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LAFC acquires midfielder Mark-Anthony Kaye

  Los Angeles FC continued adding to its inaugural roster by signing Canadian midfielder Mark-Anthony Kaye.  The 23-year-old previously played for reigning United Soccer League champion Louisville City FC, which agreed to immediately transfer him to LAFC. Kaye scored four goals and had an assist in 19 regular-season appearances last year. He leaves Louisville with a […]

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LAFC reaches jersey, streaming deal with YouTube TV

The expansion Los Angeles Football Club has reached a multiple-year agreement with YouTube TV in which the subscription-content provider will place its name and logo on the team’s jerseys and stream the club’s locally televised games in English. LAFC is thought to be the first professional sports franchise in North America to offer its games […]

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LAFC family closing ranks behind a teammate’s tragedy

In an LAFC locker room full of leading men, Tyler Miller is a role player. Three teammates on the first-year soccer club have been to a World Cup and two others, forwards Carlos Vela and Diego Rossi, will be paid more than $2 million this season. Meanwhile, Miller, a goalkeeper acquired in last month’s expansion […]

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LAFC’s Bob Bradley has experience running a team with no history

The things that make an expansion team special are the same things that make managing one so hard. There’s no history and no tradition. The name is new, the stadium is new, the uniforms are new and so are the players, at least to one another. “It’s a strange feeling,” said Carlos Vela, the Mexican […]

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Joao Moutinho grateful LAFC selected him No. 1 in 2018 MLS SuperDraft

PHILADELPHIA ― With chanting supporters in the draft room, LAFC made Joao Moutinho the club’s first Major Soccer League SuperDraft selection. The Generation adidas defender played just a single season at Akron, where he started in all 24 matches for the Zips. His grandfather was among the friends, coaches and family members he thanked immediately […]