Photo courtesy of LAFC Witha roster still so small it couldn’t suit up 18 players after Walker Zimmerman was a late scratch, expansion Los Angeles FC went into Seattle and stunned the Sounders, 1-0, to win its first everMLS game. “We only get one chance for it and you got to show what you’re all […]
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MLS 2018: Western Conference preview
The 23rd MLS season kicks off this weekend with 23 teams and of the 12 members of the Western sector, six are embarking with head coaches who were not in charge at the start of 2017. That’s a bit of a trick number, since Los Angeles Football Club is the expansion entrant for 2018 under […]
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LAFC general manager John Thorrington on getting ready for Year 1, working with Bob Bradley and learning from Sir Alex Ferguson
More than 20 years ago, John Thorrington left his Southern California home at 17 to sign for Manchester United. Injuries hampered his career, during which he played in the lower Englishdivisions and for three MLS teams before retiring in 2013. He worked for the MLS Players’ Union (now the MLS Players’ Association) and helped negotiate […]
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Benny Feilhaber is eager for life with Los Angeles FC
More than a decade after he left UCLA totest the pro waters in Europe, Benny Feilhaber is back in Southern California to embark on the voyage that is Los Angeles FC. “It was a mixed bag of emotions because as muchas I was thrilled to come to LAFC, and it’s something that I’ve thought about […]
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MLS Expansion Draft: Our five picks for LAFC
Poring over the list of unprotected players for the MLS Expansion Draft to be conducted Tuesday, one element that stands out is very few of them rate as “must-have” Los Angeles FC (orother teams around the league interested in dealing with LAFC). Each team can protect 11 players and off-budget Homegrown players (or Generation adidas […]
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Tweet du jour (Orlando edition)
Must-read: the replies. (@SamBorden via Twitter)
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Atlanta United, best MLS expansion team ever? Not so fast
Atlanta United is on course to set an attendance record in its first MLS season and is playing some of the best soccer ever seen in the league. But how does it rank among expansion teams? With the additions of Minnesota United and Atlanta United, MLS has grown by 15 teams since the first expansion […]
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American owners still finding their feet at Swansea City
Many American fans lost interest in Swansea City after the club fired Bob Bradley as manager just 11 matches into his tenure, yet the primary ownership duo of Steve Kaplan andJason Levien (also managing general partner of D.C. United) are implementing significant changes to the Premier League club. They are not the only American businessmen […]
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What They're Saying: Bob Bradley
“Atlanta is doing very well. We won the double. So when you said we did very well, let’s cut to the chase a little bit. We won the double. As good as Atlanta is doing this year, when there was aheadline early in the year that this is the greatest expansion team of all time, […]
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Alejandro Bedoya fits the bill for both club and country
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) When last seen for the USA, Alejandro Bedoya was captaining a team that squandered twopenalty kicks in a Gold Cup game it had to win by three goals. It did. With the U.S. atop Group B courtesy of a 3-0 defeat of Nicaragua, he departed after the match to join […]