The reigning MLS Cup champion is dead last in the standings but has reached the Leagues Cup semifinals.
Scott French
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Floundering D.C. United makes a change at the helm
D.C. United has won just once in its last dozen games, was shut out in seven of them, and battered, 7-1, by Chicago in another.
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The saga of a French superstar miscast in LA: Olivier Giroud bids adieu
Giroud arrived from AC Milan to LAFC and had a contract that guaranteed him $3.65 million annually on average.
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The Rose Bowl scene: Fans travel from near and far to show off their support
It’s one of those definitive Southern California afternoons — sunny, warm with a cool, lilting breeze from the west, a perfect welcome to summer — and Daisy Mendez and her family are chilling on the grassy lot outside the Rose Bowl. They’re tailgating ahead of a crucial FIFA Club World Cup Group E clash pitting […]
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LAFC ready to release the handbrake
The most important week and a half in Los Angeles FC’s brief existence has arrived, and if all goes right, nothing will be the same again.
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LAFC and América aim to make most of ‘gift from the sky’
Everyone involved with Los Angeles FC understands the magnitude of this unexpected interlude and the implications it carries. Saturday night’s BMO Stadium showdown with Club America is a pathway to a different world, with untold riches (and promotional opportunities) sitting there, waiting. A last-minute opening among the big clubs in FIFA’s lucrative, greatly expanded, U.S.-staged […]
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Delgado ring ceremony doesn’t play off as desired
The LA Galaxy meant to honor departed midfielder Mark Delgado when he returned to Dignity Health Sports Park with archrival Los Angeles FC.
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Galaxy takes long view, the only way forward after abysmal start
This absurd and interminable winless run stretches on, 14 and counting, unprecedented in Major League Soccer annals, and from a reigning champion, no less.
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LA Galaxy grapples with severe slump: The defending champ is still winless
The Galaxy is winless through eight games, at 0-6-2 (W-L-T) the worst first-eight start by a defending champion.
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Trinity Rodman brings essentials to USWNT, most importantly plenty of jolliness
Trinity Rodman of course wasted no time making an imprint in her return to the U.S. women’s national team.