Trinity Rodman’s knack for comeback spectacle and the dogged realities that make that necessary have much to say about her ascendance in a rapidly evolving women’s soccer landscape taking shape in ways unthinkable a generation ago.
Scott French
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Marc Dos Santos relishes pressure of coaching LAFC
Marc Dos Santos never expected the LAFC job, couldn’t even envision it, not until it leapt out at him, seemingly from nowhere
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Steve Cherundolo Q&A: Measuring success, why he’s returning to Germany, what he’ll miss (and not miss) about LA
As Inter Miami and the Vancouver Whitecaps finalize preparations for Saturday’s MLS Cup faceoff at Chase Field in Fort Lauderdale, Steve Cherundolo — the coach of the 2022 winners and 2023 runners-up — is back in Germany, reunited with his family, reflecting on his tenure with Los Angeles FC, and waiting for whatever comes next. […]
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Amahi Pellegrino is flying for San Diego FC
If all had gone to plan, Amahl Pellegrino would be in Norway right now, ideally back with Bodø/Glimt, heading into the final week of a terrific title chase with Viking. He’d had it with Major League Soccer. His second season with the San Jose Earthquakes, where he’d landed after back-to-back Golden Boot campaigns in Norway’s […]
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Son Heung-min takes Los Angeles by storm
This is more or less how John Thorrington thought it would play out when he embarked, nearly a decade ago, on the journey that would bring Asia’s greatest footballer to Los Angeles FC.
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Crossing Galaxy bridge with Riqui Puig will still take time
The LA Galaxy this week left a disappointing 2025 season behind, embarking on the coming, sure-to-be-better, can’t-be-worse campaign in the most delightful way imaginable.
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San Diego FC is eager and hungry for more
San Diego FC seemed to land in MLS fully and uniquely formed, which was sort of the point.
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Chandler Hoffman, Alabaman, MLS champion and master’s degree candidate, on his new job: NISA commissioner
Chandler Hoffman was the most prominent male soccer player out of Alabama before Chris Richards and Tanner Tessmann and Brandon Servania arrived a decade later.
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Milan Iloski’s unexpected journey leads to ‘my best spot’
It was, Milan Iloski gushed, a “dream come true,” the best of so many he had seen manifest along this serpentine path toward the wonders that surely await as he pursues what he’s always been meant to do. Try scripting it better: Hometown kid, summoned from abroad when the star European striker goes down, steps […]
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Milan Iloski’s unexpected journey leads to ‘my best spot’
It was, Milan Iloski gushed, a “dream come true,” the best of so many he had seen manifest along this serpentine path toward the wonders that surely await as he pursues what he’s always been meant to do.