Thanksgiving 2018: MLS clubs ring in the festive season in the USA

MLSsoccer staff

Thanksgiving 2018 in the USA, falling just three days before the start of the Conference Championship 1st legs on Sunday, marks the unofficial kickoff of the festive season and MLS clubs are clearly in the spirit:

from our family to yours,

have a Happy Thanksgiving! pic.twitter.com/R9n5s2tEQN
— Minnesota United FC (@MNUFC) November 22, 2018

It's a day we might do things that we very well might regret tomorrow ...

them: bingham

my brain:
don’t do it
don’t do it
don’t do it
don’t do it
don’t do it
don’t do it
don’t do it
don’t do it

me: BingTURKEY#HappyThanksgiving pic.twitter.com/WVq7yBTcKN
— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) November 22, 2018

... or we'll remember it for giving us the feels:

In the spirit of giving, #CrewSC and @MAPFREIns delivered Thanksgiving meals to local residents 🖤💛 // #GiveForward pic.twitter.com/MfIfy0N0q0
— Columbus Crew SC (@ColumbusCrewSC) November 22, 2018

The Quakes front office joined forces with @Cityteam to distribute Thanksgiving meals in the South Bay! 🙏

Leave it to @QMascot to start a pick-up soccer game with the kids... 💙🖤 pic.twitter.com/seH5KrV2K8
— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) November 21, 2018

It's not Thanksgiving without that large family gathering to break bread:

Happy Thanksgiving, from our @NewYorkRedBulls family to yours!#OurTime | #RBNY pic.twitter.com/mvn9TOxEDj
— Red Bull New York (@NewYorkRedBulls) November 22, 2018

While you're waiting for that food to be served, how about a dosage of Thanksgiving trivia to work up the appetite?

Trivia's cool, but for most families it's a day of traditions:

We're not crying, you're crying... 😭@tomthom11, @mbersano1, @wehan_14 & Jackson share their favorite Thanksgiving tradition ahead of tomorrow's big day! 🦃🍁 pic.twitter.com/ZuW8H1ZvUj
— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) November 21, 2018

And for some, 2018 marks their very first taste of Thanksgiving:

Happy #Thanksgiving to all my American followers. Our first one in America! 🇺🇸😁 #Disneyland pic.twitter.com/WATR01uamH
— Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney) November 22, 2018

Any way you celebrate it, it's a day of thankfulness, and the soccer family shares in it with #ThanksToSoccer: