NEW YORK — Sky Blue FC has signed Brazilian midfielder Francisca Gabriela Morais da Rocha, better known as Gabi, ahead of the start of the 2019 NWSL season, the club announced Monday. The player is still awaiting receipt of her International Transfer Certificate and P1 visa. Gabi joins Sky Blue from EC Iranduba da Amazônia in the Brazilian top […]
MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact will get their first glimpse of the new, tighter MLS schedule this week. The bleu-blanc-noir are traveling to play D.C. United Tuesday night, four days after drawing New York City FC 0-0. “For me, personally, I like that,” Zakaria Diallo said about the team’s situation. “I love stringing games every […]
The New England Revolution fell to Columbus Crew SC 1-0 Saturday night. The result brings the Revolution to 1-4-1 on the young season. Here are three takeaways on New England’s performance: There’s more to a game than a offside non-call The lone breakthrough in this game involved some controversy. Referee Rubiel Vazquez called a generous […]
Sporting Kansas City came back from getting thrashed 5-0 in Concacaf Champions League play this week to draw FC Cincinnati 1-1 on the road Sunday. Here are three things we learned from Sunday’s match: That much-talked-about SKC depth can get results Kansas City started against Cincinnati with dramatic lineup changes from Thursday’s CCL match in […]
LOS ANGELES — From the beginning last season, Carlos Vela and Diego Rossi have always been the vital one-two punch for LAFC. Rossi attacks from the left. Vela from the right. They rarely have high-scoring games at once, but when Rossi is hot, Vela is more than happy to dish for him, and vice versa. […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando City winger Nani had a brief confrontation with Colorado Rapids midfielder Kellyn Acosta, and both Acosta and Colorado coach Anthony Hudson took issue with the fact referee Jair Marrufo didn’t send Nani off for a head-butt. Nani went down in the penalty area with the Lions down 3-2 in the 74th […]
Los Angeles FC is the clear-cut favorite to win MLS Cup through six weeks of the 2019 season. This isn’t a team overhyped because it started strong. This isn’t a potential contender exceeding expectations. This is a juggernaut built by one of the best American managers ever that is ready to steamroll all of its […]
Orlando City got its first home win of the 2019 season, defeating the Colorado Rapids 4-3 at Orlando City Stadium. Here are three takeaways from the match: Defensive lapses The Lions are still leaking goals at an alarming rate, particularly when in a four-back formation. The Lions were down inside of 10 minutes after Kei […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The World Cup must be getting close, because Carli Lloyd is looking dangerous. The 2015 World Cup star scored her first two goals of the year in the opening 19 minutes of the U.S. women’s national team’s 6-0 thrashing of Belgium in an exhibition on Sunday night. Lindsey Horan and Samantha […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando Pride coach Marc Skinner’s vision for his team is starting to come into focus. The Pride dominated their final preseason test, defeating Liga PR Femenina side Puerto Rico Sol 5-0 in front of an announced crowd of 2,137 during a preseason friendly at Orlando City Stadium Sunday afternoon. It was the […]