Lionel Messi and Inter Miami lifted the Supporters' Shield on Oct. 2 after beating Wilfried Nancy’s Columbus Crew. It was a record-breaking 46th trophy for Messi and just the second in Inter Miami club history. If they don’t win the MLS Cup, though, the Supporters' Shield will mean nothing. MLS Cup winners are remembered, Supporters' […]

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, former Manchester United coach, has said that he has considered a coaching position in the United States in MLS. The former United player got down for an exclusive conversation with the 'Just Stick to Football' podcast featuring Gary Neville. He finally spoke up about his period away from the game after the […]

The 2024 season of Major League Soccer has begun with a lockout of referees. Due to the failure of the Professional Referees Organization (PRO) and the Professional Soccer Referees Association (PSRA) to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, MLS has used substitute referees in all of its games. Just as the season was about to […]

No sporting event, from the most local to the most global, takes place in a vacuum. It intertwines with environmental, social, and economic issues on a local and global scale. One of the most critical issues of our day, climate change, affects the industry inextricably. When it comes to combating global warming, sports play an […]

The MLS Cup is the annual championship final for Major League Soccer. Unlike many leagues around the world, MLS crowns the overall league champion via a post-season playoff tournament, not the most points in the regular season (though that team is recognized with a separate trophy and earns a place in continental play). Which teams […]

MLS may soon have to pay soccer fans a considerable amount if the accusations of violating their privacy rights are true. Lawyers state MLSsoccer.com used Facebook's Meta pixel, which intercepts subscribers' electronic communications without consent. The website then allegedly shares the subscriber's video streaming data with the social media company. Lawyers believe this violates the […]

The United States' top-tier professional soccer league is going pretty well at the moment. But are there ways we could improve Major League Soccer? MLS is approaching its 30th anniversary, which will coincidentally dovetail with the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to be hosted mostly in the USA. By 2025, there will be 30 teams in […]

The MLS All-Star game looks set to get a little super this season. A new Adidas ball has been posted for sale – the MLS All-Star Game ball, featuring the Marvel Avengers superhero team. MLS All-Star Game Marvel Ball The design of the ball carries over the angular pinwheel shapes from the standard 2023 match […]

This episode of the World Soccer Talk Podcast about the MLS Season Pass statement from Apple is presented by Sling. This week, Apple finally broke its silence about MLS Season Pass. In its attempts to get soccer fans (and journalists) off Apple's backs who are asking probing questions about how the service is doing, the […]

From the bottom to the top, we take a deep dive into discussing what US lower league soccer clubs (and leagues themselves) need to improve in order to be more relevant in 2023 and beyond. This also includes a discussion of the complexity of the current system, and how the US Soccer Federation can make […]

Major League Soccer is the next professional sports league to come out with its own credit card, fittingly called the MLS Forward Credit Card. Akin to other credit cards, use of this card provides benefits that can benefit MLS fans. Whereas an airline credit card, for example, can provide discounted flights, this MLS card can […]

Major League Soccer has been working to grow its standing as a top competitive soccer league in the world. Yet, a new study may do damage to that metric. Twenty-First Group is a sports intelligence agency that works to compare leagues across continents. Think of Five Thirty Eight's Global Soccer Rankings. Twenty-First Group wanted to […]

MLS on Pluto TV is no more. The free channel featuring MLS games, highlights and interviews has been shut down as the Apple era begins. According to Pluto TV, the MLS Channel is no longer available. Originally launched in 2019, Major League Soccer heralded MLS on Pluto TV as "the first pro sports league to […]

Los Angeles Football Club win the Major League Soccer Championship with a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Philadelphia Union. A victory that secures the first championship in the club's history. After 130+ minutes, the match ended in a 3-3 draw. Ultimately, Los Angeles defeated Philadelphia 3-0 in a penalty shootout. A standing ovation of 50,000 […]

The final days of the 2022 MLS season are a bittersweet moment in the league's history. It marks the final time that broadcast crews air MLS games across regional sports networks throughout the United States. That means a final time that fans of MLS teams can hear the familiar voices of announcers, analysts and sideline […]