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Here are the five things we learned from the 2017 MLS All-Star game, as Real Madrid beat the MLS All-Stars on penalties in Chicago. 1. Adidas Pays Up The big news at the All-Star game had nothing to do with the game itself. It was the announcement that Adidas has agreed to a new six-year, […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 21 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. Should Atlanta Stay Put? It is extremely rare and perhaps unprecedented in the annals of MLS history that a club or its fanbase has second thoughts about moving out of a college football stadium and into new digs. But […]

The news dropped like dueling sledgehammers on Wednesday morning: First, the LA Galaxy announced that they had fired manager Curt Onalfo and replaced him with Sigi Schmid. Then, not two hours later, the Galaxy's new cross-town rivals answered. LAFC announced that it had landed former U.S. national team manager Bob Bradley as its first ever […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 20 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. Atlanta Are Cup Contenders Atlanta United got what is arguably the best win of their expansion season on Friday night, beating Orlando City 1-0 in Florida on a stunning late goal from Hector Villalba. It was a gutty performance […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 19 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. The Fourth of July Massacre There were plenty of entertaining and important games in MLS’ midweek, fourth of July-centered Week 19 slate. But for pure shock value, nothing we saw over the last two days compared to what happened […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 18 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. Get Cincinnati to MLS The game of the year in American club soccer was played – get this – in the U.S. Open Cup round of sixteen on a warm Wednesday night in June in Cincinnati, Ohio. FC Cincinnati, […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 17 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. Dempsey Saves Seattle in Portland The continent’s best soccer rivalry didn’t disappoint – and on a scorching night in Portland, it was that rivalry’s greatest recent figure who stole all the headlines. Clint Dempsey didn’t start for Seattle on […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 16 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. Is Columbus’ Season Falling Apart? It was a bad week for the Columbus Crew, who lost to Cincinnati in the US Open Cup and then were handily beaten by Atlanta on Saturday night. This loss to Cincinnati was particularly […]

When the United States began the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying against Mexico in Columbus last November, then-U.S. manager Jurgen Klinsmann gambled – sending the Americans out in a never-before-used 3-5-2 formation. The result was a disaster. The 3-5-2 was abandoned after a half hour, with Mexico ahead 1-0. They would win the […]

At various points in the last year, both the national soccer teams of both Mexico and the United States have been in crisis. Last summer, Mexico was an excellent start to the centennial Copa America – beating Uruguay 3-1, winning its group, and being touted as a contender to raise the trophy in New Jersey. […]

The United States continued on the path to the 2018 World Cup Finals, beating Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 in Commerce City behind a pair of goals from eighteen-year-old wunderkind Christian Pulisic. Here are the player ratings. United States Tim Howard, 6: Wasn’t convincing on the early cross that Kenwyne Jones headed off the crossbar, but […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 13 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. The Once And Future King? The Seattle Sounders held off the Portland Timbers to win the first meeting of the storied rivals in 2017 by a score of 1-0 on Saturday. It was another frustrating afternoon at CenturyLink Field […]

FIFA President Gianni Infantino was in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar on Tuesday, visiting the stadium of the city’s Russian Premier League side and surveying the scene in the country ahead of the upcoming Confederations Cup. It was a polished occasion. Infantino smiled and posed for photos with the Russian president Vladimir Putin, and […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 12 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. LAFC Makes A Splash Los Angeles Football Club doesn’t have a coach, doesn’t have senior players, and doesn’t kick off their first MLS season for another nine months. But it’s becoming clear that LAFC could be one of MLS’ […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 11 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. A Return To The Spotlight For Chicago For one night, at least, Chicago finally returned to the center of the MLS universe. With ESPN and the defending champion Seattle Sounders in town for a Saturday night primetime clash, the […]