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Ten years later, Bruce is back. US Soccer announced on Tuesday that it has hired Bruce Arena for his second stint as the US national team head coach, bringing the 65-year-old on board from the LA Galaxy after Jurgen Klinsmann was fired on Monday. Arena coached the USMNT from 1998-2006, leading the country to

Here is everything you need to know about MLS and North American soccer this morning: Ticos takedown There wasn't much to write home about from the US national team's galling 4-0 loss away to World Cup qualifying hosts Costa Rica on Tuesday night, a harsh reality reflected in our USMNT

Here is everything you need to know about MLS and North American soccer this morning: Up for the fight A pair of US internationals have declared themselves eager to play a part when they open the CONCACAF 2018 World Cup qualifying hex against arch nemesis Mexico on Friday (7:45pm ET;

Here is everything you need to know about MLS and North American soccer this morning: On to the last one The Conference Semifinals are in the books, which means attention now can turn to the final round of World Cup qualifying, which kicks off with Friday's CONCACAF Hexagonal opener between

We're one-and-a-half rounds into the Audi 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs, and with a few surprising results, we're finding out which MLSers have that extra boost of ice-cold clutch running through the nervous system. Matteo Mancosu, welcome to the club:

At 12 years old, Mike Muñoz was a self-admitted “chubby kid” whose primary soccer coach was his dad. He didn’t know much about nutrition and was still a year away from joining a club team. Sure, his dream was to play professionally – but he knew of no clear way

Here is everything you need to know about MLS and North American soccer this morning: Finishing the job The US national team will try to take the last step and advance to the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying Hexagonal when they host Trinidad & Tobago in Jacksonville, Florida on Tuesday night

Here are the top soccer stories everyone’s talking about this morning: Breaking Ground on a New Deal LAFC, led by co-owners Magic Johnson and Will Ferrell, officially broke ground on their forthcoming stadium Tuesday afternoon. The building will be known as Banc of California Stadium, for what's reportedly the next

Here are the top soccer stories everyone’s talking about this morning: Minnesota Announcement There's big news coming from Minnesota on Friday night as MLS Commissioner Don Garber will be in attendance for an announcement on the "next chapter" for soccer in the state. A livestream of the event will be

Here are the top soccer stories everyone’s talking about this morning: Creative Outlet As Vancouver get ready to host the San Jose Earthquakes on Friday night (11 pm ET on UniMás in USA, TSN in Canada), Armchair Analyst Matt Doyle says the Whitecaps really need more ingenuity from skipper Pedro Morales.

Here are the top soccer stories everyone’s talking about this morning: Deuce = Three With Jordan Morris doing much of the setup work for Clint Dempsey's hat trick, Seattle posted just their second road win of the league campaign with a 3-1 decision at Orlando City on Sunday. Falling Apart

Here are the top soccer stories everyone’s talking about this morning: A New Weapon The Seattle Sounders may not have been able to hold the lead in Sunday's 1-1 draw with the visiting LA Galaxy, but Armchair Analyst Matt Doyle argues they have finally found a creative spark for their attack in new

The future is uncertain, but full of potential for both Sigi Schmid and the Seattle Sounders, according to veteran MLS pundits who know the iconic MLS coach well. In the wake of Schmid's parting of ways with Seattle on Tuesday after nearly eight seasons, MLSsoccer.com reached out to several leading television analysts

Sigi Schmid did not get the Seattle Sounders to the promised land. He just took them everywhere else. Schmid's tenure as head coach in Seattle came to a not unexpected end on Tuesday when the Sounders announced, via press release, that the club and the only man who'd guided it

LA native and fast-rising music producer ETC! ETC! reps hard for his city. So it’s a good time to revisit his searing LA-themed track, “Trompa,” just in time for MLS Summer Beat and this Saturday's Cali Clasico in San Jose, between the Earthquakes and the Galaxy (10 pm ET, Univision and Facebook

Here are the top soccer stories everyone’s talking about this morning: Honor Rolls The MLS Team of the Week features a player from a Canadian club on every line and five US internationals among the front seven. Meanwhile, Columbus and Montreal dominated the MLS Fantasy best XI following their wild

Here are the top soccer stories everyone’s talking about this morning: Welcome Back Strike ace Robbie Keane returned with a brace and the LA Galaxy held off a furious New England Revolution rally to score their fourth win from the last five home games in Sunday's 4-2 shellacking. Streaking in NYC

Here are the top soccer stories everyone’s talking about this morning: Ready, Set, Win With the US national team mere hours away from tackling hosts Guatemala (10 pm ET; beIN Sports, NBC Universo) in the first game of a home-and-home World Cup qualifying swing, former Seattle Sounders right back DeAndre Yedlin

On Tuesday, MLS announced the details for the 2015-16 Generation adidas Cup, hosted by FC Dallas. The 10-day elite youth competition featuring MLS and top international youth academies will kick off on Friday, March 18, at the Toyota Soccer Center in Frisco, Texas. Select matches, including the semifinals and final,

Here’s one thing we can guarantee about the 2016 MLS season set to kick off Sunday: In 10 months, we’re going to look back in amazement at how rich – and in some cases how unlikely and unpredictable – all the storylines were. As we enter Week 1, there is

Here are the top soccer stories everyone’s talking about this morning: Building The Fire Having already worked miracles with Serbia's Under-20 national team, new Fire boss Veljko Paunovic is aiming to bring the Fire back to prominence. Another part of their rebuild was completed on Monday, as the club signed skilled attacker

Here are the Top 15 soccer stories everyone’s talking about this morning: 1. MLS COMBINE HEATS UP Among the poor souls forced to spend their mid-January in warm South Florida is our Armchair Analyst, who has filed his Matchday 2 stock report. Those who prefer to form their own opinions on who's hot

Here are the top 15 stories everyone's talking about this morning: 1. DROGBA DENIES REPORT A new report from French publication l’Equipe stated that Didier Drogba was planning to retire and take up a coaching position with Chelsea. However, before anyone gets too upset, the Montreal Impact moved to deny

Here are the top 15 stories everyone's talking about this morning: 1. PLAYING WITH FIRE The Chicago Fire have named Veljko Paunovic as their new head coach. Fire general manager Nelson Rodriguez believes Paunovic, who spent one season with the Philadelphia Union and most recently coached Serbia to the FIFA

16 équipes éliminées, pause internationale et j’en passe : si l’intensité sera bientôt à son comble pour tous les amoureux de MLS, et particulièrement les quatre clubs qui briguent encore la Coupe MLS ainsi que leurs supporters, les temps peuvent avoir l’air particulièrement calmes pour les autres. Alors quoi, c’est fini,