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We're past the point to compare LAFC's "start" to the season being at a historic pace, because we're far on the other side of the midway point. There is a legitimate chance for the club to rewrite the regular-season record books.  LAFC have all but wrapped up the Supporters' Shield,

After Miguel Almiron, Kaku, Ezequiel Barco, Jefferson Savarino and Diego Rossi, transfer signings of young, up-and-coming stars like Peñarol’s Brian Rodriguez (LAFC) and Boca Juniors’ Cristian Pavon (LA Galaxy), are now commonplace in MLS. And I’d take it a step further: Save for the Brazilian market, where player fees are

A couple housekeeping notes before we get to your regularly scheduled Week 23 preview. First, I think The Movement is the best thing we do at MLSsoccer.com. It’s an intoxicating mixture of the game, the people who love it, the culture that surrounds it and the curiosity and empathy soccer

With a tip of the cap to the great Zach Lowe, here's my own version of his "Annual Tiers of the NBA" column, MLS-style. What follows are not hard-and-fast Power Rankings, per se, but rather something a little more loose in terms of talent level, cohesion, chemistry and all the et ceteras

TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS:Loan The LA Galaxy made a blockbuster move on Deadline Day, acquiring Boca Juniors winger Cristian Pavon on loan through the remainder of the 2019 season. The move was announced Thursday morning. The Athletic has reported that it’s a free loan, allowing the 23-year-old’s salary to be bought

MLS MEDIA RESOURCES: WEEK 23 NEWS & NOTES News and notes and statistical trends from around Major League Soccer LODEIRO REACHES DOUBLE FIGURES IN ASSISTS IN LANDMARK THIRD STRAIGHT SEASON Nicolás Lodeiro of Seattle Sounders FC recorded his 10th assist of the season, laying on his club’s opening goal by

The MLS summer transfer window closes on Wednesday, August 7 at 11:59 pm CT and we're tracking all the latest moves ahead of the deadline. Here are some other resources that should prove helpful during what we expect to be a very busy day: MLS summer Transfer Tracker2019 Trade TrackerClub-by-Club 2019 transactionsAll 24 MLS

Only MLS league games will be reflected in the rankings. Rankings are voted on by MLSsoccer.com editorial staff; words by Alicia Rodriguez. BIGGEST MOVERS: RSL, COL +4; SEA, TOR, MTL -4 1 LAST WEEK: 1 HIGH: 1 | LOW: 4 LAFC kick off a tricky month with a win on the other

With Secondary Transfer Window closing, clubs hopeful new additions lift them to postseasonFC Cincinnati’s Jans to debut at Crew SC in Heineken Rivalry Week preludeFour semifinalists in hunt for first U.S. Open Cup; Toronto opens Canadian Championship defenseWeek 23 Notes Top Things to Know in MLS This Week: Transfer deadline

We're in the stretch run of the season and this is the time that every person in club shows what they are made of. Below you will find players or members of technical staffs who either need to step up their production levels or continue doing what they're doing for their

Week 22 in MLS produced no shortage of storylines, big and small, nor entertainment, intentional and unintentional. Let's get after it. That Aged Well Take(s) of the Week: Year Three for MNUFC Minnesota United spoke all winter about fortifying their all-too-often compromised defensive unit, then they went out and accomplished that.

ATLANTA — The word “consistency” isn’t always associated with flamboyant strikers with a penchant for the dramatic, but Atlanta United’s Josef Martinez is nothing if not a dependable source of goals. With his 72nd-minute penalty kick to seal a 3-0 win over the LA Galaxy at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Saturday, the Venezuelan international tied

Week 22 came and went. Let's look at the weekend that was: Going Mobile Atlanta United played, I think, their best game of the season this past weekend. Granted, it was against an LA Galaxy team that was without Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and that is maybe not particularly great in the

Following this week's MLS All-Star festivities, the playoff chase is back in earnest as Week 22 wraps with a tasty Sunday doubleheader on national TV in the United States. Make sure to tune in to both Matchday Central shows on Sunday for all the reaction and analysis from the matches. In the meantime,

Atlanta United forward Josef Martinez simply can’t stop scoring. The latest tally came in Saturday’s 3-0 win over the visiting LA Galaxy, as he deposited a penalty kick in the 72nd minute. The strike ensured the reigning MLS MVP has now found the back of the net in nine consecutive

CARSON, Calif. — Guillermo Barros Schelotto is most familiar with two of Atlanta United's difference-makers, and the LA Galaxy head coach knows that if they are able to do as they like in Saturday's showdown at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (5 pm ET | FOX in US; MLS LIVE on DAZN in Canada),

All-Star festivities wrung my brain dry. So instead of five questions and 2,000 words previewing Week 22 — that will return next Friday — all I’ve got is one about Saturday’s clash between Atlanta United and the LA Galaxy at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (5 pm ET | FOX, MLS LIVE on DAZN

MLS MEDIA RESOURCES: WEEK 22 NEWS & NOTES News and notes and statistical trends from around Major League Soccer MARTÍNEZ SHOOTS FOR SCORING STREAK RECORD – AGAIN – ON FOX SATURDAY As the 2019 season heads toward the stretch drive and the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs, Josef Martínez is once

FOXBOUROUGH, Mass. – Last Saturday, the New England Revolution recorded a 4-1 win over Orlando City at Gillette Stadium to stretch their unbeaten run to 11 games. Head coach and sporting director Bruce Arena said the Revs were “back in the hunt” for the Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs.  The Revs

Atletico Madrid went full throttle Wednesday night to win 3-0 in Major League Soccer's annual summertime event, as the La Liga club persevered in the 2019 MLS All-Star Game presented by Target past the MLS All-Stars at a rain-soaked Exploria Stadium, the home of Orlando City. Atletico’s quality produced a

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Carlos Vela are rivals most of the time, but they were locker mates and teammates for the 2019 MLS All-Star Game presented by Target on Wednesday night.  The El Trafico rivals often searched for each other in the final third, though no goal-bound connection came off. Ibrahimovic was

FOXBOUROUGH, Mass. – Bruce Arena and Bob Bradley have a personal and professional relationship dating back to the early 1980s when Bradley was an assistant coach for Arena with the University of Virginia men’s soccer team for two seasons. “My son’s first babysitter,” Arena said of Bradley. “So we go

Only MLS league games will be reflected in the rankings. Rankings are voted on by MLSsoccer.com editorial staff; words by Alicia Rodriguez. BIGGEST MOVERS: NE, MTL +3; RBNY -4 1 LAST WEEK: 1 HIGH: 1 | LOW: 4 LAFC beat Atlanta United in a performance reminiscent of vintage 2018 LAFC, but coming