Orlando City midfielder Sacha Kljestan isn’t used to missing games due to injury. Kljestan has been back in the starting XI for the Lions’ last two matches, but he didn’t want to miss the two games before that. He was out due to a right ankle injury he suffered in the first half of Orlando […]
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NASHVILLE — Ian Ayre has been in Nashville less than two months, but he’s making progress in his role as CEO of Nashville’s MLS franchise set to join the league in 2020. First up for Ayre is the hiring of a general manager, which will happen in the coming weeks. The formation of the technical […]
LOS ANGELES — While LAFC enjoys a break before its next road game against New England, midfielder André Horta has been hard at work with his national youth program. Horta joined Portugal this week for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, and he dazzled in a breakout performance Tuesday during a 2-0 victory over Wales. Horta […]
After clinching a playoff spot for the fourth straight year, the Chicago Red Stars talked about how different this year’s team is from the previous three that lost in the semifinals. It now also appears the semifinal itself could be drastically different given the impact Hurricane Florence is projected to have on North Carolina. The […]
LOS ANGELES — A little over a year ago, the LAFC Academy’s UCLA friendly tournament was a small, quiet affair. Only two teams made the trek to Westwood, Calif. — the Xolos of Liga MX and the MLS’ San Jose Earthquakes — and the weekend played out quickly. The lack of attendance, however, wasn’t enough […]
Shortly after Marky Delgado learned to walk, his father taught him how to kick a soccer ball. And Delgado took it from there, playing his first game for an age-group U.S. team when he was 16 and signing his first professional contract a few months later. His passion for the game developed a bit more […]
Several weeks ago, a young soccer fan stumbled upon a solid gold egg wrapped in scarves in the refrigerated section of an Acme grocery store. With a little bit of love from the Philadelphia Zoo, the egg grew five times its original size and on Monday hatched into a 6-foot-tall blue snake that somehow has […]
NASHVILLE — Throughout the last year, U.S. Men’s National Team interim head coach Dave Sarachan has focused on getting younger players opportunities on the international stage ahead of the 2022 World Cup cycle. The young core of Americans coming up through the national team system flashed signs of promise, dating back to the November friendly […]
Shortly after LA Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid resigned Monday, club president Chris Klein offered more details on what he called a “collective decision.” “We need to take inventory, the objective right now is finishing the season. We need to take inventory of how we do things on the soccer side.” Klein said during a conference call […]