MLS season to resume with LAFC and Galaxy meeting twice in five games
4 years, 7 months ago

MLS season to resume with LAFC and Galaxy meeting twice in five games

LA Times  

The Galaxy’s Sebastian Lletget, right, kicks the ball as LAFC’s Mark-Anthony Kaye, far left, and Dejan Jakovic defend July 18 in Florida. Soccer Galaxy resume training following COVID-19 scare The Galaxy returned to training Tuesday following a COVID-19 scare in which eight members of the team’s USL Championship affiliate tested positive. And we have to start, we’ve got to give it a try.” MLS, along with all other U.S. sports leagues, suspended play March 12, just two games into its 34-match regular season. Just because you are an elite sports team doesn’t mean you don’t have to take the same precautions as everyone else.” Major League Baseball and the USL Championship, a second-tier professional soccer league, appeared to prove that when both allowed their teams to travel to games beginning last month, with mixed results. The USL Championship, the highest-ranking professional sports league in the U.S. to allow fans, saw eight players on Galaxy II recently test positive, leading to the postponement of more than a half-dozen games involving five teams.

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MLS Embarks on 30th year with a 30th team, a crowded schedule and, yes, more Messi
1 month, 1 week ago

MLS Embarks on 30th year with a 30th team, a crowded schedule and, yes, more Messi

Associated Press  

While the main attraction is still Lionel Messi, it’s perhaps fitting that for Major League Soccer’s 30th season the league is welcoming its 30th team. Led by winger Hirving “Chucky” Lozano, San Diego FC is among the teams to watch this year, along with the expansion club’s first opponent, the defending MLS champion LA Galaxy. The Galaxy won their sixth …

Players and coaches among those who favor seeing MLS shift to an international calendar
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Players and coaches among those who favor seeing MLS shift to an international calendar

Associated Press  

As Major League Soccer readies to open its 30th season, some players and coaches are advocating for a fall-to-spring calendar, a major move that would align the league with its international counterparts. Complicating matters is Major League Soccer’s already crowded schedule — and top players called in and out of their national teams during the busy summer months. There’s also …

MLS: Messi’s Inter Miami to host New York City FC in 2025 season opener
3 months, 1 week ago

MLS: Messi’s Inter Miami to host New York City FC in 2025 season opener

The Hindu  

Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami will play host to New York City FC in the opening match of the 2025 Major League z season under a schedule unveiled on Thursday. Inter Miami will entertain West rivals Dallas, Seattle and the reigning MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy in a feature clash on August 16. San Diego’s debut marks the launch of the …

MLS commissioner looks ahead to a busy next 2 years as the league concludes its 29th season
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

MLS commissioner looks ahead to a busy next 2 years as the league concludes its 29th season

Associated Press  

As Major League Soccer prepares for its championship game on Saturday, the league is also looking at how to best position itself for growth as high-profile events descend on the United States over the next two years. The United States will host the FIFA Club World Cup next year before co-hosting the men’s World Cup with Canada and Mexico in …

2024 MLS Cup: A Battle for the Crown
5 months, 1 week ago

2024 MLS Cup: A Battle for the Crown

Al Jazeera  

The 2024 Major League Soccer (MLS) playoffs have reached the knockout stage, with the top seven teams from each conference battling for the coveted MLS Cup. The MLS Cup is the pinnacle of the North American football season, with the winner crowned after a series of knockout games. The 2024 tournament features the inclusion of football icon Lionel Messi's team, …

MLS is considering changing to a fall-spring calendar after the 2026 World Cup
5 months, 1 week ago

MLS is considering changing to a fall-spring calendar after the 2026 World Cup

New York Times  

Major League Soccer is considering overhauling its calendar, flipping to a fall-spring season with breaks in the summer and winter, multiple sources briefed on the league’s discussions tell The Athletic. Some of those models are for formats themselves, some of those models are how to assess the information that we get.” A change would certainly impact MLS’ competition in the …

Revived Galaxy aiming to beat LAFC and build momentum for a potential MLS Cup run
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Revived Galaxy aiming to beat LAFC and build momentum for a potential MLS Cup run

