All five MLS teams were seeded for the 2023 Concacaf Champions League, whose draw was held on Monday night. Orlando City, one of two MLS newcomers in the Champions League, got the toughest draw, opening against Mexico’s Tigres, which has played in four finals and won its first Champions League title in 2020. Draw: Matchup […]
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USL League One: Tormenta FC completes 2022 double
South Georgia Tormenta FC won its first USL League One championship with a 2-1 win over the Chattanooga Red Wolves. Scoring. Sub Jamil Roberts broke a 1-1 tie with the winning goal in the 82nd minute. The title was Roberts’ second in two years. He was instrumental in Marshall University’s NCAA Division I title in […]
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USL Championship: San Antonio FC win sets up first meeting of top seeds in final
San Antonio FC won the USL Championship’s Western Conference with a 2-0 win over the Colorado Springs Switchbacks before a sellout crowd of 8,245 fans at Toyota Field. Scoring: Santiago Patino set up Connor Maloney for the first goal and and scored the second goal himself late in stoppage time to move San Antonio FC […]
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Watch (Golazo): Taylor Booth score first Eredivisie goal
The 21-year-old Booth continued his fine run of form at FC Utrecht, playing a one-two with teammate Sander van de Streek before spltting the Groningen backline and megging the last defender for the tying goal in a 2-1 win. Groningen’s goal was set up by Ricardo Pepi.
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Watch: Surely the greatest MLS game ever played
A record-tying six goals, two in the last seven-plus minutes of regulation and two in second-overtime stoppage time. MLS Cup 2022 had everything.
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Teen Elijah Wynder sends Louisville City to fourth USL Championship final in eight years
Louisville City is headed to the USL Championship final for the fourth time after a 1-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rowdies in overtime. Despite finishing with 10 players, LouCity won thanks to a goal by 19-year-old Elijah Wynder in the 107th minute. He is one of two Wynder twins who came off the bench. […]
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Road to Qatar: Sam Vines out of the World Cup with a broken tibia
Sam Vines, who had put himself in position to possibly grab the backup spot at left back on the U.S. World Cup team, is out of the tournament with a broken tibia suffered on Friday. The 23-year-old defender had surgery and will be out of action at Royal Antwerp for 3-4 months. A strong start […]
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U.S. Soccer's Participant Safety Taskforce members announced
U.S. Soccer announced the members and immediate priorities for its new Participant Safety Taskforce. The chair of the taskforce is Mana Shim, who came forward with former Portland Thorns teammate Sinead Farrelly in 2021 about sexual harassment and coercion they said their Thorns coach Paul Riley inflicted on them when they played in Portland […]
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MLS commissioner Don Garber on changes to playoffs, new TV plans, expansion in San Diego and Las Vegas, and Portland Timbers situation
On the eve of MLS Cup 2022 between LAFC and the Philadelphia Union, both first-year finalists, in Los Angeles, MLS commissioner Dan Garber gave his annual state of the league address. Here are some of the key topics he addressed: Playoff format. ‘If we can come out where tomorrow is better than today, we’ll do […]
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Costa Rica's World Cup 2022 roster includes MLS Next Pro player
Costa Rica named its roster for the 2022 World Cup that includes three players with current ties to MLS teams. They include seven-year MLS veteran Ronald Matarrita (FC Cincinnati), who returned from an ankle injury that sidelined him for six months, and Bryan Oviedo, who joined Real Salt Lake in the middle of the 2022 […]