MONTREAL — Montreal Impact coach Remi Garde’s second training camp was grueling, but players knew what to expect. Last year, Garde set out to make his new team one of the fittest in MLS, so the club’s low turnover during the offseason could come as an advantage. In Tampa for the Suncoast Invitational, the Impact got a […]
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LOS ANGELES — In 2018, the LA Galaxy missed the MLS Cup playoffs for a second consecutive year after massive defensive woes and injury concerns. Since then, the team has made significant changes to both the roster and the staff, but is it enough to make a difference heading into 2019? Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns and […]
MLS 2019 season preview: Big, bold and bullish
As you may have heard, Major League Soccer is back for a new season, stepping into the spotlight with the serendipitous coincidence of reaching 24 member teams in its 24th year of existence. Bigger and more flush with cash and relevance than ever, MLS still has a ways to go in its pursuit of a […]
The Chicago Fire’s 2017 turnaround was one of the most surprising storylines in Major League Soccer, as the Men in Red went from consecutive last-place finishes to Supporters’ Shield contenders. They eventually finished third and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2012. The addition of Dax McCarty and Bastian Schweinsteiger fortified the […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”5″ 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″] The long-awaited inaugural Major League Soccer season for Los Angeles FC begins Sunday, as the team travels to Seattle to take on the Sounders and begin to build a new culture for Los Angeles soccer fans. At the conclusion of preseason play, LAFC remains […]