It’s a battle between the coasts as Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the LA Galaxy make the cross-country trek to face the New York Red Bulls on Saturday, (2 p.m. ET, ESPN), and later that night Minnesota United welcomes the Seattle Sounders to Allianz Field, plus Carlos Vela and LAFC host Chicago.
Zlatan goes coast to coast
Major League Soccer has changed in many ways throughout the years, with new teams and new rivalries, but a New York Red Bulls-LA Galaxy meeting still conjures some great memories…
Ale Moreno and Alexis Nunes predict a few of the more notable fixtures from Major League Soccer this week.
Scorching hot Carlos Vela and LAFC will tangle with the Seattle Sounders for the second time in a week on Sunday (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN), while later in the day goal-scoring force Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the LA Galaxy host Real Salt Lake (8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN+), plus cellar-dwellers Atlanta United and Colorado Rapids do battle on Saturday (6:00 p.m. ET, ESPN+).
Bottom feeders gather in Atlanta
It feels weird typing out the words “last-place Atlanta United,” but here we are after last week’s 2-1…
ESPN FC’s Mark Donaldson and Paul Mariner square off in predicting five of the most notable Major League Soccer fixtures this weekend.
BEAR, Delaware — It’s been a busy day in the McKenzie household; that’s only natural when there are inhabitants ages 20 and under. One of them, Mark, just so happens to be a second-year center-back with the Philadelphia Union and one of the rising stars within U.S. Soccer. But it’s another McKenzie who has the more pressing matter. Younger sister Madison has prom coming up and a decision needs to be made.
“Sorry I’m late,” says Mark, who slides into a booth at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Bear, Del.,…
ESPN FC’s Mark Donaldson and Paul Mariner square off in predicting five of the most notable Major League Soccer fixtures this weekend.
Check out every goal from Week 7 in MLS, including a six-goal thriller at Minnesota’s new Allianz Field.
In stoppage time, the New York Red Bulls’ Kaku gets a red card for kicking the ball in the crowd.
Atlanta United will look to stay on the winning track when they host Paxton Pomykal and FC Dallas’s young guns on Saturday, while Wayne Rooney will seek a return to the scoresheet for D.C. United against winless New York City FC on Sunday. Also, two teams mired in dysfunction, the New England Revolution and the New York Red Bulls, are set for a Saturday night clash.
Rooney’s got that eye of the Tiger
After starting gangbusters with four goals and three assists during the month of March, Wayne Rooney’s…
Paul Mariner and Mark Donaldson preview the next round of MLS fixtures with LA Galaxy in action against Philadelphia Union and LAFC facing Cincinnati.
Minnesota United christens its brand-new stadium against NYCFC (live at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN2), Zlatan and the Galaxy look to stay hot against the Union, and Seattle and Toronto meet in a rematch of the 2016 and 2017 MLS Cup finals. It’s MLS W2W4.
House Hunters Minnesota
If you haven’t watched “House Hunters,” then surely someone close to you has. It can be maddening to see the show’s couples bicker over something as inane as a light fixture in a guest bathroom, but at the end of the day, everyone…
Sporting Kansas City will look to rebound from their CONCACAF Champions League humiliation, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s LA Galaxy take aim at Vancouver on Friday, before impressive debutant Alejandro Pozuelo and Toronto FC face Chicago on Saturday.
SKC feeling the highs and lows
For a few days this week Sporting Kansas City took on the nickname ‘Scoring Kansas City’. Only Los Angeles FC have scored more goals than Sporting KC this season in MLS, 14 to 11, with LAFC having played a game more.
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Sporting Kansas City will look to rebound from their CONCACAF Champions League humiliation, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s LA Galaxy take aim at Vancouver on Friday, before impressive debutant Alejandro Pozuelo and Toronto FC face Chicago on Saturday.
SKC feeling the highs and lows
For a few days this week Sporting Kansas City took on the nickname “Scoring Kansas City.” Only Los Angeles FC have scored more goals than Sporting KC this season in MLS, 14 to 11, with LAFC having played a game more.
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Every out-of-market game is on ESPN+, as is MLS debate on ESPN FC TV
Sign up for MLS fantasy! Ibrahimovic, Rooney, Vela — who will you pick?
– ESPN FC TV: MLS debate on ESPN+
– Upcoming MLS fixtures
– All the latest MLS news
Peter…
Paul Mariner and Mark Donaldson predict five notable fixtures throughout Major League Soccer in week 5.
Take the mic away? Avoid him? Kick him? MLS coaches have their (tongue-in-cheek) say as to how to stop Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
MLS is…
NYCFC took the lead twice and on both occasions Carlos Vela answered back to earn the visitors a share of the points at Yankee Stadium.
FC Cincinnati secured their first ever MLS home-win with an emphatic 3-0 win over the Portland Timb…
Atlanta United’s 2019 season has gone from bad to worse, and things could end up in a full-blown crisis on Sunday against the Philadelphia Union (7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN+), while a Zlatan Ibrahimovic-less LA Galaxy face surprising Minnesota United and the red-hot Seattle Sounders travel to Chicago to face the Fire.
Widespread panic, live in Atlanta
Even when Atlanta United win, they still lose. Such was the case for the reigning MLS champions, as Wednesday’s 1-0 win over Monterrey in their CONCACAF…
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