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Considering all the roster upheaval still to take place over the Major League Soccer offseason, one would practically need to be an idiot to make an attempt at identifying the top contenders to take home the 2020 MLS Cup crown. Right on cue, that's precisely the far-too-early fool's game I'm here to play. Let's

LOS ANGELES – Landon Donovan's return to the soccer field, as manager of San Diego's new USL Championship club, is a product of mere happenstance. It wasn't part of the plan, even as he became the face of an unsuccessful effort to bring a Major League Soccer expansion team to his adopted

The biggest moves of any offseason come once the transfer and trade window re-opens in January. You start getting hints about what those moves will be, or even sometimes outright confirmations, but they don't become official until the new year. But those are very obviously not the only moves that

LOS ANGELES – When Landon Donovan first heard that next year's MLS All-Star Game presented by Target would match Major League Soccer's finest against Liga MX's, his initial thought was “we've certainly done that before, haven't we?” Well, no, we haven't. “And then I thought, 'Well, why the hell haven't we

LOS ANGELES — Expect next year's MLS All-Star Game presented by Target — pitting the league's best against, for the first time, the biggest stars from Liga MX — will be a happy celebration of the growing partnership between North America's two great soccer leagues? Well, sure, that's part of

The 2020 MLS All-Star Game presented by Target will feature a first-of-its-kind summer showdown: The MLS All-Stars will face the Liga MX All-Stars on July 29 at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles. The match, one of the marquee events in the league's 25th season, will be broadcast on ESPN and Univision

EDITOR'S NOTE: Veteran soccer writer Scott French has covered the LA Galaxy as a contributor to MLSsoccer.com, including both of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's two seasons with the club.  Zlatan Ibrahimovic exited Major League Soccer pretty much as he entered, expounding on his greatness, what his presence meant for the league, on how we'll

The US men’s national team and Canada lineups are out for Friday night’sConcacaf Nations League match at Exploria Stadium, and there's again a bevy of Major League Soccer clubs represented (7 pm ET | ESPN2, UniMás, TUDN). Together, they feature a combined dozen MLS players. The USMNT starting XI is anchored

There was justifiable anger, frustration and despair from the US national team fanbase last month following a humiliating and one-sided 2-0 loss at BMO Field to Canada in the Concacaf Nations League. It was a very, very bad loss. Not because Canada are a bad team – the US have

Most of these teams made the playoffs. A couple of them just missed. The collection of emotions on display ranges from "bitter disappointment" to "satisfied at the measurable growth on display." Let's write some epitaphs. Part I:Teams 24-17Part II: Teams 16-9Part III: Teams 8-1

TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Report Favio Alvarez was one of the exciting Argentines signed by the LA Galaxy to try and get back to the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs in 2019, but a new report suggests his tenure with the club could be short-lived. Tucuman, Argentina-based journalist Mariano Carabajal told El

SEATTLE – Sunday’s MLS Cup Final (3 pm ET | ABC, Univision, TUDN, TVAS, TSN) will be a fitting anniversary. Ten years since Seattle Sounders joined the league and the city played host to MLS Cup for the first time. And 10 years since Seattle set the benchmark for what an

CARSON, Calif. – The LA Galaxy have no substantial news on the Zlatan Ibrahimovic front, but head coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto says whatever will happen could be determined before the week is done. The Galaxy plan to hold conversations with the Swedish striker and his representatives, and although there is no specific

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the LA Galaxy crashed out of the Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs after losing a 5-3 thriller to local rivals LAFC in an El Trafico that more than lived up to the hype. Even in defeat, Ibrahimovic, who bagged 30 goals in the regular season, made his

TUKWILA, Wash. – Don’t count Seattle Sounders general manager Garth Lagerwey among those surprised to see the Rave Green playing for another MLS Cup when they take on Toronto FC at CenturyLink Field Nov. 10 (3 pm ET | ABC, Univision, TSN, TVAS). Lagerwey’s Sounders didn’t receive much love as an

NEW YORK(20 novembre 2019) – La Major League Soccer a annoncé aujourd’hui que la ville de Los Angeles et le Banc of California Stadium, domicile du Los Angeles Football Club, accueilleront le Match des étoiles Target de la MLS 2020 le 29 juillet prochain. L’évènement du milieu de l’été atteindra

The Seattle Sounders defied the odds by knocking off LAFC in the Western Conference Final on Tuesday, yet their upset victory continues a trend that more prognosticators perhaps should’ve taken note of. With the Rave Green set for the 2019 MLS Cup final, a team from Cascadia has now taken

We've got ourselves a MLS Cup 2019 matchup, and a familiar one at that. Toronto FC stunned Atlanta United with a 2-1 win in the Eastern Conference Final of the Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs on Wednesday night, setting up another rematch with the Seattle Sounders on Nov. 10 (3 pm

While Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s future is a hot topic of debate, with global rumors including a possible retirement and a move to Napoli. Ibrahimovic was mum on his future after the LA Galaxy’sseason-ending loss to rival LAFC in the Western Conference Semifinals of the Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs, but Galaxy

LOS ANGELES — Not long after the final whistle of Tuesday night’s Western Conference Final of the Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs, LAFC captain and MLS MVP favorite Carlos Vela watched the carts race out onto Banc of California Stadium’s Bermuda grass pitch. It was the same field where he

After eight months of regular-season action and a couple of dramatic weeks of Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs action, Major League Soccer will soon crown a champion. On Sunday, November 10, the last ball will be kicked in the 2019 season, with one team on the podium as the last remaining side

One half of the 2019 MLS Cup final is set. The second-seeded Seattle Sounders will play their in their third MLS Cup in four years after upsetting Supporters' Shield winners LAFC 3-1 in Tuesday night's Western Conference Final. Now the question is whether they will travel to face Atlanta United

Editor's Note: Armchair Analyst Matt Doyle provided a tactical preview for both Conference Finals. With the Seattle Sounders knocking off LAFC in the Western Conference Final, that leaves one more ticket to 2019 MLS Cup. Who takes it? Atlanta United or Toronto FC? Eastern Conference Final Atlanta United vs. Toronto

LOS ANGELES — All that LAFC achieved in this most remarkable of seasons, in which they ran away with the Supporters' Shield with immense style and grace, didn't mean much in the Western Conference Final against the Seattle Sounders on Tuesday night — which they lost 3-1 — and that calls for

LOS ANGELES – All season long, teams have been trying to figure out how to accomplish what the Seattle Sounders did on Tuesday night. Playing in the Western Conference Final of the Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs against LAFC at Banc of California Stadium, the Sounders were tasked with slowing