Major League Soccer (MLS) continues to climb up the list of the best leagues in the world, largely as a credit to success in the Leagues Cup. In August 2023, British sports analytics company Opta ranked MLS the 29th strongest division in the world of soccer. By the fall, MLS halved that ranking to reach […]

Major League Soccer (MLS) continues to climb up the list of the best leagues in the world, largely as a credit to success in the Leagues Cup. In August 2023, British sports analytics company Opta ranked MLS the 29th strongest division in the world of soccer. By the fall, MLS halved that ranking to reach […]

Columbus Crew beat defending Champions LAFC 2-1 to win the 2023 MLS cup on Saturday evening. The home side put in a brilliant first half display to go 2-0 ahead as LAFC hardly got themselves in the game. It was Cucho Hernanadez who gave his side the lead in the 33rd minute from the spot […]

Catch every game, in MLS and beyond, with our Columbus Crew TV schedule. One of Major League Soccer's founding sides, the Crew are one of the most notable teams, for various reasons, in MLS history. Columbus Crew TV Schedule Columbus Crew on TV and streaming: U.S. only: Founded: 1994 (First Season 1996)Stadium: Lower.com FieldManager: Wilfried […]

Catch every game, in MLS and beyond, with our Columbus Crew TV schedule. One of Major League Soccer's founding sides, the Crew are one of the most notable teams, for various reasons, in MLS history. Columbus Crew TV Schedule Columbus Crew on TV and streaming: U.S. only: Founded: 1994 (First Season 1996)Stadium: Lower.com FieldManager: Wilfried […]

Catch every game, in MLS and beyond, with our Columbus Crew TV schedule. One of Major League Soccer's founding sides, the Crew are one of the most notable teams, for various reasons, in MLS history. Columbus Crew TV Schedule Columbus Crew on TV and streaming: U.S. only: Founded: 1994 (First Season 1996)Stadium: Lower.com FieldManager: Wilfried […]

There used to be other things to worry about than the U.S. Soccer stadium strategy for World Cup Qualifying. It’s been nearly four long years since that dreadful night in Couva when the U.S. lost 2-1 to Trinidad & Tobago. No more needs to be said about that night. The result caused the U.S. to […]

The first legs of the MLS Cup Quarterfinals are in the books and we finally got to see what teams really have to offer with their seasons on the line. Some stepped up while others crumbled. As is usually the case, the difference between a win and a loss is one or two moments of […]

There’s about a month to go in the MLS season, which will wrap up at the end of October. That means playoff races are reaching their apex, as the field is set for the November tournament that is the best of what the league has to offer. MLS doesn’t have promotion and relegation – and […]

(New England and DC fans, avert your eyes.  This could hurt). The Columbus Crew hold the distinction of opening MLS's first soccer specific stadium when Crew Stadium was opened in 1999.  Since then, the stadium has hosted one MLS championship and two All Star games; more importantly, however, it has become an absolute fortress for […]

For the past three years, the gulf between the two MLS conferences has seemingly been as deep as the Grand Canyon.  In 2011 and 2012, the East's representative in MLS Cup was Houston, a convert from the West.  The last time MLS Cup featured an original Eastern Conference team was 2008 when two teams from the […]

When you have seen a world class striker perform many times, either on television or in-person, you think you have seen that player do everything.  Then they score an amazing highlight reel goal that makes you scratch your head and you remember their greatness.  Thierry Henry is that player. In the mid-week early afternoon game […]

Apologies, folks, but Monday Morning Sweeper has to take another week off.  But fear not, because to try and make it up to you, here are the top fives goals of the weekend that was in MLS. 5. David Beckham does what he does best to draw the Galaxy even with Montreal 4. Sebastian Miranda […]

On the eve of the second leg of the conference semifinals, the league has stirred some intrigue around one of its teams not in the playoffs.  According to Steven Goff of The Washington Post, soccer fans in the Baltimore, MD area have begun to receive surveys gauging their interest in locating an MLS franchise in […]

The question I wrestled with in my head last night was this: if there were no playoffs or a playoffs with just four teams instead of 10, would this weekend be as exciting?  Regardless of how you feel about the playoff format or the playoffs in general, the answer I came up with was YES. […]