Last season, Minnesota United recovered from a historically bad start — conceding 18 goals over its first four matches — to finish ninth in the Western Conference. It was a respectable showing for an expansion side that had less than seven months between the announcement it would join Major League Soccer in 2017 and its […]
It’s fitting the San Jose Earthquakes will open the 2018 MLS regular season against Minnesota United, the same team they beat 3-2 in dramatic fashion in last year’s season finale to qualify for the MLS Cup playoffs for the first time in five years. The Quakes, under the guidance of new head coach Mikael Stahre, […]
New England Revolution head coach Brad Friedel has plenty of challenges and unknowns awaiting him in his first season at the helm. The biggest is the future of Lee Nguyen, who is stuck on the team’s fringes due to a contract dispute. Nguyen wore the captain’s armband for most of last season but did not make […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”20″ 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″] In its first Major League Soccer season, Atlanta United FC burst onto the scene at 100 mph with a high-powered offense orchestrated by Gerardo “Tata” Martino. Fans poured into Bobby Dodd Stadium at Georgia Tech during the first half of the season, and even […]
It has been largely forgotten that last year’s record-breaking Toronto FC team started the MLS season with just one win in six games. The Reds only lost once, at the Columbus Crew, in that span but a combination of missed chances and defensive lapses resulted in two pairs of 0-0 and 2-2 ties. And as […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”5″ 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 long-awaited inaugural Major League Soccer season for Los Angeles FC begins Sunday, as the team travels to Seattle to take on the Sounders and begin to build a new culture for Los Angeles soccer fans. At the conclusion of preseason play, LAFC remains […]
It was another year, another first-round loss in the playoffs for Sporting Kansas City in 2017. For the fourth consecutive year, the team will look to build a season that takes down the proverbial knockout round wall come October. It all starts offensively. Sporting struggled mightily to convert chances last year, finishing in the bottom […]
Ezequiel Barco’s transfer fee cost Atlanta United $15 million earlier this offseason. That, combined with high praise from the club’s brass, him being just 18-years-old and the Argentinian winger galloping through preseason friendlies like a stallion in a field of firecrackers, has grown his hype bigger than Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. His strike for a goal […]
Since it’s inception in 2015, New York City FC’s quest to find a suitable back-up to David Villa has been laden with disappointment. Adam Nemec could not manage a goal. Patrick Mullins showed promise but was traded away to D.C. United. Sean “Ugo” Okoli was the United Soccer League MVP after leading the second-tier league […]
How does a team replace one of the top playmakers in Major League Soccer over the course of the last three seasons? That was the most pressing question for the New York Red Bulls in preseason after the club traded Sacha Kljestan to Orlando City SC for Carlos Rivas and Tommy Redding on Jan. 3. […]