The Austin City Council early Friday took the next step in helping Precourt Sports Ventures zero in on a soccer stadium site in Austin, unanimously passing a resolution instructing the city manager to complete a community engagement process and detailed site analysis of by June 1. The 24-acre, city-owned site in north Austin was identified […]
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After two straight losses to open the 2018 season, the Portland Timbers head to FC Dallas on Saturday with more than points on the line. The lopsided and, at times, embarrassing losses to the L.A. Galaxy and the New York Red Bulls to start 2018 are the kinds of performances that can demoralize a team. […]
HANOVER, N.J. — If there was a question about what the priority was early in the 2018 season for the New York Red Bulls, just look at how the team approached a busy stretch of three games in eight days earlier this month. Jesse Marsch deployed a first-choice lineup for Concacaf Champions League quarterfinal games […]
HANOVER, N.J. — Jesse Marsch has a unique vantage point when it comes to global icons signing with Major League Soccer. As a player at Chivas USA, he was on the other side of what was then known as the Home Depot Center when David Beckham signed with the LA Galaxy in 2007. He also […]
Diego Capel, a 30-year-old midfielder from Spain, was spotted at the Seattle Sounders’ training session Thursday. While the club would not comment on the player’s presence or acknowledge him by name, it appears that Capel, who made 177 appearances for Sevilla from 2004-2011 is in Seattle on trial. Capel wore a number 10 shirt at […]
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#TagYourTifo: A collection of 2018 MLS tifos
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”65″ 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″] Some tifos are big. Some tifos are small. Some teams spend weeks creating them, and some teams spend no time at all. We want to see every single tifo created for the 2018 Major League Soccer season. We’ll search for pictures of tifos each […]
With a short-staffed squad, Los Angeles FC is adjusting training around the FIFA break. The team sent six players to national duty this week — Carlos Vela for Mexico, Laurent Ciman for Belgium, Omar Gaber for Egypt, Marco Ureña for Costa Rica, and Dejan Jakovic and Mark-Anthony Kaye for Canada. Four of those players — […]
The L.A. Galaxy have reached agreement on a contract with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, successfully ending the club’s three-year effort to bring the aging Swedish superstar to Major League Soccer. Ibrahimovic was released from his deal with England’s Manchester United on Thursday, about three months before it was to expire, and will formally be introduced as a member of the […]
Major League Soccer announced Juventus as its 2018 All-Star game opponent Thursday morning. The Serie A club is one of the most decorated in Italy with a rich history, having existed for 120 years. Juventus is the reigning serie A champion — and has been for the last six seasons. It’s won more Serie A […]
Swedish superstar Zlatan Ibrahimović is leaving Manchester United for the L.A. Galaxy. The news first was reported on Twitter by Los Angeles Times reporter Kevin Baxter, and later confirmed by multiple news outlets. The deal is set to be announced Friday. Ibrahimović signed a contract “through the end of the 2019 season that will pay him […]