LAFC named former MLS midfielder John Thorrington as its executive vice president of soccer operations, its first hire on the soccer side for the club that will join MLS in 2018.Thorrington, who will manage player and personnel decisions for LAFC, served as special assistant to executive director Bob Foose at the Major League Soccer Players […]
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With all its marketing might, why did LAFC take safe route?
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) The next expansion team in Los Angeles won’t play a real game forthree more years, and yet already it is infused with anticlimax, not to mention redundancy. Los Angeles Football Club, or LAFC, has been promoted from “placeholder” name to the real thing. Theofficial announcement came Tuesday and didn’t carry much […]
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MLS rumor mill: LAFC chasing Cristiano Ronaldo
It’s a measure of progress made by MLS that teams that haven’t even taken the field are supposedly chasing the world’s biggest stars. Months ago, Portuguese internationalCristiano Ronaldo was said to prefer his next club be in MLS — Los Angeles, New York, or Miami were the cities cited by SI.com — and Los Angeles […]
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ICYMI | MLS: Altidore's injury leaves Toronto in bind
The news on Jozy Altidore‘s hamstring injury was not good. He’ll be out 4-5 weeks, putting already short-handed Toronto FC in a bind. Almost as soon as he’sback, he should head off to the Gold Cup. 1. Altidore’s injury could not come at worse time. JozyAltidore‘s injury picked up in Toronto FC’s 1-1 tie with […]
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ICYMI | MLS: What LAFC's delayed launch means
LAFC has concrete plans for a soccer-specific stadiums, something at least one new MLS team and several prospective teams don’t have, but the Los Angeles project will mean a delay in the team’s launchuntil 2018. The current kings of LA are unfazed by the new team. 1. LAFC delay complicates MLS expansion picture. LAFC confirmed […]
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Monday: LAFC will unveil stadium plans
MLS expansion team Los Angeles FC will hold a press conference on Monday to announce plans for a soccer stadium. The press conference will be held at 11:15 a.m. PT at Exposition Park, where thestadium will be built. The Los AngelesTimes reported that the stadium will seat 22,000 and cost $250 million, $100 million more […]
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LAFC names Schloessman as COO
It doesn’t have a stadium or an official name, but the third MLS franchise to operate in Los Angeles has hired a chief operating officer. Under the working name Los Angeles FootballClub (LAFC), Carl Schloessman will be in charge of all operations and revenue-generating initiatives. He comes to MLS after six years as executive vice […]
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Report: Ronaldo Wants to Play in LA
SI.com’s Grant Wahl reports that Cristiano Ronaldo has chosen the U.S. city where he wants to live in once his Real Madrid contract expires in 2018: Los Angeles. Thatmeans the three-time Ballon d’Or winner would only play for either the Galaxy or LAFC, with the latter possibly making its MLS debut that season.
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LAFC investors jump on rocket ship
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] MLS introduced the owners of the new club that is scheduled to begin play in Los Angeles in 2017. The ownership group is headed by executivechairman Henry Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American entrepreneur, managing partner Peter Guber, a veteran sports entrepreneurin baseball and basketball, and president Tom Penn, whose background is in basketball, but its […]