With the whole team back from international break, Los Angeles FC got back to business Thursday and fully focused on Saturday’s inaugural El Tráfico game against the LA Galaxy. For head coach Bob Bradley, the timing of the break posed a particularly difficult challenge. Of the six players called out on international duty, five had […]
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[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”59″ 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″] With team captain and center back Jonathan Spector definitely out for Saturday’s match against the New York Red Bulls, Orlando City’s back line will likely feature yet another player making his first home start for the Lions. Lamine Sané, who stepped in for Spector […]
HANOVER, N.J. — It is difficult to wipe the smile off Marc Rzatkowski’s face. The German midfielder had ample challenges in his first month with the New York Red Bulls, from the unpredictable early spring weather in New Jersey that dumped several inches of snow on the team’s training ground to a cross-country flight for […]
On the day Zlatan Ibrahimovic took out a full page advertisement in the Los Angeles Times to trumpet his arrival in La La Land, a future teammate with the L.A. Galaxy publicized a strong statement of his own. Ola Kamara recorded a hat trick for Norway in the country’s 4-1 victory over World Cup bound […]
Mexico fell to Croatia 1-0 in front of an announced sell-out of 79, 128 at AT&T Stadium. Here are three takeaways from the match. Mexico gets hit with the injury bug Injuries to Nestor Araujo, Carlos Salcedo, and Diego Reyes made the loss to Croatia much tougher to swallow. Araujo went down in the 14th […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Players trickled into the Avaya Stadium dressing room, prepared for another routine day of training ahead of this weekend’s game against New York City FC, when the video started to circulate, stopping each one in his tracks. Half a world away, San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Valeri “Vako” Qazaishvili had just scored […]
Despite the break in Major League Soccer play, Los Angeles FC players have kept busy over the last two weeks with international duties. Six of the team’s 22-player roster headed out to play for five national teams this past week. Overall, it was a solid weekend for LAFC stars as Vela earned the captain’s armband […]
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CARY, N.C.– Wil Trapp, Tyler Adams and Marky Delgado stared down a familiar foe on Tuesday night, as the United States men’s national team took on Paraguay. The trio of Major League Soccer midfielders faced a challenge they’ve seen before at the club level, tasked with keeping Atlanta United midfielder Miguel Almirón quiet. “It’s nice […]
CARY, N.C.– Five months removed from the United States men’s national team missing out on the 2018 FIFA World Cup, there’s optimism about the future of the program. While some may see Tuesday’s friendly against Paraguay as meaningless, the fans packed into Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park saw it as the starting point of […]