Alex Morgan has scored twice in the United States’ first two group games at the Concacaf W Gold Cup after nearly a yearlong drought, and, sure, the opposition hasn’t been, let’s say, to the standard. That’s what you get in these kinds of events. It is, as they say, what it is. All of that’s […]
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LAFC captain Carlos Vela, will he be back? ‘It’s up to him and the club’
Some of the most iconic names aren’t on the roster heading into Saturday afternoon’s opener with visiting Seattle.
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A teen star’s rise on track: Olivia Moultrie scores milestone goals for USWNT
Only Mia Hamm and Cindy Parlow had previously scored multiple goals for the USA at age 18 or younger.
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Everybody loves Coachella, which is building on, and transforming, MLS preseason traditions
MLS’s preseason rituals have evolved plenty over the years, but the Southern California desert is increasingly taking on an integral role in the process.
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Lena Silano, an NWSL rookie’s journey
This was always the plan, the goal, the dream. The beginning of the dream, at the least, for Lena Silano, like so many girls then and now and forever more. She loved soccer, loved playing the game, loved watching Abby Wambachdominate U.S. opposition. Was determined that she could be there, too, at least somewhere in there. Nothing […]
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MLS Cup will be Maxime Crepeau's final
Maxime Crepeau clearly sees the resonance of last year’s MLS Cup final, and that of the moment that ended his involvement. He’s journeyed through all of that, the “hero” talk and the pain, the achievement and the devastation, through all the months of toil, searching for what he had, for what he was, before the […]
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Denis Bouanga, the one-second man
It’s the most fearful thing an MLS defender, especially a right back, can concoct: Denis Bouanga, the ball at his feet, cutting inside from the left flank, his eyes on the net, and the only thing in his way is you. Too many defenders have faced that scenario this season, too many with grim […]
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'Next Goal Wins,' the Hollywood treatment, isn't real, and that's OK
Among the most inspiring of soccer tales concerns American Samoa’s rise, so to speak, a dozen years ago when its national team, guided by Thomas Rongen, put behind it that record 31-goal travesty a decade earlier against Australia — and that dead-last position in FIFA’s rankings — by beating Tonga in a World Cup qualifier, […]
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Mia Fishel and Jaedyn Shaw signal a new era for U.S. women's attack
It’s never been simple for young forwards to find their footing with the U.S. women’s national team, not when so many generational talents — from Michelle Akers and Mia Hamm to Tiffeny Milbrett and Abby Wambach and onto Carli Lloyd and Alex Morgan — have held sway for so many cycles. These are new days. […]
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LAFC's roller-coaster season makes its MLS title defense a most interesting proposal
Los Angeles FC was dominant and so often spectacular en route to last year’s Supporters’ Shield/MLS Cup double, its record not quite so gaudy as 2019, perhaps, but the quality of play — and depth of talent on the roster — suggesting MLS had in its first 27 seasons produced no better side. Maybe, maybe […]