LA Times  

Galaxy midfielder Gastón Brugman celebrates a goal by Marco Reus, second left, during a win over the Atlanta United at Dignity Health Sports Park on Aug. 24. “I do it to try to position us to win championships.” The Galaxy can take a big step toward that goal Saturday when they play crosstown rival LAFC at Dignity Health Sports Park. …

LAFC, Galaxy playoff showdown would be a dream come true for MLS
7 months, 1 week ago

LAFC, Galaxy playoff showdown would be a dream come true for MLS

LA Times  

What MLS commissioner Don Garber envisioned when he insisted on having two teams in Southern California was seeing both of them enter the final stretch of the season atop the conference table and fighting for the Supporters’ Shield. It has played in the last two MLS Cup finals, won the Supporters’ Shield in two of the last five seasons and …

LAFC to play one of MLS’ toughest 2024 schedules as it pushes to return to Cup final
1 year, 3 months ago

LAFC to play one of MLS’ toughest 2024 schedules as it pushes to return to Cup final

LA Times  

LAFC forward Denis Bouanga smiles during the second half of the team’s win over Houston in the 2023 MLS Western Conference final. LAFC will meet the crosstown rival Galaxy three times in 2024, including a renewal of last season’s July 4 game at the Rose Bowl, which drew an MLS-record 82,110 fans. That makes LAFC’s 34-game schedule among the league’s …

Galaxy to kick off 2024 season at home against Lionel Messi and Inter Miami
1 year, 3 months ago

Galaxy to kick off 2024 season at home against Lionel Messi and Inter Miami

LA Times  

Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi flashes a thumbs-up during a match against LAFC on Sept. 3. The Galaxy will open their 2024 MLS season by hosting Lionel Messi and Inter Miami at Dignity Health Sports Park on Feb. 25, kicking off a 34-game regular-season schedule that will include a return to the Rose Bowl on July 4 to face cross-town …

MLS players, coaches aggravated by congested soccer schedules
1 year, 9 months ago

MLS players, coaches aggravated by congested soccer schedules

LA Times  

Apparently it is possible to have too much of a good thing. With the addition of the Leagues Cup, the 34-game regular-season schedule, the longest playoff tournament in league history, eight CONCACAF Champions League matches, the U.S. Open and Campeones cups, LAFC could play 56 times in less than 32 weeks, more games than any MLS team has played in …

Galaxy face new challenges with expanded MLS playoffs, but help could be coming
2 years, 1 month ago

Galaxy face new challenges with expanded MLS playoffs, but help could be coming

LA Times  

Dejan Joveljic is among the players returning to the Galaxy this season after 11 players left the team in the offseason. The team’s thin depth could be tested early since Javier “Chicharito” Hernández, the Galaxy’s leading scorer the last two seasons, has been hobbled by a tender hamstring during the preseason. “Every game and all points matter,” said Vanney, who …

LAFC 2023 schedule: Defending MLS champion LAFC opens with three matches in L.A. area
2 years, 3 months ago

LAFC 2023 schedule: Defending MLS champion LAFC opens with three matches in L.A. area

LA Times  

LAFC captain Carlos Vela holds up the 2022 MLS Cup after his team defeated the Philadelphia Union at Banc of California Stadium. 2023 LAFC Schedule FEBRUARY 25: vs. Galaxy at Rose Bowl, 6:30 p.m., Apple MARCH 4: vs. Portland, 1:30 p.m., Fox; 12: vs. New England, 7:30 p.m., Apple; 18: at Seattle, noon, Fox; 25: vs. Dallas, 7:30 p.m., Apple. …

Unbalanced schedule in MLS raises debate before LAFC, Philadelphia battle to 2-2 tie
2 years, 10 months ago

Unbalanced schedule in MLS raises debate before LAFC, Philadelphia battle to 2-2 tie

LA Times  

Ismael Tajouri-Shradi, then with New York City FC, is shown last season. “You start following how the plan works in MLS and then ‘Wow, OK, wait.’ So you have to do this, you have to do that?” Tajouri-Shradi, a Libyan born in Switzerland and raised in Austria, grew up following the top European leagues, where clubs play a balanced schedule, …

