Road teams did well in the second week of MLS play but by holding serve at home – in front of a small crowd – Columbus held first place in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings. Both New York teams won at home to take the next two spots and a spectacular road victory by Los […]
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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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Ground-breaker: LAFC 'reimagines' local sports TV with YouTube TV deal
Most MLS fans will notice the agreement between Los Angeles FC and YouTube TV in terms of YouTube TV’s presence as LAFC’s jersey sponsor. But the agreement is much more than that. YouTubeTV, the digital subscription-content provider not to be confused with the ubiquitous YouTube video site, has agreed to give LAFC its own channel […]
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Los Angeles FC lands young Honduran keeper Luis Lopez
MLS expansion team LAFC signed 24-year-old Honduran goalkeeper Luis Lopez from Real Espana to battle former Seattle Sounders backup keeper Tyler Miller for the starting job. Lopez made 124 appearances in five seasons for Real Espana, which won the Apertura 2017 in the fall. He started for Honduras in the Gold Cup and played two […]
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MLS teams flesh out rosters with third and fourth rounds of SuperDraft
The MLS SuperDraft officially concluded Sunday witrh the third and fourth rounds conducted by conference call. The first two rounds were held Friday at the United Soccer Coaches annual convention inPhiladelphia. Real Salt Lake, Minnesota United FC, and Orlando City SC sat out the process. The other 20 teams picked a total of 35 players […]
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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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LAFC's staff will include Dos Santos, Sorber, Razov, Abdel and Kenny Arena
Bob Bradley‘s technical staff at MLS expansion team Los Angeles FC will include 2017 NASL Coach of the Year Marc Dos Santos, two former U.S. internationals, Mike Sorber andAnte Razov, Zak Abdel, Bradley’s long-time goalkeeper coach, and Kenny Arena. Dos Santos was the NASL Coach of the Year with the San Francisco Deltas, whom he […]
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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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After Kljestan to Orlando City, Feilhaber moves to LAFC
For the second time within hours, a gifted American playmaker changed MLS teams. First, the New York Red Bulls sent Sacha Kljestan to Orlando City, then Los Angeles FC acquiredmidfielder Benny Feilhaber from Sporting Kansas City.
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MLS Re-Entry Draft: Veron, Carrasco, Mallace taken in Stage 2.
Will Stage 2 of the Re-Entry Draft be the second chance Gonzalo Veron needs to find a home in MLS? Signed by the Red Bulls as a Designated Player in 2015, Veron never established aregular place in the lineup and went into the Re-Entry Draft. D.C. United claimed him with the second pick after the […]