Tuesday, March 7 Violette (Haiti) vs. Austin FC (1st appearance) Alianza (El Salvador) vs. Philadelphia Union (2nd appearance) Tigres (Mexico) vs. Orlando City (1st appearance) Wednesday, March 8 Vancouver Whitecaps (3rd appearance) vs. Real Espana (Honduras) Thursday, March 9 LD Alajuelense (Costa Rica) vs. LAFC (2nd appearance) Viewing: Soccer on TV. Second Leg: March 14-16.
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What They're Saying: Bradley Carnell
“Opponents like to reset the game to get their rotations organized and set, right? The minute you take that away, you take away their game plan and the game model. We just have a knack of standing in the right place.” — St. Louis City SC head coach Bradley Carnell after the expansion team’s second […]
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Americans Abroad: Men's action in Europe
• Alex Mendez registered his first assist in two seasons in Portugal’s Primeira Liga, coming off the bench to set up the final goal in Vizela’s 3-0 win over Estoril. Vizela is in ninth place, safely positioned to stay up for a second year in a row … Matthew Hoppe had an assist in Hibernian’s […]
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Results: Major League Soccer (Week 2)
Saturday, March 5 LAFC 3 Portland 2. (Goals: Chiellini 24,Vela pen. 34, Opoku 52; Evander 62, Paredes 84. Att.: 22,202.) Atlanta United 1 Toronto FC 1. (Goals: Rossetto 60; Bernardeschi 52. Att.: 42,817.) Columbus 2 D.C. United 0. (Goals: Zelarayan 10, 44. Att.: 20,391.) Inter Miami 2 Philadelphia 0. (Goals: Jean 32, Taylor 77. Att.: […]
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Saturday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. St. Louis soccer comes full circle as CITY SC make MLS home debut By Charles Boehm (MLSSoccer.com)2. USMNT interim manager Anthony Hudson is carving out his own path in America By Paul Tenorio (The Athletic)3. The unlikely British superfans of American soccer By Adam Elder (New York Magazine)
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What They're Saying: Don Garber
“Teams have the flexibility to do unique things. MLS is a single entity. If you’re selling something that the collective owns, the collective has to approve that. So whatever [Inter Miami owner] Jorge [Mas] decides, with [MLS executive vice president] Todd [Durbin’s] help to structure something, if we have the opportunity to do that, it’s […]
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Around the Country: USL Championship
• Leo Fernandes, the USL Championship’s 2022 MVP, will miss the entire 2023 season with the Tampa Bay Rowdies after suffering a ruptured left Achilles tendon during a recent preseason match. The 31-year-old Brazilian underwent successful surgery to repair the ruptured Achilles. He joined the Rowdies in 2017 after four seasons under contract with MLS’s […]
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Around the Country: National Women's Soccer League
• The Washington Spirit signed 15-year-old midfielder Chloe Ricketts to a three-year contract with an option for 2026, making the high school sophomore the youngest signing in NWSL history (three days younger than Olivia Moultrie in 2021). She joined the Spirit for preseason training camp from AFC Ann Arbor in Michigan. According to the NWSL’s […]
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Roster: U.S. U-23 WYNT (Thorns Preseason Tournament)
Goalkeepers (2): Mia Justus (Texas), Cayla White (Virginia) Defenders (8): Lauren Flynn (Florida State), Eva Gaetino (Notre Dame), Quincy McMahon (UCLA), Ayo Oke (California), Lilly Reale (UCLA), Talia Staude (Virginia), Ellie Wheeler (Penn State), Kate Wiesner (Penn State) Midfielders (7): Talia DellaPeruta (North Carolina), Sunshine Fontes (UCLA), Annie Karich (Santa Clara), Felicia Knox (Alabama), Lexi […]
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Around the Country: Major League Soccer
• Nashville SC, whose principal owner is John Ingram, added to the celebrity portion of its ownership with Swedish hockey star Filip Forsberg (Nashville Predators) and Greek basketball forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) joining actress Reese Witherspoon and Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry. … The LA Galaxy’s Riqui Puig, who scored three goals and […]