In its final match of the year, the United States women’s national team picked up a narrow 1-0 victory against Scotland at The Simple Digital Arena in Paisley, ending the year without a single defeat. The game’s lone goal came in the 39th minute, as USWNT forward Alex Morgan scored her 98th international goal. Forward […]
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It was the shot heard round the world, a goal that went viral and properly announced Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s entrance into Major League Soccer. And that famous long-distance volley on his debut with the LA Galaxy earned the Swedish legend 2018 MLS Goal of the Year honors. The announcement was made on ExtraTime Radio on MLSsoccer.com […]
Stefan Frei might have been snubbed for MLS Goalkeeper of the Year, finishing second to Zack Steffen of Columbus Crew SC, but no one had a better save this year than the Seattle Sounders netminder. Frei captured the 2018 MLS Save of the Year for a sensational diving stab late in a 2-1 win over […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — D.C. United seems to have added a technical director to its front office staff for the first time since General Manager Dave Kasper assumed the role 11 years ago. Real Salt Lake technical director and former United midfielder Dane Murphy has changed his job title on LinkedIn to “Technical Director at D.C. […]
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Gerardo “Tata” Martino will leave Atlanta United FC with at least one trophy. Major League Soccer announced Tuesday that the Argentine manager has been named Coach of the Year after he received 32.7 percent of the average vote from players, media and front offices from around the league. Martino, 55, was named the first head […]
Ky-Mani Marley, the son of music legend Bob Marley, will perform at Orlando City Stadium Jan. 10 during halftime of the opening 2019 Florida Cup match between UEFA Champions League contender Ajax Amsterdam and Brazil’s Flamengo. Marley — a soccer fan, former player and “die-hard” Ajax supporter — will play a couple of his father’s […]
ATLANTA — Josef Martinez won the MLS Golden Boot and broke the league’s single season scoring record by tallying 31 goals across 34 contests. But in the last stretch of the season, the Venezuelan striker fell into a bit of a slump. Entering Sunday’s contest, Martinez had scored just three times in his previous nine […]
The United States women’s national team attempts to close out a successful 2018 on a high Tuesday with the year’s final match against host Scotland. The 2:15 p.m. ET game at Simple Digital Arena sets up an unfamiliar matchup appropriate for World Cup preparations and reflecting on the state of the women’s game. FS1 and […]
Alex Muyl scored the first-half goal that calmed nerves around Red Bull Arena and Danny Royer netted a brace in a three-minute span to make things a bit more comfortable in the second half. But just as importantly, the New York Red Bulls needed to make sure they didn’t concede an away goal on Sunday […]