ATLANTA — Second-year Portland Timbers forward Jeremy Ebobisse emoted frustration and disappointment as he stood next to his locker following his team’s 2-0 MLS Cup defeat to Atlanta United. Ebobisse was on the wrong end of two key moments at the end of the first half. He turned the ball over on a play that […]
Maryland and Akron face off for the top spot in men’s college soccer Sunday night, meeting at 5 p.m. in Santa Barbara to play for the NCAA College Cup. The postseason has been a redemption series for the Terps, who started 4-5-3 after exiting in the first round of the tournament for two straight seasons. But […]
ATLANTA — There is little time to rest. MLS Cup celebrations were still ongoing Saturday night when talk of player trades began. That’s because MLS’ half-day trade window will open 11 hours after the final whistle to crown Atlanta United the 2018 MLS champion. The 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET window Sunday marks the […]
ATLANTA — The days leading to Atlanta United’s MLS Cup final victory over the Portland Timbers were filled with anticipation. Atlanta United had already pulverized league attendance records. How big would the MLS Cup final be? The crowd in Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the number of credentialed media in town, the stadium, the broadcast and everything else surrounding […]
ATLANTA — The Portland Timbers weren’t happy with the pair of goals they conceded during MLS Cup for a variety of reasons. But the one resounding thought in the visitors’ locker room after the 2-0 loss to Atlanta United was that they were done in by officiating calls. The opening tally netted by Josef Martinez in […]
ATLANTA — Saturday’s MLS Cup kicked off with seven-year-old Malea Emma, who turned heads with her rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Fans in the packed Mercedes-Benz Stadium, players on the field and even reporters in the typically-quiet press box looked at each other with jaws dropped each time Emma threw her hands in the air […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”452″ 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″] ATLANTA — The 2018 Major League Soccer season came to an end Saturday night with a flurry of red confetti and champagne showers in the home team’s locker room. Atlanta United capped a dream season with a 2-0 MLS Cup victory over the visiting […]
ATLANTA — The Kings of the South are now the kings of Major League Soccer. Take all of Atlanta’s sports tropes and blunders, put them in a bag and throw it out. None of that matters anymore. Every bad loss erased. Every sports sin forgiven. Every ghost vanquished. Atlanta United FC, in its second season […]
ATLANTA — The atmosphere inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium made the 2018 MLS Cup feel like a bigger event than ever before. And it was. The announced attendance of 73,019, which broke the club’s record and the league’s overall mark, took the MLS championship match into another stratosphere that will be tough to match. While the majority […]
HARRISON, N.J. — No New York Red Bulls player would use the word “root,” but it was clear an Atlanta United MLS Cup would prove beneficial to them. When the Five Stripes defeated the Portland Timbers 2-0 Saturday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, they lifted MLS Cup in front of an announced 73,000 fans and the Red Bulls […]