SANFORD, Fla. — Despite trailing NYCFC 2-0 at halftime, Orlando City goalkeeper Brian Rowe and his teammates believed the Lions could mount a comeback. He felt the Lions were the better side, despite the Pigeons’ advantage. Still, it was a rough first half. “As a goalkeeper, it’s always tough when you don’t have any saves and […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — With an influx of international signings this offseason, the San Jose Earthquakes approached the March 1 MLS roster compliance date in danger of exceeding their eight available International roster slots. But just before the deadline passed, general manager Jesse Fioranelli made sure there would be no issues ahead of the season […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”470″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] The New England Revolution came from behind to tie FC Dallas 1-1 in the season opener Saturday night. Carles Gil’s second-half goal helped the Revolution earn their first point of 2019. Here are three takeaways from New England’s performance: Carles Gil’s instant impact New England […]
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Week 1 MLS recap: 41 goals, 3 reds, snow and the next big thing
Major League Soccer didn’t disappoint in its first week back. Forty-one goals, three red cards, one snow game, a return of one of the top Americans playing in the league and the debut of the next big phenom highlighted the 12-game slate Saturday and Sunday. Seattle was one of the biggest winners of the weekend, […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”475″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Minnesota United FC opened its 2019 campaign with a victory over Vancouver Whitecaps. And while it was the Caps that opened scoring, the Loons regrouped and answered with three goals of their own. That proved enough of a cushion to see off a late […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”76″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] SANFORD, Fla. — Veteran Orlando Pride defender Ali Krieger doesn’t feel like she’s slowed down. She suffered a knee injury last season that caused her to miss games for the first time in her Pride career. On the first day of preseason training for […]
NEW YORK — Since reports surfaced last summer that Sky Blue FC had below-standard living, training and traveling conditions for players, the club has been urged to improve the situation. While some of those demands, particularly in housing and training facilities, will be met this year, doubts remain about whether the club has done enough. National […]
WASHINGTON — The LA Galaxy did the near-impossible by making rules and regulation compliance interesting in the week leading up to the start of the 2019 Major League Soccer season. When the Galaxy reworked Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s contract at the end of last season to $7.2 million and a Designated Player title, it caused a surplus […]
LOS ANGELES — It almost didn’t happen. The referee had signaled for stoppage time and the scoreboard was stuck at 90 minutes, the score tied 1-1. After falling early in the game, then tying up the score, LAFC had spent the past 43 minutes of its home opener tied with Sporting Kansas City, and the […]
Adama Diomande navigated around defenders and whipped a shot into the top left corner of the net to hand victory to Los Angeles FC in the final second of its 2019 Major League Soccer season opener Sunday night against Sporting Kansas City. SKC was playing with 10 men after Roger Espinoza earned his second yellow […]