[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”6″ 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″] TUKWILA, Wash. — The Seattle Sounders ended last season with a thud in the MLS Cup final. It was a disappointing performance but not one that made team officials feel a roster overhaul was necessary. The changes Seattle made before the start of last […]
[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″] LOS ANGELES – Diego Rossi drew the attention of scouts worldwide last year while playing a prominent role in Penarol’s championship season in his native Uruguay. So why would a touted teenage striker choose to continue his rising career at Los Angeles Football Club, […]
[bc_video video_id=”5716794549001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz”] A new-look Orlando City squad took the field Monday morning for the first day of preseason training camp. Among the new faces that took the field for the very first time in purple at Sylvan Lake Park were Paraguayan international Josué Colmán, midfielders Sacha Kljestan and Cameron Lindley and forward Stefano […]
Veteran MLS midfielder Chris Pontius has signed with the LA Galaxy. The club announced its acquisition Monday on the opening day of preseason training. Pontius is a nine-year MLS veteran with D.C. United and Philadelphia, posting 45 goals and 29 assists. He also made five appearances for the U.S. national team in 2017. Pontius is […]
SEATTLE — On a hot day last summer, Alex Roldan was packing his bags at his parents’ California home preparing for a senior college soccer season in Seattle that would shape his professional destiny. Peering out at a front driveway basketball hoop, he described a fierce sports relationship with his older brother, Cristian, a […]
[bc_video video_id=”5716794549001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz”] Cyle Larin was absent as Orlando City opened training camp Monday, continuing his push to play overseas rather than with the Lions during the 2018 season. “First and foremost, Cyle is a contracted [Orlando City] player. He was supposed to be here. Whether or not there will be repercussions for not […]
The things that make an expansion team special are the same things that make managing one so hard. There’s no history and no tradition. The name is new, the stadium is new, the uniforms are new and so are the players, at least to one another. “It’s a strange feeling,” said Carlos Vela, the Mexican […]
Last season was the L.A. Galaxy’s shortest since 2008, the last time the team missed the playoffs. And that gave Gio dos Santos a long offseason to think about what happened. “Nothing in life is easy,” he said in Spanish. “We all go through some difficult times and last year was one of those. It […]
RJ Allen is one of the newest faces joining Orlando City ahead of the 2018 Major League Soccer season, but he is quite familiar with Lions coach Jason Kreis. After playing for Kreis at New York City FC in 2015, Allen is excited to reunite with the coach now leading Orlando City. “I think whenever […]
For Jozy Altidore, this was supposed to be the time when the United States was preparing for this summer’s World Cup. That changed early in October when the Americans got bounced from the tournament. The stunning failure shifted Altidore’s focus. He spent the beginning of 2018 in Grand Cayman, where his foundation is bringing […]