The most important week and a half in Los Angeles FC’s brief existence has arrived, and if all goes right, nothing will be the same again.
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Monday AM: What worked well for USMNT (for a change) … until it didn’t. Also: Cristiano Ronaldo toasted, LAFC stands with LA community.
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more soccer news! Good morning! In today’s SA Confidential, SA’s Mike Woitalla talks with U.S. Congressman Darin LaHood (R-Illinois 16), the co-chair of the Congressional Soccer Caucus, on recent White House FIFA World Cup 2026 Task Force meetings. This week being one year out from the start of the 2026 World Cup, […]
LAFC qualifies for Club World Cup in thriller
Denis Bouanga grabbed a dramatic overtime winner to send Los Angeles FC into the Club World Cup with a 2-1 win over Mexico’s Club America on Saturday.
LAFC and América aim to make most of ‘gift from the sky’
Everyone involved with Los Angeles FC understands the magnitude of this unexpected interlude and the implications it carries. Saturday night’s BMO Stadium showdown with Club America is a pathway to a different world, with untold riches (and promotional opportunities) sitting there, waiting. A last-minute opening among the big clubs in FIFA’s lucrative, greatly expanded, U.S.-staged […]
Olivier Giroud: ‘We need to grab this opportunity’
LAFC will host Club America in a play-in match for a berth in the Club World Cup.
By the Numbers: Carlos Vela
Mexican star Carlos Vela is retiring after playing seven seasons with LAFC to become its first Black & Gold Ambassador.
Delgado ring ceremony doesn’t play off as desired
The LA Galaxy meant to honor departed midfielder Mark Delgado when he returned to Dignity Health Sports Park with archrival Los Angeles FC.
Galaxy takes long view, the only way forward after abysmal start
This absurd and interminable winless run stretches on, 14 and counting, unprecedented in Major League Soccer annals, and from a reigning champion, no less.
MLS Matchday 13: Wednesday’s three big things
This matchday gave us our first taste of midweek soccer this season, and man did it live up to the hype.
Nineteen MLS teams land on Sportico’s top 50
Despite revenues in most cases only a fraction of Europe’s top teams, 19 MLS teams landed on Sportico’s ranking of the world’s 50 most valuable soccer clubs.
