LAFC players and staff celebrate in Seaside, California, after the reigning MLS champions and Concacaf Champions League finalists, with eight teens in the starting lineup, rallied to beat Monterey Bay F.C. and move into the U.S. Open Cup’s round of 16. Photo: LAFC. * * * * * The 2022 U.S. Open Cup champion (Orlando […]
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Roster: USA names team for Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship
The USA will send a team of college and youth club players to the 2023 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship May 24-June 3 in the Dominican Republic. U.S. U-20 head coach Tracey Kevins named a 21-player roster for the tournament that will send three Concacaf teams to the 2024 U-20 Women’s World Cup. The roster […]
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MLS Power Rankings: FC Cincinnati and New England climb ahead of LAFC
Bobby Wood (celebrating his third goal of the season with Carles Gil) has found a home in New England, where he is coached by his former boss on the U.S. national team, Bruce Arena. Photo: New England Revolution. * * * * * With LAFC’s first loss of the season, FC Cincinnati and New England […]
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USL names Paul McDonough as president and chief soccer officer
The United Soccer League has named Paul McDonough as USL president and chief soccer officer. The hiring comes less than two weeks after Jake Edwards, the USL president since 2015, departed. In a statement, the USL said McDonough will lead the USL’s ongoing strategic efforts with the organization’s three pro leagues: the USL Championship, USL […]
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Chicago Fire: Ezra Hendrickson out, Frank Klopas in (for third time)
The Chicago Fire has fired head coach Ezra Hendrickson after 10 games in the 2023 MLS season. Former Chicago Sting and Fire star Frank Klopas will be the head coach for the remainder of the season in its third appointment as head coach in the middle of a season. Klopas has been an assistant since […]
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Struggling New York Red Bulls part ways with head coach Gerhard Struber
Calls for Gerhard Struber (left) to be fired began after he refused to replace Dante Vanzeir, who used racist language, in the second half of a match against San Jose. Earthquakes coach Luchi Gonzalez (right) and others asked the Red Bulls coach to replace Vanzeir. Photo: Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire * * * * * The New York Red Bulls, last […]
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Terry Vaughn remembered
Terry Vaughn, in 2011, was a pioneer in MLS and an inspiration to a generation of referees. Photo: Michael Janosz/isiphotos.com * * * * * Former FIFA referee Terry Vaughn succumbed after a long battle with Huntington’s Disease. He died on Thursday at the age of 50. Vaughn grew up in Iowa and was a soccer […]
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Galaxy's Chicharito: 'We need so many things to change'
Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez is marked by Dane Andreas Maxso in the LA Galaxy’s 3-1 loss to the Colorado Rapids that left it with one win in 10 games. Photo: LA Galaxy * * * * * The LA Galaxy lost again. A 3-1 loss at home to Colorado dropped the Galaxy, winner of a record […]
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USL Championship: Weekend report
Orange County SC suspended an unidentified player pending the outcome of an investigation into an accusation that he used a homophobic slur in the second half of OCSC’s 2-1 loss to San Diego. In 2020, Phoenix Rising star Junior Flemmings was suspended six games for using a homophobic slur during a match against the Loyal. The slur […]
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National Soccer Hall of Fame inducts seven new members
The National Soccer Hall of Fame today inducted seven new members, the most inducted since it moved into its new home in Frisco, Texas, in 2018. DaMarcus Beasley, Landon Donovan, Lauren Cheney Holiday and Kate Sobrero Markgraf, all former U.S. internationals, former USWNT coach Jill Ellis and former indoor star Steve Zungul entered from the […]