History tends to hang heavy over Chicago Fire FC. Of the nearly two dozen expansion clubs to enter MLS since its 1996 launch, the Men in Red remain the only one to win an MLS Cup in their inaugural season. And their subsequent glory years, marked by a 2003 Supporters’ Shield, four US Open Cup…
National Writer: Charles Boehm Steve Cherundolo was remarkably, impressively evenhanded, considering he and his team had just gotten their hearts torn out on live international television. Fielding questions from reporters moments after LAFC’s chaotic, riveting, devastating 3-1 loss at Inter Miami on Wednesday night, a result that crashed the Black & Gold out of the…
This week, the Sunday Night Soccer presented by Continental Tire show heads to the Gateway City, as a struggling St. Louis CITY side – very new team; very old, proud and currently not super content soccer town! – host the kicking-it-into-fourth-gear Columbus Crew (7 pm ET | MLS Season Pass, Apple TV+). Columbus made some…
We’ve got an action-packed slate this weekend: Saturday will feature nearly 10 hours of uninterrupted soccer, while Sunday’s tripleheader includes away matches for the final two undefeated teams in MLS. Can the San Jose Earthquakes build on last week’s historic win? Will Gregg Berhalter’s Chicago Fire FC earn their biggest result yet? Are the Columbus…
TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Trade CLB receive: Dániel Gazdag PHI receive: Up to $4.5 million The Columbus Crew have completed a blockbuster trade by acquiring midfielder Dániel Gazdag from the Philadelphia Union, the clubs announced Friday. In exchange for the 29-year-old Hungarian international, the Union receive up to $4.5 million in a cash-for-player trade. The funds…
National Writer: Charles Boehm Last spring, Marcel Hartel reached perhaps his greatest soccer achievement, helping FC St. Pauli secure promotion to the German Bundesliga after more than a decade of toil in the second division. A 3-1 win over Osnabrück on May 12 clinched a long-sought breakthrough for the passionately-supported Hamburg “cult” club, Hartel scoring…
MLS’s Primary Transfer Window closes in two weeks, on April 23. Effectively, that means you can’t make any significant moves – transfers or trades – until the Secondary Transfer Window opens on July 24. There’s no big June or early July signings (or at least you can’t register the player quite yet), and there’s no…
Inter Miami CF and LAFC’s rosters were both built with one objective: Winning trophies. On Wednesday night (8 pm ET | FS1, TUDN, ViX), one of these two high-profile MLS sides will take a massive step toward said goal when they face off in the decisive Leg 2 of their Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinal series….
We’re still in the discovery phase of the MLS season. Just shy of the two-month mark, teams are discovering themselves – which means we’re uncovering new things about them in real time, too. Today, we’re examining the latest slate of MLS matches to explore some of the most interesting things we’ve learned so far this…
MLS’s Primary Transfer Window closes in two weeks, on April 23. Effectively, that means you can’t make any significant moves – transfers or trades – until the Secondary Transfer Window opens on July 24. There’s no big June or early July signings (or at least you can’t register the player quite yet), and there’s no…
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