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Given the new realities about spending power and youth development throughout much of MLS, it feels safe to say that the past few years have represented, in many ways, the start of a new era. Part and parcel of that – or maybe "the bedrock foundation of that" is a

EDITOR'S NOTE: Before you know it, February 29 will be here. That's the kickoff to the 25th season in Major League Soccer history and we're getting you ready for the 2020 campaign with the stories, personalities and questions that will leave their mark on the season to come. A new season brings a

Sporting KC The Offseason So Far: Peter Vermes, after a miserable 2019, promised both a cull of the roster and at least one major signing at each level of the outfield. The cull happened in earnest over a three-day stretch in November as eight players were either traded, lost in

Ulysses Llanez delivered a debut goal and man-of-the-match performance to lead the US men's national team to a 1-0 win over Costa Rica in their first game of 2020. The 18-year-old Wolfsburg forward delivered in a hometown international debut, dispatching a penalty early in the 50th minute to make the difference in this

The U.S. Soccer Federation has announced the results of the draw for the Second Round of competition in the 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, games which will be contested on April 7-9. In a change of format this season, the Second Round is the last round before MLS teams

LOS ANGELES – Kenneth Vermeer was a fan of LAFC before the club, looking for a new goalkeeper with Tyler Miller on his way out, contacted him about coming to MLS. The 34-year-old Dutchman, who has spent the bulk of his career at Ajax and Feyenoord, already loved Los Angeles

US national team head coach Gregg Berhalter has trimmed his roster to 22 players ahead of the February 1 match against Costa Rica at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. (3:55 pm ET on ESPNews, UniMás, TUDN). In addition to Paxton Pomykal's return to FC Dallas earlier this month,

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Like LAFC, the San Jose Earthquakes have a new rival to turn their attention to in Javier “Chicharito” Hernández.  The 31-year-old legendary Mexican striker is the new face of the LA Galaxy following a transfer from La Liga side Sevilla and 10-year European career. Players like

Carlos Vela and Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez have been teammates plenty of times, with over 180 combined appearances for Mexico on the international stage. They also both came through the youth system at Chivas de Guadalajara, one of Liga MX’s biggest clubs.  But throughout all their various stops, the forwards have

During his decade-long stint in Europe, Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez’s name would often pop up in connection to various MLS clubs. But as Mexico’s all-time leading scorer went from Manchester United to Real Madrid and elsewhere, a return to North America never quite materialized. That is until Tuesday, when the 31-year-old forward

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – With Nashville SC’s official MLS debut just over a month away, supporters of the 2020 expansion club are busy preparing for their team’s inaugural season. The level of competition has been taken to another level, and fan interest is rising with it. Clay Trainum traveled over 10,000

LOS ANGELES — Chicharito to the LA Galaxy? Count Carlos Vela among those who'd like to see it happen. LAFC's star attacker acknowledged he's talked to Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez about coming to Major League Soccer says his teammate with Mexico's national team would be a huge addition to LAFC's archrival.

A surefire way to look stupid and wrong is to make predictions about Major League Soccer on Jan. 3. Yet, here I am, prostrating myself before you mere days after the calendar turned to 2020, making outright guesses (let’s not pretend otherwise) about a league in which every single roster is

A new year – and a new decade! – is at hand, and 2020 is shaping up as a big one across North American soccer. Here are some key dates. Winter 2020 Jan. 3: MAC Hermann Trophy ceremony - St. Louis, Mo. The top individual prize in college soccer, this award

Here is the 2017 version of this column. Here is the 2016 version of this column. Both of those focused on the formational and tactical recent history of MLS, juxtaposing each against the yearly and year-over-year trends. Here is the 2018 version of this column, in which the story was

2019 was a huge year in MLS. It was a long one, too.  Starting with a number of transfer sagas last winter, to the league growing again with a new expansion team, stadiums and more, while the quality of play jumped once again with stars aplenty.  With a ton to

TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Signings Inter Miami CF announced two more signings Monday evening, having acquired young fullback Denso Ulysse from USL Championship side and Seattle Sounders affiliate club Tacoma Defiance and agreeing contract terms with goalkeeper Drake Callender after acquiring his Homegrown Player rights from San Jose last month. A

With just over two months to go until their inaugural match, Inter Miami CF are still yet to hire a head coach. But the expansion side are “confident” they can hire Patrick Vieira away from OGC Nice as the French side labor in the bottom half of the Ligue 1

It's schedule release day! The dates have been revealed and MLS 2020 is almost here. One of the first things most fans will do is to circle the rivalry dates on the calendar. We've got the full rundown of regular season dates for each of the league's top rivalries below. Most

The 2020 Major League Soccer schedule is out. Rejoice! Our soccer year is mapped out, and there are more games than ever to enjoy during the league’s 25th season. From 442 games, I cut it down to the 10 I’m looking forward to most. It was hard, and my choices

The full 2020 schedule for Major League Soccer is here. Matches for the league's 25th season will begin on Feb. 29 and run all the way through Decision Day presented by AT&T on Oct. 4. This coming season will see more games than ever before as MLS expands to 26 clubs with

MLS 25th season broadcast schedule delivers most expansive coverage in league history including network coverage on ABC, FOX, and Univision FOX Sports to showcase Nashville SC inaugural match on FOX, Feb. 29; Inter Miami CF debut highlights ESPN double-header on March 1 NEW YORK (Thursday, December 19, 2019)  – In anticipation

It has been a long, long while since I did a proper assessment of the entire US men's national team roster and laid it out in traditional depth chart-style. And, well, it's going to be a while yet until I do that again. The reasoning is simple: As I laid

The search for the first head coach in Inter Miami CF's history has rolled on longer than expected, but the person identified to lead the expansion side in their first MLS season has not changed and will be unveiled by year's end, reports MLSsoccer.com's Jillian Sakovits.