LAFC schedule is released, and 32 of 34 games are in MLS’ Western Conference
4 years ago

LAFC schedule is released, and 32 of 34 games are in MLS’ Western Conference

LA Times  

Major League Soccer’s unbalanced schedule will see LAFC playing 32 of its 34 games against Western Conference opponents this season, beginning with its April 17 opener at home with expansion Austin FC. LAFC has two extended home stands, one that spans 3½ weeks and four matches in late May and early June, and another that covers three games and 15 …

LAFC, Galaxy reveal home openers for upcoming MLS season
4 years ago

LAFC, Galaxy reveal home openers for upcoming MLS season

LA Times  

LAFC will open the 2021 MLS season against Austin FC at Banc of California Stadium on April 17. LAFC will open the 2021 MLS season at home, playing host to Austin FC on April 17. Gavin Newsom’s office’s revised its COVID-19 guidelines to allow for the opening of theme parks and outdoor sports venues on April 1, with attendance limited …

Galaxy, LAFC fans would be allowed to attend games under new coronavirus guidelines
4 years ago

Galaxy, LAFC fans would be allowed to attend games under new coronavirus guidelines

LA Times  

Galaxy soccer players gather at an empty Banc of California Stadium before a game against LAFC in August. The Galaxy and LAFC moved a big step closer to welcoming a limited number of fans back into their stadiums for the start of the MLS season next month under new guidelines unveiled by state officials Friday. If L.A. County rises to …

LAFC and Galaxy hope to have fans at home games this season
4 years, 1 month ago

LAFC and Galaxy hope to have fans at home games this season

LA Times  

LAFC plays the Galaxy with no spectators on Aug. 22, 2020, at Banc of California Stadium. Both teams are hopeful a limited number of fans will be permitted to attend their home games when the season starts next month. The Galaxy and LAFC say they are hopeful they will be allowed to welcome a limited number of fans into their …

MLS planning to start 2021 regular season in March despite pandemic concerns
4 years, 4 months ago

MLS planning to start 2021 regular season in March despite pandemic concerns

New York Times  

Major League Soccer intends to start its 2021 regular season in early March, as usual, despite the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. “Based on the crowded international calendar next year, we are targeting to start our season in early March, as usual,” MLS deputy commissioner Mark Abbott said in a statement. Like all leagues, we are concerned about those restrictions continuing …

LAFC opening postseason on the road further complicates its playoff path
4 years, 4 months ago

LAFC opening postseason on the road further complicates its playoff path

LA Times  

As LAFC prepares for the MLS playoffs, coach Bob Bradley says “everything about this season is complicated, no doubt about that.” Major League Soccer calls its final date of the regular season Decision Day, with two capital Ds, which seems a bit presumptuous this year given that it falls on a weekend in which the presidential election was being decided. …

MLS to resume regular season following Florida tournament
4 years, 7 months ago

MLS to resume regular season following Florida tournament

The Hindu  

Major League Soccer said Saturday it will resume its season once the MLS is Back tournament in Florida wraps up. Dallas and Nashville are playing three additional games after withdrawing from the league’s tournament because of positive COVID-19 cases. The league has been playing the month long MLS is Back tournament without fans at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports complex …

MLS delays launch of three expansion teams due to COVID-19
4 years, 8 months ago

MLS delays launch of three expansion teams due to COVID-19

The Hindu  

Major League Soccer has unveiled a revised expansion timeline with three of its four new teams' inaugural seasons delayed by one year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Charlotte, originally scheduled to begin playing in the MLS next season, will now make its debut in 2022 while St. Louis and Sacramento will begin in 2023 instead of 2022. “We have …

Soccer newsletter: MLS has a lot riding on restart
4 years, 9 months ago

Soccer newsletter: MLS has a lot riding on restart

LA Times  

Hello, and welcome to another edition of the L.A. Times soccer newsletter. In the last three days, 23,381 people tested positive and in the three weeks since MLS reached agreement with its players association to go forward with the Covid Cup, Florida’s daily coronavirus infection numbers have increased more than fivefold. What are the best things that we can be …

