SANFORD, Fla. — For Orlando City goalkeeper coach Thabane Sutu, coaching in Central Florida is easy. He’s locked in while he’s at work. Along with head coach James O’Connor and the rest of Orlando City’s coaching staff, he can be at Sylvan Lake Park for roughly 12 hours in a day. He’s put in hours […]
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Just three days after the second installment of El Trafico, the Galaxy return home to the StubHub Center to take on Orlando City SC on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. PT. Here are a few things you need to know before the match. The LA Galaxy are 9-7-5 so far this season, and 5-4-1 at home, […]
When teams win on the road in Major League Soccer, no matter how poor the level of play, the familiar coaching chords in the postgame press conference resemble relief and satisfaction. “It’s always tough on the road, so we’re just happy to escape with three points,” Coach X might say. Dome Torrent’s remarks after New […]
TORONTO — Toronto FC and the Chicago Fire have seen a lot of each other of late. The Reds host the latest meeting between the two clubs at BMO Field Saturday night, seven days after goals from Sebastian Giovinco and Jonathan Osorio carried them to a 2-1 win at Chicago’s Toyota Park. That was their […]
WASHINGTON–D.C. United needs to win games. United hosts the Colorado Rapids Saturday just three days after a loss to rival New York Red Bulls. United looked to the opening of Audi Field as a late season boost after a string of far-and-wide road games. The Black-and-Red secured a convincing win against an average Vancouver Whitecaps […]
There’s still fallout from Orlando City’s July 21 match against Columbus Crew SC. Orlando City has been issued an undisclosed fine by the MLS Disciplinary Committee for its second violation of the league’s mass confrontation policy — the first came in Orlando City’s 2-1 loss to Atlanta United — and coach James O’Connor was issued […]
Former teammates meet on a weekly basis in Major League Soccer. It’s, as New York Red Bulls goalkeeper Luis Robles calls it, “the brutal part about professional sports, we’re all just passing through.” There’s another such occasion Saturday night at Red Bull Arena when the Red Bulls host Columbus Crew SC, but this one is […]
It seems like it was just yesterday that FC Dallas and Sporting Kansas City played in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 and Yohan Croizet smashed in the game-winner for SKC’s 3-2 victory. That June 16 match lives on in the minds of FC Dallas players, and the memories are conjured as they […]
Toronto FC has begun to feel more like the 2017 vintage of late, winning three consecutive games as its catastrophic injury list has shortened. There has also been a familiar face around the club’s BMO Training Ground. Tsubasa Endoh, the Japanese midfielder who was TFC’s first-round pick in the 2016 SuperDraft, has returned to the […]
New York City FC signed Valentin Castellanos, a 19-year old Argentine attacking midfielder from Club Atletico Torque in Uruguay. He will be on loan until the conclusion of 2018 with the option to buy, the club announced Friday. “Valentin is a fast, young player who can play as a No. 7, as a No. 11 […]