LAFC and LA Galaxy take their heated rivalry to the next level in the MLS Cup Playoffs Thursday night on ESPN. El Trafico is nearly here! LA Lakers and LA Clippers fans predict who will win: LAFC or LA Galaxy. Tyler Miller explains why Carlos Vela’s mentality has brought confidence to both himself and the
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With two weekends remaining in Major League Soccer’s regular season, the race for the postseason — four playoff spots remain up for grabs — is coming down to the wire. All 12 games will be played on Sunday, with six Eastern Conference games kicking off at 5 p.m. ET and six from the Western Conference
Major League Soccer doesn’t do international breaks. Not fully, anyway. Like the workaholic half of a committed couple, MLS can never seem to pull itself when a great opportunity for a little rest and relaxation is presented. Always checking email poolside. Put the Blackberry down. It’s supposed to be a vacation! This week’s limited schedule
El Trafico lived up to the hype again as Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice in a 3-3 draw between LA Galaxy and LAFC. To watch MLS, sign up for ESPN+. Carlos Vela equalizes for LAFC in the latest wild edition of El Trafico with his league leading 27th goal. To watch MLS, sign up to ESPN+.
LAFC’s Carlos Vela scored two, including a mercurial run that beat 4 defenders and the keeper, to beat San Jose 4-0 as a clash with the LA Galaxy looms on Sunday. LOS ANGELES – Carlos Vela‘s second goal in LAFC’s 4-0 victory over San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday may have been reminiscent of Lionel Messi,
There are many candidates for when the stretch run of the season begins in Major League Soccer. Maybe it’s when the final full month of the regular season begins. (This year, that’s September.) Maybe it’s when rosters freeze and teams can’t make any more additions to their squads (coming Aug. 30). Maybe it’s when the
It was a weekend of statements made across Major League Soccer, and the Power Rankings are taking note. We see you, Alejandro Bedoya and the Philadelphia Union, stomping DC United and digging in at the top of the East. We see you, LAFC, reminding everyone that “hottest” doesn’t mean “best” and that you can get
Major League Soccer: Gustavo Bou (3′) New England Revolution 1-0 Orlando City. To watch MLS, sign up to ESPN+. Minnesota United will try to halt hard-charging Portland on Sunday on ESPN, and the red-hot New England Revolution host Western Conference leader LAFC, plus a crucial contest between the New York Red Bulls and Toronto FC.
Welcome to the All-Star edition of ESPN’s Major League Soccer Power Rankings. This week, we all take a collective breath and pause for the midseason clasico pitting the best performers of the first half of the season against a barnstorming European powerhouse led by a man who is either color blind or REALLY committed to
LAFC is closing in on the signing of Penarol midfielder Brian Rodriguez, sources have confirmed to ESPN FC. Reports in South America suggest that Penarol would not let Rodriguez go for less than $11.5 million, though it remains to be seen if the final number will be that high if and when the deal gets
Bob Bradley says he isn’t surprised that LAFC striker Carlos Vela stepped up when issued the challenge to be as good as Lionel Messi. With LAFC 10 points clear of the rest of MLS, Herculez Gomez breaks down how they can join the ranks of the league’s all-time best teams. On pace to set Major
A schedule filled with midweek games stretched the resources of teams across Major League Soccer this round, leading to silly mistakes that really shouldn’t happen. We here at MLS Power Rankings wouldn’t know anything about that. Thanks to a very nap-heavy daily calendar, we’re always in tip-top shape. The Power Rankings don’t make mistakes. The
1:17 AM ET Danny Wilson scored from a corner kick four minutes after halftime, and the Colorado Rapids continued their resurgence with a 1-0 victory over Los Angeles FC on Friday night in Commerce City, Colo. Interim coach Conor Casey saw his team stretch its MLS unbeaten run to seven matches in his ninth game
Check out every goal from the weekend in MLS, highlighted by a ridiculous bicycle kick from LA Galaxy’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic. With half of the 2019 MLS season gone, what are the realistic goals for all 24 teams with the secondary transfer window opening ahead of the final months of the season? Here are the biggest
After a handful of games from Wednesday to Saturday, MLS is now officially on its Gold Cup break — a break that lasts just long enough for teams to get a breather and regroup, but not long enough that most teams will have their contingent of internationals back, CONCACAF-affiliated or otherwise. It’s all very MLS.
Carlos Vela and LAFC held on for a big win in Portland to put a damper on the Timbers’ opener at their newly renovated stadium. Portugal international midfielder Andre Horta is leaving LAFC to rejoin SC Braga, where he spent the 2017-18 season on loan, multiple sources have confirmed to ESPN FC. Sources confirmed that LAFC
1:44 AM ET Carlos Vela scored in the sixth minute and visiting LAFC went on to spoil the Portland Timbers’ welcome-home party with a 3-2 victory on Saturday, extending their unbeaten streak to eight games. Diego Rossi added a first-half goal and Latif Blessing scored in the second half as LAFC improved its MLS-best record
9:37 PM ET After failing to capitalize against two of the weaker teams in Major League Soccer, the Montreal Impact now face the daunting challenge of visiting league-leading Los Angeles FC on Friday. In the Impact’s past two matches, Montreal collected just one of six possible points against the bottom two teams in the Eastern
LAFC defender Walker Zimmerman joins Herculez Gomez in the Heineken boot room to talk LAFC’s early season success and what needs to be done to turn that into a MLS Cup. New England sporting director and head coach Bruce Arena sits down with ESPN FC to discuss his plans to get the Revolution back to
Does it feel like the lease is getting shorter for Major League Soccer head coaches? Three managers have already been fired in 2019, with two teams — FC Cincinnati and New England — making changes just this past week. Added to Colorado’s dismissal of Anthony Hudson, that means the three teams at the bottom of