Los Angeles FC announced Tuesday it transferred captain Laurent Ciman to Dijon FCO in the French Ligue 1. Ciman was the first player to wear the captain’s armband for the club in its inaugural season, and he scored the team’s first goal in its home stadium April 26. “Laurent has been a big part of […]
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The Los Angeles Football Club, aiming to become the fourth MLS expansion club to reach the playoffs in its first season, may have to continue that quest without captain and center back Laurent Ciman. On Monday, the club was close to completing a transfer that would send him to Dijon of France’s Ligue 1. Among […]
When the 2018 MLS All-Stars take on Juventus at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Aug. 1, it might feel a lot like an Atlanta United FC game. The game will be played in Atlanta, of course, Gerardo “Tata” Martino will be on the sideline as head coach and at least six Atlanta players will be on the 24-man […]
Laurent Ciman hadn’t played for Los Angeles Football Club since May 26. That’s 360 minutes of game time without LAFC’s captain, absent because of his obligations to the Belgian national team. Ciman, the last player cut by Belgium before the World Cup, returned to LAFC last week, and in his return to the lineup Saturday, […]
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[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”162″ 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″] LOS ANGELES — It should have been a save. The free kick curled left, around the wall of Seattle defenders, over the head of Marco Ureña and straight into the waiting hands of Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei. Maybe the roar of the North End […]
Laurent Ciman became a hero in the dying seconds of stoppage time Sunday night, scoring on a free kick to deliver a victory to expansion side Los Angeles FC in its home debut at Banc of California Stadium. LAFC (5-2-0, 15 points) finished with a 1-0 win over the Seattle Sounders (1-4-1, 1 points) and […]
After a tough come-from-behind loss to the L.A. Galaxy on Saturday, LAFC is shifting its focus to another challenging match on the road. This week, the team will travel to Atlanta for a matchup against a recent expansion team that quickly gained traction in Major League Soccer. Atlanta United FC knows a bit about establishing […]
LOS ANGELES — Laurent Ciman didn’t sleep on the December night he learned he had been dealt from the Montreal Impact to the expansion Los Angeles Football Club. Neither did his wife, Diana. The trade, Ciman’s agent told a Montreal radio station the next day, “was a real kick in the teeth. Laurent and Diana were shocked.” The […]