 28th team before the end of the year. And while the […]

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Decades later, is downtown Sacramento’s railyard finally ready for its big moment?

Sitting idle, forgotten and forlorn for decades, downtown Sacramento’s massive railyard chugged back into relevance last week. Kaiser Permanente announced it purchased the equivalent of eight city blocks in the railyard’s northwest corner for a major medical center. And Beverly Hills billionaire Ron Burkle signed a land deal to build a Major League Soccer stadium […]

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Billionaire Ron Burkle to join Sacramento Republic FC. Is Major League Soccer next?

Billionaire financier Ron Burkle has agreed to buy controlling interest in Sacramento Republic FC, a deal that could seal the city’s prolonged and sometimes frustrating bid to land a Major League Soccer franchise. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced the deal Tuesday to an enthusiastic crowd of civic and business leaders at the annual “State of […]

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Sacramento USL

USL notes: Sacramento signs former Cincinnati captain, EPL defender

Sacramento Republic FC added some depth to its defense on Saturday ahead of the upcoming United Soccer League Championship season. The California-based club announced it signed Dekel Keinan to a contract for the 2019 season. The deal, which is pending league and federation approval, also has a club option for 2020. Keinan, 34, most recently […]