Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber said he is “not threatened” by the growing influence of the Saudi Professional League in the global football landscape. Speaking with a small group of reporters ahead of Inter Miami’s event to introduce Lionel Messi to fans at DRV PNK Stadium, Garber said the Saudi league’s growing influence speaks to the efforts in “emerging …
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 …
Hello and welcome to the weekly L.A. Times soccer newsletter. “That has always been the goal of this team: to look one step ahead and no further.” General manager John Thorrington began building the foundation for LAFC’s remarkable success last winter, shortly after a losing season in which the team failed to make the playoffs for the first time. “Angel …
The CONCACAF Champions League will expand from 16 teams to 50 in 2023-24, restore its group stage, switch to a regionalised first-round alignment, and fill 11 of 16 berths in the knockout stage from North America. The Confederation of North American and Caribbean Association Football launched the Champions League, modeled after Europe’s Champions League, for the 2008-09 season to replace …