Major League Soccer to restart season July 8
4 years, 9 months ago

Major League Soccer to restart season July 8

The Hindu  

Major League Soccer said on Tuesday it will restart the season after being shut down for almost three months for the COVID-19 outbreak on July 8 with a tournament without fans at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. “We are pleased to team up with Disney to relaunch the 2020 MLS season and get back to playing soccer,” said commissioner Don …

MLS return risked by labour dispute: reports
4 years, 10 months ago

MLS return risked by labour dispute: reports

The Hindu  

Major League Soccer's return from its coronavirus shutdown could be in jeopardy after negotiations with the players union hit an impasse, US media reported on Monday. ESPN reported that MLS had set a deadline of 12pm on Tuesday to reach agreement on a labor deal or else players could be locked out. The MLS Players Association and the league had …

Galaxy return to practice, but will MLS games be played in Orlando?
4 years, 10 months ago

Galaxy return to practice, but will MLS games be played in Orlando?

LA Times  

The Galaxy’s Sacha Kljestan races for the ball ahead of Houston’s Memo Rodriguez in February. Galaxy midfielder Sacha Kljestan worked out at Dignity Health Sports Park on Thursday for the first time since Major League Soccer’s season was suspended by the COVID-19 pandemic two months ago. “There’s been reports that Major League Soccer may want to have their season in …

MLS extends suspension of season until May 10 due to COVID-19 pandemic
5 years ago

MLS extends suspension of season until May 10 due to COVID-19 pandemic

LA Times  

Major League Soccer announced Thursday that it will suspend its season another four weeks, to May 10, a delay that figures to push the MLS Cup into December. In a one-paragraph statement, MLS, which a week ago announced a 30-day halt to the season, said that break was being lengthened “in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s …

LAFC to open training camp with unfinished business and a depleted roster
5 years, 2 months ago

LAFC to open training camp with unfinished business and a depleted roster

LA Times  

LAFC posted the best regular-season record in MLS history in 2019 and won the franchise’s first trophy by claiming the Supporters’ Shield. Yet the year ended in a loss to Seattle in the Western Conference final, and that leaves the team with some unfinished business to attend to when preseason training camp opens Monday at the team’s facility at Cal …

LAFC to open 2020 season against Miami; Galaxy will start in Houston
5 years, 3 months ago

LAFC to open 2020 season against Miami; Galaxy will start in Houston

LA Times  

The Galaxy will open the 2020 MLS season in Houston against the Dynamo on Feb. 29 while LAFC will start its campaign at home against Miami CF a day later on March 1. The LAFC-Miami game will be the first for David Beckham’s expansion club, which will play its first home match on the season’s third weekend against the Galaxy, …

Column: LAFC and Galaxy deal with long break before MLS playoffs
5 years, 5 months ago

Column: LAFC and Galaxy deal with long break before MLS playoffs

LA Times  

Carlos Vela, being congratulated by teammates, and LAFC had a record-setting season in 2019. Of course not,” said LAFC coach Bob Bradley, whose team will go 17 days between games, nearly double its longest break of the season. “The schedule for every club in the world in October and November are made more difficult because of the international breaks.” It’s …

MLS, Liga MX will announce eight-team Leagues Cup tournament to start in July
5 years, 10 months ago

MLS, Liga MX will announce eight-team Leagues Cup tournament to start in July

New York Times  

Major League Soccer and Liga MX plan to announce a summer tournament featuring four teams from each league as soon as Wednesday, several sources have told The Athletic. Liga MX released a statement at its club owner’s meeting last week that it will announce a “binational” tournament in the “coming weeks.” ESPN Mexico previously reported that MLS teams Chicago Fire, …

Tenorio: One weekend in LA offers a glimpse of MLS’s future
5 years, 11 months ago

Tenorio: One weekend in LA offers a glimpse of MLS’s future

New York Times  

MLS may still be far from where it wants to go, but to watch LAFC take apart Seattle in a 4-1 win on Sunday was to see the league at its very best. LAFC’s performance, in particular, reached a zenith that only a handful of teams in MLS history have showed themselves capable of achieving—think 2017 Toronto FC and 2018 …

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