COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – The Colorado Rapids enter the 2019 season on the back of an extensive roster overhaul and the team’s front office is hoping it will pay off not just this season, but for the long-term future of the club. The Rapids announced three-year contract extensions for midfielders Kellyn Acosta and Diego Rubio, […]
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Major League Soccer won’t officially arrive in Nashville until 2020, but the expansion club still made history Wednesday evening by revealing its name, crest and official color scheme. The name, Nashville SC, was selected with input from the team’s fan base, which wanted to see their city’s MLS entry retain the identity of its predecessor in […]
ORLANDO – In his first start as a professional goalkeeper, albeit in a preseason friendly, Minnesota United’s Dayne St. Clair played like a seasoned veteran. St. Clair helped preserve Minnesota United’s clean sheet against NYCFC, turning away multiple chances from the Pigeons and securing the Loons’ second win of the Orlando City Invitational. Minnesota United […]
A Liga MX club will play a game in Cary, N.C., in March. In what is being dubbed the “Friendship Cup,” USL Championship side North Carolina FC and the NWSL’s North Carolina Courage will host a pair of exhibition matches March 23 at Sahlen’s Stadium at the WakeMed Soccer Park. The Courage will face fellow […]
Major League Soccer’s Western Conference played second fiddle in terms of the acquisitions of high-profile players compared to the Eastern Conference. While household names aren’t littered across the Western Conference transaction board, there are a few intriguing squad rebuilds going on. Colorado, San Jose, Minnesota and Vancouver have experienced the most turnover to their squads […]
Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference is going to look different when it comes to star power for the 2019 regular season, which begins March 2. Miguel Almiron, David Villa and Sebastian Giovinco were among the big-name departures from the East during the offseason, but a brand new batch of stars is ready to make its […]
The inaugural roster for Orlando City SC’s USL League One (formerly USL D3) side, Orlando City B, is set, and the team’s focus as a development side for Orlando City’s first team is evident in the ages of the players. There isn’t a player over the age of 23 on the roster. There are 22 […]
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Union will field an attack-minded lineup in their penultimate preseason game Wednesday against D.C. United. With an eye on the Major League Soccer season opener March 2 against Toronto FC, Union head coach Jim Curtin will throw together a lineup that resembles the way the team wants to play at Talen […]
LOS ANGELES — The LA Galaxy have partnered with On The Ball, a Scotland-based grassroots campaign, to offer free feminine hygiene products in all Dignity Health Sports Park restrooms during LA Galaxy home games. “The LA Galaxy and Dignity Health Sports Park are committed to providing the best experience for the hundreds of thousands of […]
Every game of USL League One’s inaugural 2019 season will be digitally streamed on ESPN+ as part of an exclusive media rights agreement announced Wednesday. USL League One is the United States Soccer Federation’s new sanctioned Division III league, which places it one level below the United Soccer League and two below Major League Soccer. The […]